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This is a 'list of units of the
Continental Army', the national army of the
United States during the
American Revolutionary War. Created after the war had already begun, the army was always a work in progress, and was reorganized on several occasions during the war.
The
Continental Congress created the Continental Army on
14 June 1775, by adopting the militia forces already conducting the
siege of Boston as the first units of the army. Because most enlistments expired at the end of that year, a new army was created in 1776 with units from all of the thirteen states. Most enlistments in this army also expired at the end of the year, and so in 1777 soldiers were enlisted to serve three years or the duration of the war. In 1777, 119
regiments were fielded; thereafter the structure of the army remained basically the same, with units consolidated as needed.
Because of manpower shortages, the Continental Army often worked in conjunction with state-controlled
militia units, which were called out for short periods as needed.
Continental Army of 1775
The Continental Congress created the Continental Army on
14 June 1775, by adopting the militia forces already conducting the
siege of Boston as the first units of the army. Upon arrival outside Boston, General
George Washington organized this body of more than 22,000 men, known as the Main Army, into three
divisions of two
brigades each.
[1]
The Congress also extended participation in the Main Army beyond New England by authorizing
companies of "expert rifleman" from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. Pennsylvania frontiersman were so eager to participate that Pennsylvania's quota of companies was increased and organized as a
regiment known as the
Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment. The 13 rifle companies from these three colonies hurried to Boston.
[2]
Meanwhile, a second force in
New York under Major General
Philip Schuyler was designated the New York Department, later known as the
Northern Department. Schuyler's smaller army was created to defend New York, but he was instructed by the Continental Congress to launch an (ultimately disastrous) preemptive
invasion of Canada, which began on
31 August 1775.
[3]
Main Army
:'Lee's Division' (Major General
Charles Lee)
::'Sullivan's Brigade' (Brigadier General
John Sullivan)
:::
★
1st New Hampshire Regiment
:::
★
2nd New Hampshire Regiment
:::
★
3rd New Hampshire Regiment
:::
★ Mansfield's Regiment (later the
5th Massachusetts Regiment)
:::
★ Nixon's Regiment (later the
6th Massachusetts Regiment)
:::
★
Doolittle's Regiment (Massachusetts, disbanded
31 December 1775)
:::
★
7th Connecticut Regiment (later the
19th Continental Regiment)
::'Greene's Brigade' (Brigadier General
Nathanael Greene)
:::
★ Jonathan Brewer's Regiment (later the
13th Massachusetts Regiment)
:::
★ Little's Regiment (Massachusetts, later the
12th Continental Regiment)
:::
★ Read's Regiment (Massachusetts, later consolidated into the
13th Continental Regiment)
:::
★ Gardner's Regiment (Massachusetts, later the
25th Continental Regiment)
:::
★
Whitcomb's Regiment (Massachusetts, disbanded
31 December 1775)
:::
★ Varnum's Regiment (Rhode Island, later the
9th Continental Regiment, then the
1st Rhode Island Regiment)
:::
★ Hitchcock's Regiment (Rhode Island, later the
11th Continental Regiment, then the
2nd Rhode Island Regiment)
:::
★
Church's Regiment (Rhode Island, disbanded
31 December 1775)
:'Ward's Division' (Major General
Artemas Ward)
::'Thomas' Brigade' (Brigadier General
John Thomas)
:::
★ Bailey's Regiment (later the
2nd Massachusetts Regiment)
:::
★ David Brewer's Regiment (Massachusetts, later consolidated into the
6th and
13th Continental Regiments)
:::
★
Cotton's Regiment (Massachusetts, companies later incorporated into various Continental regiments)
:::
★
Danielson's Regiment (Massachusetts, companies later incorporated into various Continental regiments)
