and was killed in combat when British troops stormed the redoubt atop Breed's Hill. New Hampshire Nathaniel Folsom William Whipple New Jersey Philemon Dickinson (Major General of New Jersey Militia from 1777 to 1782) New York John Morin Scott Nicholas Herkimer North Carolina John Ashe (Brigadier General of the Wilmington District Brigade, Major General of North Carolina Militia and State Troops) William Bryan (Brigadier General of the New Bern District Brigade) John Butler (Brigaier General of the Hillsborough District Brigade Richard Caswell (Colonel of the New Bern District Minutemen and later Brigadier General of New Bern District Brigade) William Caswell (Brigadier General of the New Bern District Brigade) William Lee Davidson (Brigaier General Pro Tempore of Salisbury District Brigade) Thomas Eaton (Brigadier General of the Halifax District Brigade) Isaac Gregory (Brigadier General of the Edenton District Brigade) Henry William Harrington (Brigadier General Pro Tempore of the Salisbury District Brigade) Allen Jones (Brigadier General of Halifax District Brigade) James Kenan (Brigadier General Pro Tempore of the Wilmington District Brigade) Alexander Lillington (Brigadier General of Wilmington District Brigade) Matthew Locke (Brigadier General Pro Tempore of the Salisbury District Brigade) Alexander Mebane Brigadier General, Commissary General of the State of North Carolina Charles McDowell (Brigadier General of Morgan District Brigade) Thomas Person (Brigadier General of Hillsborough District Brigade) Andrew Pickens (Brigadier General Pro Tempore of Salisbury District Brigade) Ambrose Ramsey (Brigadier General Pro Tempore of the Salisbury District Brigade) Griffith Rutherford (Brigadier General of Salisbury District Brigade) William Skinner (Brigadier General of the Edenton District Brigade) William Smallwood (Major General of North Carolina Militia, also Continental officer) Edward Vaile (Brigadier General of Edenton District Brigade) Pennsylvania Daniel Brodhead Samuel Miles Rhode Island Joshua Babcock William West South Carolina John Barnwell, BG commander of the South Carolina 4th Brigade Stephen Bull, BG commander of the South Carolina 1st Brigade Francis Marion, BG commander of the South Carolina 2nd Brigade Alexander McIntosh, BG commander of the South Carolina 4th Brigade Andrew Pickens, BG commander of the South Carolina 3rd Brigade Richard Richardson, BG commander of the South Carolina 2nd Brigade Thomas Sumter, "The Gamecock," was the senior brigadier general appointed in South Carolina, but operated independently of the others. As a result, Sumter rarely commanded more than his own brigade of state troops and militia. Andrew Williamson, BG of the South Carolina 3rd Brigade Vermont Ethan Allen (Major General of the Vermont Republic Militia) Seth