The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Paoli during the American Revolutionary War. The Battle of Paoli (also known as the Battle of Paoli Tavern or the Paoli Massacre) was part of the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought on September 21, 1777, in the area surrounding present-day Malvern, Pennsylvania.

American Army Lincoln's Division Major General Benjamin Lincoln was sent to the Northern Army earlier in 1777, so Wayne, commanding the 1st Brigade, assumed command. Brigadier General Anthony Wayne Brigade Major Michael Ryan

1st Pennsylvania Brigade - Colonel Thomas Hartley Brigade Major William Nichols 1st Pennsylvania Regiment, Colonel James Chambers 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment, Major William Williams 7th Pennsylvania Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel David Grier 10th Pennsylvania Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Adam Hubley Hartley's Additional Continental Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Morgan Connor

2nd Pennsylvania BrigadeBrigadier General Philip De Haas was assigned to command this brigade but never assumed command and soon resigned his commission after his February 1777 commission. - Colonel Richard Humpton 4th Pennsylvania Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel William Butler 5th Pennsylvania Regiment, Colonel Francis Johnston 8th Pennsylvania Regiment, Colonel Daniel Brodhead 11th Pennsylvania Regiment, Major Francis Mentges

Additional units Randall's Independent Company of Artillery, Captain Thomas Randall Count Casimir Pulaski's Corps of Light Dragoons, Major Julius Count Montfort 1st Continental Light Dragoons, Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Temple 2nd Continental Light Dragoons, Captain Josiah Stoddard

British Army Main Column Major General Charles Grey 42nd Regiment of Foot (2 battalions), Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Stirling 44th Regiment of Foot, Major Henry Hope 2nd Battalion of Light Infantry, Major John Maitland 16th (Queen's Own) Light Dragoons (Detachment), Major Francis Gwyn Company of Light Infantry Detachment of Riflemen (probably remnants of Ferguson's Corps)

Detachment Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Musgrave 40th Regiment of Foot 50th Regiment of Foot

Notes

Sources

McGuire, Thomas J. Battle of Paoli. Stackpole Books, 2000. Mechanicsburg, PA