Tench Tilghman
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Tench Tilghman was an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He served as an aide-de-camp to General George Washington, achieving the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Tench Tilghman, Revolutionary War officer
Letter from Tench Tilghman to George Washington, circa 1776–1781
Washington, Lafayette & Tilghman at Yorktown, by Charles Willson Peale, 1784
Grave lid, Oxford Cemetery
Washington's aides-de-camp
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Washington's aides-de-camp during the American Revolutionary War were officers of the Continental Army appointed to serve on General George Washington's headquarters staff, with the rank of lieutenant
Tench Tilghman
…integrated into the Continental Army in New Jersey in the Flying Camp military formation in June or July 1776. On August 8, 1776, he became one of the aides-de-camp to George Washington, the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. How Tilghman came to join Washington's staff is a mystery, but the Washington family and Tilghman…
The American Soldier – 1775, an aide-de-camp of General George Washington and General Artemas Ward at the Siege of Boston