:::
★ Fellows' Regiment (Massachusetts, later consolidated into the
21st and
6th Continental Regiments)
::'Spencer's Brigade' (Brigadier General
Joseph Spencer)
:::
★ Learned's Regiment (later the
4th Massachusetts Regiment)
:::
★ Read's Regiment (Massachusetts, later the
13th Continental Regiment)
:::
★ Walker's Regiment (Massachusetts, later consolidated into the
13th Continental Regiment)
:::
★
6th Connecticut Regiment (later the
10th Continental Regiment)
:::
★
8th Connecticut Regiment (later the
17th Continental Regiment)
:::
★
2nd Connecticut Regiment (later the
22nd Continental Regiment)
:'Putnam's Division' (Major General
Israel Putnam)
::'Heath's Brigade' (Brigadier General
William Heath)
:::
★ Greaton's Regiment (later the
3rd Massachusetts Regiment)
:::
★ Paterson's Regiment (later the
1st Massachusetts Regiment)
:::
★ Gerrish's Regiment (later the
9th Massachusetts Regiment)
:::
★ Phinney's Regiment (later the
12th Massachusetts Regiment)
:::
★ Prescott's Regiment (Massachusetts, later consolidated into the
7th Continental Regiment)
:::
★
Scammon's Regiment (Massachusetts, companies later incorporated into various Continental regiments)
::'Vacant Brigade' (commanded by Putnam because
Seth Pomeroy declined his commission)
:::
★ Sargent's Regiment (later the
8th Massachusetts Regiment)
:::
★ Glover's Regiment (Massachusetts, later the
14th Continental Regiment)
:::
★
Bridge's Regiment (Massachusetts, disbanded
31 December 1775)
:::
★
Frye's Regiment (Massachusetts, disbanded
31 December 1775)
:::
★
Woodbridge's Regiment (Massachusetts, disbanded
31 December 1775)
:::
★
3rd Connecticut Regiment (later the
20th Continental Regiment)
;Main Army units not assigned to a division:
★
Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment
★
Daniel Morgan's Virginia Independent Rifle Company (assigned to the Northern Department
8 September 1775, captured at Quebec
31 December 1775)
★ Two Maryland and one Virginia Independent Rifle Companies (later the
Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment)
★
Continental Artillery Regiment (Massachusetts)
★
Rhode Island Train of Artillery
New York Department
★
1st Connecticut Regiment
★
4th Connecticut Regiment
★
5th Connecticut Regiment
★
1st New York Regiment (1775-1776)
★ 2nd New York Regiment (redesignated Van Schaicks' Regiment in 1776, then the
1st New York Regiment in 1777)
★ 3rd New York Regiment (redesignated the 2nd New York Regiment in 1776, then the
4th New York Regiment in 1777)
★ 4th New York Regiment (redesignated the 3rd New York Regiment in 1776, then the
2nd New York Regiment in 1777)
★
Green Mountain Boys (Vermont)
★
Bedel's Regiment (New Hampshire)
★ Canadian Regiment (redesignated the
1st Canadian Regiment in 1776)
★
Captain John Lamb's Company of Artillery (New York)
Continental Army of 1776
The enlistments of most soldiers in the Continental Army of 1775 expired on the last day of the year. On
1 January 1776, a new army was established. General Washington had submitted recommendations for reorganization to the Continental Congress almost immediately after accepting the position of Commander-in-Chief, but these took time to consider and implement. Despite attempts to broaden the recruiting base beyond New England, the 1776 army remained skewed toward the Northeast both in terms of its composition and geographical focus.
Main Army
The bulk of the newly organized Main Army consisted of 27 infantry regiments, numbered in order of the seniority of the colonel of each regiment. These regiments were created by reorganizing existing units and by encouraging soldiers to reenlist for another year. Each new regiment comprised eight companies, which at full strength fielded a total of 728 men. Of these, 640 provided the firepower (privates and corporals with muskets); the remaining were officers and staff, including three field officers (a colonel, lieutenant colonel, and major), a captain for each company, a surgeon, a quartermaster, drummers, etc.
