DeKalb's Division (Patterson’s Brigade) - Valley Forge, PA
N 40° 05.740 W 075° 25.746
18T E 463423 N 4438463
The third in a series of Revolutionary War, specific unit, war memorials which can be found on the encampment tour here at the Valley Forge National Historic Park. This one recognized four Massachusetts Infantry units.
Waymark Code: WMB1XV
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/24/2011
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There are dozens of these stone/bronze markers on the encampment tour as part of the Valley Forge National Historical Park. This one, like the others consists of a huge stone marker, about six feet tall, smooth in the front and back with the sides roughly hewn. The stone is about five feet wide, just short of the height and is about afoot and a half deep. There is a three by four foot bronze tablet attached to the center of the stone monument. The is another monument a few hundred feet away which bears the same name but a different brigade. The bronze marker reads:
Continental Army— Valley Forge December 19 1777 June 18 1778 —
DeKalb’s Division
Major General Baron DeKalb
Patterson’s Brigade
Brig. General John Patterson
commanding
10th Massachusetts Infantry Col. Thomas Marshall
11th Massachusetts Infantry Col. Benjamin Tupper
12th Massachusetts Infantry Col. Samuel Brewer
14th Massachusetts Infantry Col. Gamaliel Bradford
This is the third tablet on the self-guided tour. This marker is on Outer Line Road, on the right when traveling west, away from the welcome venter. Come to think of it, all of these markers are on the right or north side of the road. The Marker is on the tour road in Valley Forge National Historical Park. In back of the monument is an asphalt jogging/walking path which follows the tour route. The small path was very busy this warm, Saturday afternoon.