 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - The 11th Pennsylvania Regiment kana Old Eleventh yakatenderwa musi wa16 September 1776 nokuda kwebasa neContinental Army. Musi wa25 October, Richard Humpton akagadzwa kuti ave colonel. Muna December 1776, chikwata chacho chakanzi chibatane neuto guru raGeorge Washington uye chaivapo paAssunpink Creek uye chakarwa paPrincetonmuna January 1777. Mukati mechirimo boka racho rakaungana paPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania musimba remapoka masere. Varwi vacho vakanga vaunganidzwa vachibva kuPhiladelphia nemamwe matunhu mana aiva pedyo. Pana 22 May 1777 chikwata chakava chikamu che 2nd Pennsylvania Brigade. Rechi11 rakanga riri pakati pechiito paBrandywine, Paoli, neGermantown muna 1777. Yakanga iripo paWhite Marsh neMonmouth. Musi wa 1 Chikunguru 1778, chikwata ichi chakabatanidzwa ne10th Pennsylvania Regiment uye 11th Regiment yakarega kuvapo. Humpton akatora chiremera cheboka rakagadziridzwa. 