1782, Camp Ponpon, South Carolina, Major General Nathaniel Greene, payorder
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This item is a wonderful, original document dated 1782, Camp Ponpon (near Charleston, South Carolina) where a Lieutenant Francis Thornbury of the 3rd Pennsylvania Regiment has received payment from Major William Alexander which he received from Major Pierce, aide de camp of Major General Nathaniel Greene. Document is 3x6, irregular edges, else in overall good condition.The 3rd Pennsylvania Regiment, first known as the 2nd Pennsylvania Battalion, was raised on December 9, 1775, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action during the Battle of Valcour Island, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Battle of Springfield. The regiment was furloughed, on June 11, 1783, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and disbanded on November 15, 1783.In February of 1781, Gen. Anthony Wayne was ordered to the command of a force of about 800 men, to be selected from the six regiments of the Pennsylvania Line, then rendezvousing at York, Penna., destined to reinforce Gen. Greene in South Carolina. Owing to the lack of equipment and sufficient transportation, and the mutiny which broke out and the ringleaders executed, Wayne's force was not able to move until May 26, 1782.General Greene’s army remained at Pon Pon, South Carolina until 22 March when they movednear Stono Church,
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