[4]
;Units
★
1st Continental Regiment (formerly the
Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment)
★
3rd Continental Regiment (Massachusetts)
★
4th Continental Regiment (Massachusetts)
★
7th Continental Regiment (Massachusetts)
★
9th Continental Regiment (Rhode Island)
★
10th Continental Regiment (Connecticut)
★
11th Continental Regiment (Rhode Island)
★
12th Continental Regiment (Massachusetts)
★
13th Continental Regiment (Massachusetts)
★
14th Continental Regiment (Massachusetts, briefly assigned to the Eastern Department)
★
16th Continental Regiment (Massachusetts, briefly assigned to the Eastern Department)
★
17th Continental Regiment (Connecticut)
★
19th Continental Regiment (Connecticut)
★
20th Continental Regiment (Connecticut)
★
21st Continental Regiment (Massachusetts)
★
22nd Continental Regiment (Connecticut)
★
23rd Continental Regiment (Massachusetts)
★
26th Continental Regiment (Massachusetts)
★
27th Continental Regiment (Massachusetts, briefly assigned to the Eastern Department)
★
Lippitt's Regiment (Rhode Island, initially assigned to the Eastern Department)
★
Ward's Regiment (Connecticut, initially assigned to the Eastern Department)
★
1st New York Regiment (1775-1776)
★
Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment (created out of three of the independent rifle companies and six new companies)
★ 2nd Pennsylvania Battalion (redesignated the
3rd Pennsylvania Regiment in 1777)
★ 3rd Pennsylvania Battalion (redesignated the
4th Pennsylvania Regiment in 1777)
★ 5th Pennsylvania Battalion (redesignated the
6th Pennsylvania Regiment in 1777)
★ Pennyslvania State Rifle Regiment (redesignated the
13th Pennsylvania Regiment in 1777)
★
Delaware Regiment
★
1st Maryland Regiment
★
2nd Maryland Regiment
★
Westmoreland Independent Companies (
Westmoreland County, Connecticut, assigned to the Middle Department)
★
German Battalion (8th Maryland, initially assigned to the Middle Department, assigned to the Main Army in September 1776)
★
Commander-in-Chief's Guard aka "Washington's Life Guard".
★
Continental Artillery Regiment (consolidated Massachusetts and Rhode Island units)
★
Captain Sebastian Bauman's Continental Artillery Company (later part of the
2nd Continental Artillery Regiment)
★
North Carolina Continental Artillery Company
★
1st Continental Light Dragoon Regiment (Virginia)
Canadian Department
In January 1776, Congress split up the New York Department, designating the force that had invaded Canada as the Canadian Department. Units were consolidated, and a second regiment of Canadians was recruited. After Washington learned of Brigadier General
Richard Montgomery's death and defeat at the
Battle of Quebec, three New England units intended as militia were instead raised as Continental regiments and sent to Canada.
At Quebec, Major General
John Thomas took command of Canadian Department in May 1776. Additional reinforcements from the Main Army led by Brigadier General
William Thompson arrived in mid May, but were immediately disabled by an outbreak of
smallpox. After General Thomas succumbed on
2 June, Brigadier General
John Sullivan, who had arrived with a second group of reinforcements on
31 May, took command of the department. When British Major General
John Burgoyne arrived in Quebec with reinforcements, the Americans withdrew to
Crown Point by July 1776. Major General
Horatio Gates arrived to take command of the Canadian Department, but with no troops in Canada, the department ceased to exist. Gates, under Schuyler's Northern Department, organized 15 Continental units as the "Northern Army" in the
Fort Ticonderoga area. The remaining units, some of them in poor shape after service in Canada, were retained by Schuyler as a rear echelon guarding the
Mohawk River valley.
