Kachlein, Peter

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Kachlein, Peter

KACHLEIN, PETER. (?–1789). Also spelled Kichlein. Militia officer. Pennsylvania. A second lieutenant in Baxter's Pennsylvania Battalion of the Flying Camp, he was wounded and captured at Fort Washington on 16 November 1776. He was exchanged in 1778 and died eleven years later.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Heitman, Francis B. Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army. Rev. ed. Washington, D.C.: Rare Book Shop Pub. Co., 1914.