Military History of Walter Finney
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Date
Rank
Unit
Military Action
Position
Status
20 Mar 1776
First Lieutenant
Pennsylvania Musketry Battalion
Murray's Company
27 Aug 1776
First Lieutenant
Pennsylvania Musketry Battalion
Long Island
Murray's Company; POW
1 Jul 1778
First Lieutenant
6th Pennsylvania Regiment
Exchanged
Dec 1778 - Jun 1779
First Lieutenant
6th Pennsylvania Regiment
Middlebrook Encampment
Apr - Oct 1779
Captain
6th Pennsylvania Regiment
New Jersey Campaign, 1779
Company Commander
10 Apr 1779
Captain
6th Pennsylvania Regiment
Company Commander
To Rank From 10 Aug 1776
15 Jul 1779
Captain
6th Pennsylvania Regiment
Stony Point
Company Commander
Dec 1779 - Jun 1780
Captain
6th Pennsylvania Regiment
Morristown Encampment, 1779
Company Commander
Apr - Oct 1780
Captain
6th Pennsylvania Regiment
New Jersey Summer Campaign
Company Commander
16 Apr 1780
Captain
6th Pennsylvania Regiment
New Bridge / Paramus, NJ
Company Commander
21 Jul 1780
Captain
6th Pennsylvania Regiment
Blockhouse - Bergen Heights
Company Commander
Dec 1780 - Jun 1781
Captain
6th Pennsylvania Regiment
Morristown Encampment, 1780
Company Commander
15 May 1781 - 14 Dec 1782
Captain
6th Pennsylvania Regiment
Southern Campaign
Company Commander
6 Jul 1781
Captain
6th Pennsylvania Regiment
Green Spring / Jamestown
Company Commander
Wounded
Jan - Nov 1782
Captain
6th Pennsylvania Regiment
Carolina Campaign
Company Commander
1 Jan 1783
Captain
3rd Pennsylvania Regiment
Jun 1783
Captain
1st Pennsylvania Regiment
3 Nov 1783
Captain
1st Pennsylvania Regiment
Retired
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