[5]
;Initial units
★
1st Connecticut Regiment (filled out with men from the disbanded
4th and
5th Connecticut Regiments)
★ 4th New York Regiment (consolidated into the
1st New York Regiment in 1777)
★ Van Schaick's Regiment (known as the 2nd New York Regiment in 1775, redesignated the
1st New York Regiment in 1777)
★
1st Canadian Regiment
★
2nd Canadian Regiment
;Continental units authorized after Montgomery's defeat:
★
Burrall's Regiment (Connecticut)
★
Porter's Regiment (Massachusetts)
★
Bedel's Regiment (New Hampshire, mostly captured at the
Battle of the Cedars in May 1776)
;Reinforcements under General Thompson
★
8th Continental Regiment (New Hampshire)
★
15th Continental Regiment (Massachusetts)
★
24th Continental Regiment (Massachusetts)
★
25th Continental Regiment (Massachusetts)
;Reinforcements under General Sullivan
★
2nd Continental Regiment (created from the
3rd New Hampshire Regiment)
★
5th Continental Regiment (created from the
1st New Hampshire Regiment)
★
2nd New Jersey Regiment
★ 4th Pennsylvania Battalion (redesignated the
5th Pennsylvania Regiment in 1777)
★ 6th Pennsylvania Battalion (redesignated the
7th Pennsylvania Regiment in 1777)
;Additional units raised later in the year
★ Dubois' Regiment (redesignated the
3rd New York Regiment in 1777)
★
Nicholson's Regiment (New York, disbanded
31 December 1776)
★
Warner's Regiment (expanded from the
Green Mountain Boys, Vermont)
Northern Department
★
1st New Jersey Regiment (assigned to various departments in 1776)
★
3rd New Jersey Regiment (assigned to various departments in 1776)
★ 2nd New York Regiment (known as the 3rd New York Regiment in 1775, redesignated the
4th New York Regiment in 1777)
★ 3rd New York Regiment (known as the 4th New York Regiment in 1775, redesignated the
2nd New York Regiment in 1777)
★
Elmore's Regiment (Connecticut)
★ 1st Pennsylvania Battalion (reassigned to the Main Army in November, redesignated the
2nd Pennsylvania Regiment in 1777)
★ Mackay's Battalion (reassigned to the Main Army in November, redesignated the
8th Pennsylvania Regiment in 1777)
★
Isaiah Wool's Artillery Detachment (New York)
★
Captain Bernard Romans' Continental Artillery Company
Eastern Department
★
6th Continental Regiment (Massachusetts, assigned to the Northern Department
8 August 1776)
★
18th Continental Regiment (Massachusetts, assigned to the Northern Department
3 August 1776)
★
Long's Regiment (New Hampshire)
★
Richmond's Regiment (Rhode Island)
Southern Department
★
1st Virginia Regiment (assigned to the Main Army in July 1776)
★
2nd Virginia Regiment
★
3rd Virginia Regiment (assigned to the Main Army in July 1776)
★
4th Virginia Regiment (assigned to the Main Army in September 1776)
★
5th Virginia Regiment (assigned to the Main Army in September 1776)
★
6th Virginia Regiment (assigned to the Main Army in September 1776)
★
7th Virginia Regiment
★
8th Virginia Regiment
★
9th Virginia Regiment
★
1st North Carolina Regiment
★
2nd North Carolina Regiment
★
3rd North Carolina Regiment
★
4th North Carolina Regiment
★
5th North Carolina Regiment
★
6th North Carolina Regiment
★
1st South Carolina Regiment
★
2nd South Carolina Regiment
★
3rd South Carolina Regiment
★
4th South Carolina Regiment
★
5th South Carolina Regiment
★
6th South Carolina Regiment
★
1st Georgia Regiment
★
Georgia Regiment of Horse Rangers
★
Corps of North Carolina Light Dragoons
Continental Army, 1777–1783
The Continental Army of 1777 was a result of several critical reforms and political decisions that came about when it was apparent that the British were sending massive forces to put an end to the Revolution. In order to create a more stable, better trained army that would not cease to exist at the end of each year—the army had nearly collapsed at the end of 1776—men were now enlisted for the duration of the war. Because many men were reluctant to enlist for such an indefinite period, three-year enlistments were allowed.
[6]
On
16 September 1776, the Continental Congress passed the "eighty-eight battalion resolve," which called for each state to contribute regiments in proportion to their population. (The terms ''regiment'' and ''
battalion'' were interchangeable at that time.) The quotas ranged from 15 regiments each for Massachusetts and Virginia, down to one each for Delaware and Georgia. Each state was expected to arm, clothe, and equip their regiments. A state's quota of regiments was collectively known as that state's "line", such as the
Pennsylvania Line. A state "line" was an administrative designation and not a tactical formation like a brigade or division.
