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MUHLENBERG, JOHN PETER GABRIEL
He continued in charge of the New Jersey churches, but in May 1771 he was invited to become the Pastor of the Lutherans at Woodstock in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia where most of the settlers were from Pennsylvania. Henry agreed to appoint his son Peter to the position; however, there was a catch. The 2 nd Brigade under George Weedon arrived in time to stall the British advance, allowing the American units to pull back. He preached that this was a time of war and encouraged the men in his congregation to join the fight. His coolness and determination, combined with his correct judgment, made him one of the men on which General Washington relied for success, and upon whom, from previous personal knowledge, he could depend. Washington got word of this and in December, ordered the Virginia Line to march to Charleston to reinforce the city.
Battle of Blandford also Battle of Petersburg , April 25, 1781. His early years were spent at New Providence but in 1761 the family removed to Philadelphia. The details of the ensuing Yorktown Campaign have been given many times. The boys were either to be educated for the Lutheran ministry or to be fitted for some other profession. After the war, Muhlenberg entered politics, eventually serving in the 1st U. He marched to the back of the church; ordered the drum to beat for recruits and over three hundred men joined him, becoming the Eighth Virginia Brigade.
And when the war was over, he found himself wearing the robes of a life he had no desire to pursue. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. After about thirty minutes, the American militia drew off in an orderly retreat, leaving the city to the British. He led his brigade of Virginians in the 1777 Battles of Brandywine and Germantown, and during the Continental encampment at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania during the 1777-1778 winter. Interestingly, though at age 29 in 1777, he had been the youngest brigadier in the army, six years later, he proved to be the oldest, having held the rank of brigadier the longest. He was certainly the leader of the bilingual Lutheran community at Woodstock, but by 1774 his secular position was equally emphasized when he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses and was made Chairman of the local Committee of Public Safety. It was decided that Peter would depart for England to be ordained an Anglican Minister so he could accept the position at Woodstock, Virginia.
I well know what Satan wishes for me and mine. He participated in fighting at Charleston, Brandywine, Stony Point, and Yorktown. Because the official religion of the Virginia Colony was the Church of England or Anglicanism , Muhlenberg was required to be ordained from the Church of England in order to preach in Virginia. He was elected to the st Congress March 4, 1789-March 4, 1791 as one of the representatives one elected by the entire state than one specific district from Pennsylvania. John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg seems to have been miscast for a clergyman from the beginning, and it is likely that the career of his grandfather Conrad Weiser spoke to him more distinctly than did that of his father.
Pulpit to Battlefield: Pastor and General ‘Devil Pete’ Muhlenberg
The youngest of all the children, Maria Salome who was born in 1766, married Matthias Richards 1758-1830 of Montgomery County, a soldier in the Berks County Militia 1777-1778 and Major of the Fourth Battalion of the Philadelphia County Militia in 1780. Bust by Caroline Muhlenberg Hufford Anderson REFERENCE Penn Libraries University of Pennsylvania. The next year Peter and his brothers Frederick and Gotthilf were sent by their father under the care of William Allen, Chief Justice of the Province then sailing for England, to Gotthilf August Francke, administrator of the Francke Foundation at Halle in Saxe-Anhalt, Germany. Destouches never arrived, being intercepted by the British Navy on 16 March. At the end of his sermon, January 21, 1776, John Peter Muhlenberg threw off his clerical robes to reveal the uniform of an officer in the Continental Army.
Early in 1777 the regiment was reorganized under Colonel Abraham Bowman, and Muhlenberg on 21 February was commissioned Brigadier General. Since the Anglican Church was the state church of Virginia, state law required that all persons chosen to serve a congregation had to be ordained an Anglican minister. Muhlenberg died in 1807, and is buried at Augustus Lutheran Church in Trappe, Pennsylvania. He is buried beside his wife Anne at the Muhlenberg Family site at Augustus Lutheran Church, Trappe, Pennsylvania. I have had him taught to read and write German and English, and, after the necessary instruction, he has been confirmed in our Evangelical Church; moreover, since I have been in Philadelphia, I have sent him to the Academy to learn the rudimenta linguæ latinæ…. Higginbotham, The Keystone in the Democratic Arch: Pennsylvania Politics, 1800-1816 Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1952 , pp. Peter would be ordained a Lutheran pastor and assigned a congregation in New Jersey; though a great deal of his time was spent away from the pulpit traveling the countryside in hunting and fishing expeditions.
Anna Maria, the wife of General Muhlenberg died 27 October 1804 and was buried with the family at Augustus Church, New Providence Trappe , Montgomery County. French man-of-war Conquerant bearing the Battle of Cape Henry of the British fire during the battle. Peter married and took a church in Woodstock, Virginia, where he remained until the Revolution began. It appeared to all in attendance that the sword was unsheathed and by the sword, the issue would be decided. While stationed in New Jersey, on November 6, 1770, he married Anna Barbara Meyer 1751-1806. Facebook Twitter Pinterest On This Day in History - October 1, 1746 John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg is born On this day in history, October 1, 1746, John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg is born. John Peter Muhlenberg served briefly in the German dragoons.
His education had not been neglected and in 1762 his father wrote, …My eldest son, Peter, is entering his sixteenth year. When Lord Dunmore, Royal Governor of Virginia, claimed that those in attendance of the convention were treasonous, the dye was cast; there would be no compromise or reconciliation. In 1889, Pennsylvania chose his statue to represent their State in the Statuary Hall at Washington, D. After the Revolutionary War, John Muhlenberg went on to serve the new republic in both the U. Battle of Brandywine Creek Battle of Brandywine Creek, September 11, 1777. Skilled in chasing down game and the use of the rifle, Muhlenberg impressed Washington during their several hunting excursions. They arrived on June 23 rd, marching the five hundred miles in just under a month.
