appearance. Others I saw, who, after being wounded with a ball, had received near a dozen wounds with cutlasses and bayonets. I can find as many witnesses to the proof of the cruelties as there were people on the spot, and that was no small number who came as spectators. Among the many killed and wounded American soldiers were: George Matthews, 5th Battalion, Cumberland County Militia, wounded; John Poorman of Allen Township, soldier of the 5th Class, Third Battalion, Cumberland County Militia, killed and buried at Crooked Billet; Robert Montgomery, soldier of the 7th Battalion Cumberland County Militia, Captain Isaac Miller's Company, wounded; Aaron Penwell, Captain Walter Denny's Company, lost his arm in battle and was taken prisoner; Aaron Penwell of West Pensboro Township, 7th Battalion Militia, lost left arm; John Taylor(senior)of Greenwood Township, then Cumberland now Perry, 8th Battalion of Militia, wounded. Order of battle British and loyalist forces Queen's Rangers 120 dragoons from the 17th Light Dragoons (under Major Crewe) 1st and 2nd Light Infantry Battalions (see account by Sgt. Thomas Sullivan, 2nd Lt. Inf. Bn. in From Redcoat to Rebel: p. 215) Philadelphia Light Dragoons, also referred to as Hovenden's Royal Militia (under Captain Kerr) James' Troop of Provincial Dragoons (under Captain Jacob James) American forces Pennsylvania Militia, Bucks County Regiment (under Captain William Pugh) Pennsylvania Militia, Cumberland County Regiments (under Colonels Frederick Watts and Abraham Smith) References Further reading Simcoe, John Graves. A Journal of the Operations of the Queen's Rangers. New York: The New York Times, 1968 (reprint). Smith, Charles Harper. "General Lacey's Campaign in 1778", Bulletin of the Historical Society of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Volume II (1941), No. 4, pp. 261–296. Smith, Charles Harper. "The Battle of the Billet Reviewed," Old York Road Historical Society Bulletin, Vol VI (1945) pp. 25–43. External links 225th Anniversary Celebration Reenactment of the Battle of Crooked Billet The Battle of The Crooked Billet Documentary Film 1778 in the United States 1778 in Pennsylvania Conflicts in 1778 Crooked Billet Crooked Billet Crooked Billet History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Crooked Billet