Edward Hand

Edward Hand (born Dec. 31, 1744, King’s County, Ire.—died Sept. 3, 1802, Lancaster, Pa., U.S.) was an American army officer during the American Revolution. Trained as a doctor in Ireland, Hand served with the British army on the Pennsylvania frontier from 1767 to 1774, before resigning his commission to practice medicine in Lancaster. An early supporter of the American cause, Hand was commissioned a lieutenant colonel in the rifle battalion that Pennsylvania raised in 1775....