The Battle of Germantown

Michael C. Harris speaks about his recent book, Germantown: A Military History of the Battle for Philadelphia.

[MrCarlRhodes]

I love your video, and I plan on buying your book! My third Great-Grandfather William Rhodes enlisted into the 2nd Virginia Regiment on the first of Sept. 1, 1775. He participated in his first battle in the following December at Great Bridge, near Norfolk Virginia. In Sept. 1777, William was recorded being in the Light Infantry, which he would have been attached to Maxwell's Light Corps brigade, under Lt. Colonel Richard Parker. They fought the Battle of Cooch's Bridge on September 3, 1777. I am unsure if the Light Corps was disbanded, and the men to rejoined their own regiments for engagement Germantown or not. This is what is written about Virginia’s 2nd Regiment after the battle of Germantown in the newspaper Virginia Gazette on October 17, 1777: ”The heroism and gallantry of the second Virginia regiment I cannot help particularly mentioning; they would do honor to any country in the world. It is universally believed they behaved the best of any troops in the field.”