[2] It was while commanding this unit with distinction that Hamilton came to the attention of many high-ranking officers in the Continental Army, a number of them offering him positions on their staffs.

Hamilton refused them all to become de facto Chief of Staff to the commander-in-chief, General George Washington, for much of the remainder of the war.

The company was assigned to guard stores of arms and equipment at West Point, New York and Fort Pitt in Pennsylvania.

In August 1784, the Army expanded to one regiment, under the command of Colonel Josiah Harmar, and one artillery battalion, to which Captain Doughty's company was assigned.

Along with the regiment, the company participated in the campaigns against the Miami tribe in the Northwest Territories (modern day Ohio), in 1790 and 1791.

1st Battalion, 5th Artillery was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Charles Calvin Rogers when he earned the Medal of Honor in 1968.

(The following information is sourced from the website of the United States Army Center of Military History and is in the public domain.

Reorganized and redesignated in July 1785 as the 1st Company (commanded by Major John Doughty), Artillery, First American Regiment.

Reorganized 20 October, 1786 as the 1st Company (commanded by Captain James Bradford), Artillery, First American Regiment Reorganized and redesignated 3 October 1787 as the 1st Company (commanded by Captain James Bradford), Battalion of Artillery.

Redesignated in late 1815 as Captain George P. Peters' Company, Corps of Artillery, Southern Division.

Organized August-September 1784 in Pennsylvania as the 2d Company (commanded by Captain Thomas Douglass), Artillery, First American Regiment.

Redesignated 20 October 1785 as the 2d Company (commanded by Captain William Ferguson), Artillery, First American Regiment.

Redesignated 4 March 1791 as the 2d Company (commanded by Captain Mahlon Ford), Battalion of Artillery.

Redesignated 3 October 1787 as the 4th Company (commanded by Captain Joseph Savage), Battalion of Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated in 1792 as Captain John Pierce's Company of Artillery of the 2d Sublegion, Legion of the United States.

Organized in late 1798 at Fort Wolcott, Rhode Island, as Captain Amos Stoddard's Company, 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers.

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