[7]
Washington and his generals believed that 88 regiments were insufficient to challenge the
British Army, and so on
27 December 1776, Congress gave Washington the authority to raise additional regiments which were placed directly under his control and not under any state. These additional units consisted of 16 infantry regiments, three artillery regiments, a corps of engineers, and 3,000 light horsemen. Including three other regiments previously authorized by Congress (the two Canadian regiments and
Seth Warner's regiment of Green Mountain Boys), 110 regiments were authorized for the Continental Army of 1777. Some states exceeded their quotas, and so 119 regiments were actually fielded in 1777.
[8]
The decisions implemented in 1777 determined the basic organizational structure of the Continental Army for the duration of the war,
[9] although state quotas were adjusted and units were consolidated or disbanded as needed. On
9 March 1779, Congress reduced the quota of regiments in the state lines to 80, and consolidated the additional regiments not assigned to state lines.
[10] In 1781, when the three-year enlistments of 1777 expired, the total number of regiments was consolidated to 61.
[11]
State lines
The '
Connecticut Line' was assigned a quota of 8 regiments in 1777, reduced to 6 in 1781.
★
1st Connecticut Regiment, disbanded in 1783
★
2nd Connecticut Regiment, disbanded in 1783
★
3rd Connecticut Regiment, disbanded in 1783
★
4th Connecticut Regiment, consolidated in 1781 with the
3rd Connecticut Regiment
★
5th Connecticut Regiment, disbanded in 1783
★
6th Connecticut Regiment, disbanded in 1783
★
7th Connecticut Regiment, consolidated in 1781 with the
5th Connecticut Regiment
★
8th Connecticut Regiment, consolidated in 1781 with the
1st Connecticut Regiment
★
9th Connecticut Regiment, consolidated in 1781 with the
2nd Connecticut Regiment
★
Elmore's Regiment, disbanded
10 May 1777
★
Ward's Regiment, disbanded
14 May 1777
★
Westmoreland Independent Companies, disbanded
1 January 1781
The '
Delaware Line' was assigned a quota of one regiment.
★
1st Delaware Regiment
The '
Georgia Line' was assigned a quota of one regiment.
★
1st Georgia Regiment, captured 1780, disbanded 1783
★
2nd Georgia Regiment, recruited primarily in Virginia, captured 1780, disbanded 1781
★
3rd Georgia Regiment, recruited primarily in North Carolina, captured 1780, disbanded 1781
★
4th Georgia Regiment, recruited primarily in Pennsylvania, captured 1780, disbanded 1781
The '
Maryland Line' was assigned a quota of 8 regiments in 1777, reduced to 5 in 1781.
★
1st Maryland Regiment, disbanded in 1783
★
2nd Maryland Regiment, disbanded in 1783
★
3rd Maryland Regiment, disbanded in 1783
★
4th Maryland Regiment, disbanded in 1783
★
5th Maryland Regiment, disbanded in 1783
★
6th Maryland Regiment, disbanded in 1781
★
7th Maryland Regiment, disbanded in 1781
★
German Battalion (counted as half a regiment against the quota), disbanded in 1781
★
Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment (counted as half a regiment against the quota), disbanded in 1781
The '
Massachusetts Line' was assigned a quota of 15 regiments in 1777, reduced to 11 in 1781.
★
1st Massachusetts Regiment, disbanded in 1783
★
2nd Massachusetts Regiment, disbanded in 1783
★
3rd Massachusetts Regiment, disbanded in 1783
★
4th Massachusetts Regiment, disbanded in 1783
★
5th Massachusetts Regiment, disbanded in 1783
★
6th Massachusetts Regiment, disbanded in 1783
★
7th Massachusetts Regiment, disbanded in 1783
★
8th Massachusetts Regiment, disbanded in 1783
★
9th Massachusetts Regiment, disbanded in 1783
★
10th Massachusetts Regiment, disbanded in 1783
★
11th Massachusetts Regiment, disbanded in 1781
★
12th Massachusetts Regiment, disbanded in 1781
★
13th Massachusetts Regiment, disbanded in 1781
★
14th Massachusetts Regiment, disbanded in 1781
★
15th Massachusetts Regiment, disbanded in 1781
★
16th Massachusetts Regiment, disbanded in 1781
The '
New Hampshire Line' was assigned a quota of 3 regiments in 1777, reduced to 2 in 1781.
