Greene’s Division Marker (Muhlenberg’s Brigade Marker) - Valley Forge, PA
N 40° 05.889 W 075° 25.451
18T E 463843 N 4438737
This is part of a large series of Revolutionary War monuments which recognize & commemorate specific regiments of the Continental Army. This monument has an added attraction of recreated cabins which soldiers would have lived at Valley Forge.
Waymark Code: WMB1KA
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/23/2011
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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 bronze marker reads:
Continental Army
— Valley Forge December 19 1777 June 18 1778 —
Greene’s Division
Major General Nathaniel Greene
Muhlenberg’s Brigade
Brig. General J. Peter G. Muhlenberg
commanding
"German Regiment" Pennsylvania Line Lieut. Col. Lewis Weltner
(Raised July 12 1776 – Mustered out January 1781)
1st Regiment Virginia Infantry Colonel Richard Parker
5th Regiment Virginia Infantry Colonel Abraham Buford
9th Regiment Virginia Infantry Lieut. Col. Burgess Ball
13th Regiment Virginia Infantry
Virginia State Regiment of Infantry Colonel George Gibson
This is the very first marker on the self-guided tour. This marker is on Outer Line Road, on the right when traveling west, away from the welcome venter. The Marker is on the tour road in Valley Forge National Historical Park, just before stop 2.