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Thompson's Rifle Battalion: Capt. James Chambers' Company

Thompson's Rifle Battalion: Capt. James Chambers' Company is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Chambersburg, Franklin County, dedicated 1991.

W King St., 1 block W of US 11, in Ft. Chambers Park, Chambersburg

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Recruited in this part of Cumberland (now Franklin) County, Chambers' Company was a unit of the first battalion in the colonies authorized by Congress, in June 1775. From here this company marched about 450 miles to join the siege of Boston. The battalion became the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment, with Chambers as Colonel, 1777-81; he was later a Brigadier General of militia.

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Historical maps covering this location

Carte de la Pensylvanie et du Nouveau Jersey, 1782, covering the location of Thompson's Rifle Battalion: Capt. James Chambers' Company, with a pin at the marker's coordinates
Carte de la Pensylvanie et du Nouveau Jersey, 1782, covering this location. Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.
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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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