of the engagement, although frequently cautioned as to the danger of coming into the line of fire." October 4, 1777 – Brigadier General Thomas Conway's 3rd Pennsylvania Brigade, consisting of the 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th Pennsylvania Regiments, was chosen to lead the main column of Washington's army in the attack on the British at the Battle of Germantown. Leading the assault column, Captain Jacob Bower's company of the 6th Pennsylvania attacked the British pickets at Mount Airy. Conway's Brigade continued to attack and eventually drove "the enemy a mile and a half below Chew's house" before being forced to retire. At least one company of the regiment joined in the assaults on the Chew House and lost a number of men. December 19, 1777 – After an encampment of almost six weeks at Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania, the army moved into its winter quarters at Valley Forge where they would remain for the next six months. It was here that they received a new commander, Lieutenant Colonel Josiah Harmar, on January 1, 1778. Harmar would remain in this position until 1780. After the war he became the Commander of the First American Regiment, for a time they only infantry unit in the fledgling army of the independent United States. Notes Sources The 5th Pennsylvania Battalion of 1776, John Rees An Outline of the Origins and History of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment. Conway's Brigade of Lord Stirling's Division, John Rees (unfinished) Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution. Selected Letters and Papers. 1776–1790 – Volume 1. December 7, 1776 – March 30, 1778, Stanley J. Izerda, Editor, pp. 79 and 81 Letters and Papers of Major-General John Sullivan Continental Army, Hammond, Otis &, Editor, Concord, 1939, Volume 3, 1779–1795, p. 474 (Brandywine), 543–546 (Germantown). "Revolutionary Services of Captain John Markland", Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 9, pp. 105–106 (Brandywine), 107–108 (Germantown). The War of the Revolution, Christopher Ward Order Book of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment January 1, 1778, to August 10, 1779, Josiah Harmar papers, William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan March to Massacre – A History of the First Seven Years of the United States Army, William H. Guthman External links History of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment Bibliography of the Continental Army in Pennsylvania compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History Pennsylvania regiments of the Continental Army Military units and formations established in 1775