1. Brigadier General Daniel Brodhead was an Continental Army officer and politician who served in the American Revolutionary War.
23 Facts About Daniel Brodhead
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The Brodhead homestead was attacked by natives numerous times during Daniel's youth.
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When his father died in 1755, Daniel Brodhead was left with 150 acres from the estate.
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Daniel Brodhead eventually sold his land share to brother Garret.
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Daniel Brodhead had a relatively unremarkable career before the American Revolutionary War.
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Daniel Brodhead farmed, ran a grist mill, and worked as a deputy surveyor for Pennsylvania.
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In 1776 as war broke out, Daniel Brodhead was commissioned as an officer of the Pennsylvania State Rifle Regiment with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
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Daniel Brodhead was later exchanged in 1778, and retired as a captain in 1779 from the 3rd Pennsylvania Regiment.
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Daniel Brodhead took over command of the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment after the death of its commander, Aeneas Mackay, early in 1777 and was promoted to colonel.
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However, in addition to the above information from the Pennsylvania Archives, the Orderly Book of the 8th Pennsylvania Regt and the Muster Rolls at Fort Pitt 1778 show that Daniel Brodhead led the 8th Pennsylvania regiment to Fort Pitt in the summer of 1778.
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Daniel Brodhead commanded the 8th Pennsylvania in Brigadier General Lachlan McIntosh's failed attempt to capture the British stronghold of Fort Detroit.
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Daniel Brodhead's command included frontier forts such as Fort Pitt, Fort McIntosh, Fort Laurens, Fort Henry, Fort Armstrong, and Fort Holliday's Cove, along with dozens of lesser outposts.
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From his headquarters at Fort Pitt, Daniel Brodhead directed numerous raids against hostile native tribes, often leading the offensives personally.
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Daniel Brodhead left Fort Pitt with a contingent of 605 soldiers and militia to go into northwestern Pennsylvania.
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Daniel Brodhead followed the Allegheny River up into New York, where he drove the Seneca out of their villages.
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In retaliation, Daniel Brodhead mounted the Coshocton expedition, invading their territory in central Ohio and destroying the main village of Coshocton in what is east-central Ohio.
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Daniel Brodhead was removed from his command over allegations of mishandling supplies and money.
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Daniel Brodhead had spent money intended for bonuses to recruit new militiamen to purchase supplies for his existing troops.
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Daniel Brodhead was acquitted of all charges except misspending the recruiting money.
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Furthermore, the court martial ruled Daniel Brodhead justified in spending the recruiting money on supplies, and he was not punished.
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Daniel Brodhead spent the remainder of the war as commander of the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment.
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Daniel Brodhead was one of the founders of the Society of the Cincinnati.
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Daniel Brodhead died at Milford, Pennsylvania, and was buried in the Milford Cemetery.