The Regiment was authorized on September 16, 1776 in the Continental Army as the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment. It was assigned on December 27, 1776 to the Main Continental Army. Organized in spring 1777 at Philadelphia to consist of 8 companies from Philadelphia City and Berks, Chester, Philadelphia and Northumberland Counties. It was assigned on May 22, 1777 to the 2nd Pennsylvania Brigade, an element of the Main Continental Army. Consolidated on July 1, 1778 with the 10th Pennsylvania Regiment. After spending the winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge with the other regiments of the Pennsylvania Line, the 11th Pennsylvania took part in the campaign across New Jersey which followed. At the Battle of Monmouth, on June 28, 1778, it was one of the three Pennsylvania regiments in the force which Aaron Burr led in a late-afternoon assault on the flank of a British counterattacking column. Less than a week later, on July 1, the unit was dissolved, and merged with elements of the 10th Pennsylvania.