★
1st New Hampshire Regiment, disbanded in 1784
★
2nd New Hampshire Regiment, disbanded in 1784
★
3rd New Hampshire Regiment, disbanded in 1781
★
Long's Regiment, disbanded July 1777
★
Whitcomb's Rangers, disbanded in 1781
The '
New Jersey Line' was assigned a quota of 4 regiments in 1777, reduced to 3 in 1779, and reduced to 2 in 1781.
★
1st New Jersey Regiment, disbanded in 1783
★
2nd New Jersey Regiment, disbanded in 1783
★
3rd New Jersey Regiment, disbanded in 1781
★
4th New Jersey Regiment, disbanded
7 February 1779
The '
New York Line' was assigned a quota of 4 regiments in 1777, increased to 5 in 1779, and reduced to 3 in 1781.
★
1st New York Regiment, disbanded in 1783
★
2nd New York Regiment, disbanded in 1783
★
3rd New York Regiment, consolidated into the 1st New York in 1781
★
4th New York Regiment, consolidated into the 2nd New York in 1781
★
5th New York Regiment, consolidated into the 2nd New York in 1781
The '
North Carolina Line' was assigned a quota of 9 regiments in 1777, reduced to 6 in 1779, and reduced to 4 in 1781.
★
1st North Carolina Regiment
★
2nd North Carolina Regiment
★
3rd North Carolina Regiment
★
4th North Carolina Regiment
★
5th North Carolina Regiment
★
6th North Carolina Regiment
★
7th North Carolina Regiment
★
8th North Carolina Regiment
★
9th North Carolina Regiment
★
10th North Carolina Regiment
The '
Pennsylvania Line' was assigned a quota of 12 regiments in 1777, reduced to 11 in 1779, and reduced to 9 in 1781.
★
1st Pennsylvania Regiment
★
2nd Pennsylvania Regiment
★
3rd Pennsylvania Regiment
★
4th Pennsylvania Regiment
★
5th Pennsylvania Regiment
★
6th Pennsylvania Regiment
★
7th Pennsylvania Regiment
★
8th Pennsylvania Regiment
★
9th Pennsylvania Regiment
★
10th Pennsylvania Regiment
★
11th Pennsylvania Regiment
★
12th Pennsylvania Regiment
★
13th Pennsylvania Regiment
The '
Rhode Island Line' was assigned a quota of 2 regiments in 1777, reduced to 1 in 1781.
★
1st Rhode Island Regiment, redesignated the Rhode Island Regiment in 1781, disbanded in 1783
★
2nd Rhode Island Regiment, consolidated into the 1st Rhode Island in 1781
The '
South Carolina Line' was assigned a quota of 6 regiments in 1777, reduced to 2 in 1781.
★
1st South Carolina Regiment
★
2nd South Carolina Regiment
★
3rd South Carolina Regiment
★
4th South Carolina Regiment
★
5th South Carolina Regiment
★
6th South Carolina Regiment
The '
Virginia Line' was assigned a quota of 15 regiments in 1777, reduced to 11 in 1779.
★
1st Virginia Regiment
★
2nd Virginia Regiment
★
3rd Virginia Regiment
★
4th Virginia Regiment
★
5th Virginia Regiment
★
6th Virginia Regiment
★
7th Virginia Regiment
★
8th Virginia Regiment
★
9th Virginia Regiment
★
10th Virginia Regiment
★
11th Virginia Regiment
★
12th Virginia Regiment
★
13th Virginia Regiment
★
14th Virginia Regiment
★
15th Virginia Regiment
"Additional" regiments
Units designated "Additional Continental Regiments" were unnumbered infantry regiments authorized in 1777 in addition to the 88 regiments previously authorized by Congress. These units were raised "at large" and not part of any state's quota, although some were later adopted into state lines. Sixteen regiments were authorized, but because of manpower shortages Washington attempted to raise only 15. Two of these 15 were never organized because their colonels declined the position in favor of other commands, leaving 13 "additional" regiments. Congress subsequently authorized one more "additional" regiment,
Sheppard's Additional Continental Regiment, but it was absorbed into the weak North Carolina line within a year.
