Military History of Richard Butler
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	Date   Rank   Unit   Military Action   Position   Status   20 Jul 1776   Major   8th Pennsylvania Regiment             12 Mar 1777   Lieutenant Colonel   8th Pennsylvania Regiment             12-13 Apr 1777   Lieutenant Colonel   8th Pennsylvania Regiment   Bound Brook         7 Jun 1777   Colonel   9th Pennsylvania Regiment       Commander       9 Jun 1777   Colonel   9th Pennsylvania Regiment       Commander   Detached To Morgan's Corps     19 Sep 1777   Colonel   9th Pennsylvania Regiment   Freeman's Farm, NY (I)   Commander       7-15 Oct 1777   Colonel   9th Pennsylvania Regiment   Freeman's Farm, NY (II)   Commander       Nov 1777   Colonel   9th Pennsylvania Regiment       Commander   Returned To Unit     2 Nov - 10 Dec 1777   Colonel   9th Pennsylvania Regiment   Whitemarsh Encampment   Commander       19 Dec 1777 - 19 Jun 1778   Colonel   9th Pennsylvania Regiment   Valley Forge Encampment   Commander       28 Jun 1778   Colonel   9th Pennsylvania Regiment   Monmouth   Commander       15 Jul 1779   Colonel   9th Pennsylvania Regiment   Stony Point   Commander       Dec 1779 - Jun 1780   Colonel   9th Pennsylvania Regiment   Morristown Encampment, 1779   Commander       Dec 1780 - Jun 1781   Colonel   9th Pennsylvania Regiment   Morristown Encampment, 1780   Commander       17 Jan 1781   Colonel   5th Pennsylvania Regiment       Commander       15 May 1781 - 14 Dec 1782   Colonel   5th Pennsylvania Regiment   Southern Campaign   Commander       26 Jun 1781   Colonel   5th Pennsylvania Regiment   Simcoe, VA   Commander       6 Jul 1781   Colonel   5th Pennsylvania Regiment   Green Spring / Jamestown   Commander       6-17 Oct 1781   Colonel   5th Pennsylvania Regiment   Yorktown   Commander       Jan - Jul 1782   Colonel   5th Pennsylvania Regiment   Georgia Campaign   Commander       Jan - Nov 1782   Colonel   5th Pennsylvania Regiment   Carolina Campaign   Commander       1 Jul 1783   Colonel   3rd Pennsylvania Regiment       Commander       30 Sep 1783   Colonel   3rd Pennsylvania Regiment       Commander       3 Nov 1783   Brigadier General   3rd Pennsylvania Regiment       Commander   Discharged
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