Tredyffrin Township near Wayne in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Poors Brigade
Continental Army
| | Valley Forge December 19 1777 June 18 1778 | |
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, March 20, 2010
1. Poors Brigade Marker
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Poors Brigade
Brig. Gen. Enoch Poor
commanding
1st Regiment New Hampshire Infantry Col. Joseph Cilley
2nd Regiment New Hampshire Infantry Col. Nathan Hale
3rd Regiment New Hampshire Infantry Col. Alexander Scammell
2nd Regiment New York Infantry Col. Philip Cortlandt
4th Regiment New York Infantry Col. Henry Livingston
Erected 1908 by Valley Forge Park Commission.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary.
Location. 40° 5.332′ N, 75° 26.219′ W. Memorial is near Wayne, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It is in Tredyffrin Township. It is on Joseph Plumb Martin Trail west of Gulph Road, on the right when traveling west. Marker is on the tour road in Valley Forge National Historical Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 5001 Joseph Plumb Martin Trl, Wayne PA 19087, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Pennsylvania Columns (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); The National Memorial Arch at Valley Forge (approx. 0.2 miles away); Massachusetts Monument (approx. Ό mile away); Freemasons of Pennsylvania
this page online
Also see . . . Valley Forge National Historical Park. National Park Service website. (Submitted on March 21, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.)
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, March 20, 2010
2. Marker in Valley Forge
The New Hampshire and New York soldier huts can be seen in the photo behind the marker.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, March 20, 2010
3. Poors Brigade Marker
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, March 20, 2010
4. Soldier Huts
These huts, located near the marker, are replicas of those occupied by the New Hampshire and New York troops under Gen. Poor during the winter encampment of 1777-78.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 21, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 2,289 times since then and 32 times this year. Last updated on May 27, 2025, by Mike McKeown of Baltimore, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 21, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