[12]
#
Forman's Additional Continental Regiment (New Jersey & Maryland), consolidated 1779 into Spencer's regiment
#
Gist's Additional Continental Regiment (Virginia & Maryland), captured 1780, disbanded 1781
#
Grayson's Additional Continental Regiment (Virginia, Maryland, & Delaware), consolidated 1779 into Gist's regiment
#
Hartley's Additional Continental Regiment (Pennsylvania, Maryland, & Delaware), allotted to the Pennsylvania Line in 1778
#
Henley's Additional Continental Regiment, consolidated in 1779 into the 16th Massachusetts
#
Henry Jackson's Additional Continental Regiment, consolidated in 1779 into the 16th Massachusetts
#
Lee's Additional Continental Regiment, consolidated in 1779 into the 16th Massachusetts
#
Malcolm's Additional Continental Regiment (New York & Pennsylvania), broken up in 1779, units sent to the
11th Pennsylvania Regiment and Spencer's regiment
#
Patton's Additional Continental Regiment (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, & Delaware), consolidated 1779 into Hartley's regiment
#
Sheppard's Additional Continental Regiment, aka the
10th North Carolina Regiment, disbanded 1778
#
Sherburne's Additional Continental Regiment (Rhode Island & Connecticut), disbanded in 1780
#
Spencer's Additional Continental Regiment (New Jersey & Pennsylvania), disbanded in 1781
#
Thruston's Additional Continental Regiment (Virginia), consolidated 1779 into Gist's regiment
#
Webb's Additional Continental Regiment, adopted 1780 into the Connecticut Line as the
9th Connecticut Regiment
Other units
★
1st Canadian Regiment
★
2nd Canadian Regiment
★
Von Heer's Provost Corps
★
Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment
★
Commander-in-Chief's Guardaka "Washington's Life Guard"
★
Corps of Invalids, men not fit for field duty guarding posts out of immediate danger
;Continental Light Dragoons
★
1st Continental Light Dragoons aka "Bland's Horse"
★
2nd Continental Light Dragoons aka "Sheldon's Horse"
★
3rd Continental Light Dragoons aka "Baylor's Horse"/"Lady Washington's Horse"
★
4th Continental Light Dragoons aka "Moylan's Horse"
★
Georgia Regiment of Horse Rangers, captured 1780, disbanded 1781
★
Armand's Legion
★
Lee's Legion
★
Pulaski's Legion
★
Corps of North Carolina Light Dragoons
★
Ottendorf's Corps
★
Troops of the Marechaussee {Forerunners of US
Military Police Corps}
;Continental Artillery
★
1st Continental Artillery-aka Colonel Harrison's Regiment of Artillery
★
2nd Continental Artillery-aka Colonel Lamb's Regiment of Artillery
★
3rd Continental Artillery-aka Colonel Crane's Regiment of Artillery (included
United Train of Artillery of Rhode Island Colony)
★
4th Continental Artillery-aka Colonel
Thomas Procter's Regiment of Artillery (included Eastern Artillery Company of New Jersey Colony which later became
3rd Battalion, 112th Field Artillery "NJ Guns")
Notes
1. Wright, ''Continental Army'', 29, 40.
2. Wright, ''Continental Army'', 24–5.
3. Wright, ''Continental Army'', 41–3.
4. Wright, ''Continental Army'', 47, 50.
5. Wright, ''Continental Army'', 63.
6. Wright, ''Continental Army'', 93.
7. Wright, ''Continental Army'', 98, 99n.
8. Wright, ''Continental Army'', 98–9, 119.
9. Wright, ''Continental Army'', 91.
10. Wright, ''Continental Army'', 146–48.
11. Wright, ''Continental Army'', 157.
12. Wright, ''Continental Army'', 100–1.
References
★
Wright, Robert K. ''The Continental Army''. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, 1983. Available, in part,
online.
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