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The Continental Army of 1781

Connecticut Line

• 1st Connecticut Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. Durkee's/Grosvenor's/Butler
  • ReOrganized Jan 1781 from the 3d Connecticut Regiment and the 4th Connecticut Regiment
• 2d Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. Swift
  • ReOrganized and redesignated from the 5th Connecticut Regiment and the 7th Connecticut Regiment
• 3d Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. S. Webb
  • ReOrganized from the 2d Connecticut Regiment and the 9th Connecticut Regiment
  • Furloughed June 1783
  • Disbanded Nov. 1783
• 4th Connecticut Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. Butler
  • ReOrganized and redesignated Jan. 1781 from the 6th Connecticut Regiment
  • Disbanded Jan. 1783
• 5th Connecticut Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. Sherman
  • ReOrganized from the 1st Connecticut Regiment and the 8th Connecticut Regiment
  • Disbanded Jan. 1783

Delaware Line

• Kirkwood 's Delaware Battalion
  • Commanded by Captain Robert Kirkwood
  • ReOrganized on Sep 03 1780 into two companies under Captains Robert Kirkwood and Peter Jaquett
  • Furloughed Jan. 1783
  • Disbanded Nov. 1783

Georgia Line

• 1st Georgia Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. ? (see also 1777 & 1783)

Maryland Line

• 1st Maryland Regiment
  • Commanded by Col.s William/Stewart/Winder
  • ReOrganized and redesinated 13 September 1780 from the Maryland Regiment.
• 2d Maryland Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. Gunby
• 3d Maryland Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. Adam
  • Disbanded Jan. 1783
• 4th Maryland Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. Woolford
  • Disbanded Jan. 1783
• 5th Maryland Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. Ford
  • Disbanded Nov. 1783 (see also 1777)

Massachusetts Line

• 1st Massachusetts Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. Joseph Vose (see also 1777 & 1783)
• 2d Massachusetts Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. John Bailey (see also 1777 & 1783)
• 3d Massachusetts Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. John Greaton
  • ReOrganized from the 3d Massachusetts Regiment
  • Disbanded Nov. 1783
• 4th Massachusetts Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. William Shepard
  • ReOrganized from the 4th Massachusetts Regiment
  • Disbanded Nov. 1783
• 5th Massachusetts Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. Rufus Putnam
  • ReOrganized from the 5th Massachusetts Regiment
  • Furloughed June 1783
  • Disbanded Nov. 1783
• 6th Massachusetts Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. Rufus Putnam
  • ReOrganized from the 6th Massachusetts Regiment
  • Furloughed June 1783
  • Disbanded Nov. 1783
• 7th Massachusetts Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. Ichabod Allen
  • ReOrganized from the 7th Massachusetts Regiment
  • Furloughed June 1783
  • Disbanded Nov. 1783
• 8th Massachusetts Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. Michael Jackson
  • ReOrganized from the 8th Massachusetts Regiment
  • Furloughed June 1783
  • Disbanded Nov. 1783
• 9th Massachusetts Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. James Wesson
  • ReOrganized from the 9th Massachusetts Regiment
  • Disbanded Nov. 1783
• 10th Massachusetts Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. Thomas Marshall
  • ReOrganized from the 10th Massachusetts Regiment
  • Disbanded Nov. 1783

New Jersey Line

• 1st New Jersey Regiment (aka the Eastern Battalion)
  • Commanded by Col.s Stirling, Winds and Mathias Ogden's; see also 1777
• 2d New Jersey Regiment (aka the Western Battalion)
  • Commanded by Col. Maxwell, Israel Shreve, Dayton, Barber and Forman; see also 1777

New Hampshire Line

• 1st New Hampshire Regiment
  • Commanded by Col.s John Stark, Joseph Cilley, Enoch Poor, and Alexander Scammel; see 1777
• 2d New Hampshire Regiment
  • Commanded by Col.s Poor's/Hale's/Reid ; see 1777

New York Line

• 1st New York Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. Gosen Van Schaick
  • Consolidated Jan 1781 with the 3d New York Regiment (see also 1783)
• 2d New York Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. Peter Van Cortland
  • Merged with the 4th New York Regiment and the 5th New York Regiment in Jan. 1781 (see also 1783)

North Carolina Line

• 1st North Carolina Regiment
  • Commanded by Col.s Murfree; Re-established in 1781 (see also 1777)
• 2d North Carolina Regiment
  • Commanded by Col.s Dixon; Re-established in 1781
  • Merged with 1st North Carolina Regiment Jan. 1783 (see also 1777)
• 3d North Carolina Regiment
  • Commanded by Col.s McRae; Re-established in 1781
  • Disbanded Jan. 1783 (see also 1777)

Pennsylvania Line

• 1st Pennsylvania Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. ?
  • Consolidated Jan 1781 with the 10th Pennsylvania Regiment
  • Furloughed in late Jan. 1781 because of the Morristown Mutiny; (see also 1777 & 1783)
• 2d Pennsylvania Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. ?
  • Consolidated Jan 1781 with the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment
  • Furloughed in late Jan. 1781 because of the Morristown Mutiny; (see also 1777 & 1783)
• 3d Pennsylvania Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. ?
  • Consolidated Jan 1781 with the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment
  • Furloughed in late Jan. 1781 because of the Morristown Mutiny; (see also 1777 & 1783)
• 4th Pennsylvania Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. ?
  • Consolidated Jan 1781 with the 7th Pennsylvania Regiment
  • Furloughed in late Jan. 1781 because of the Morristown Mutiny
  • Disbanded 1 Jan 1783 (see also 1777)
• 5th Pennsylvania Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. ?
  • Consolidated Jan 1781 with the 9th Pennsylvania Regiment
  • Furloughed in late Jan. 1781 because of the Morristown Mutiny
  • Disbanded 1 Jan 1783 (see also 1777)
• 6th Pennsylvania Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. ?
  • Furloughed in late Jan. 1781 because of the Morristown Mutiny
  • Disbanded 1 Jan 1783 (see also 1777)

Rhode Island Line

• The Rhode Island Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. Christopher Greene
  • Organized from the 1st Rhode Island Regiment and the 2d Rhode Island Regiment

Virginia Line

• The Virginia Battalion
  • Commanded by Lt. Col. Thomas Posey
  • Formed in Feb 1781 with personnel who had managed to escape capture at Charleston
• 1st Virginia Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. ?; Established in May 1782 from the Virginia Battalion
• 2d Virginina Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. ?; Established in May 1782

Additional Regiments

• TheCanadian Regiment (aka Congress' Own)
  • Commanded by Col. ?
  • ReOrganized and redesignated Jan 1781 from the 2d Canadian Regiment (see also 1777 & 1783)

Artillery Units

• 1st Continental Artillery Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. Harrison
  • Furloughed June 1783
  • Disbanded Jan. 1784
• 2d Continental Artillery Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. ?
  • Furloughed June 1783
  • Disbanded Jan. 1784
• 3d Continental Artillery Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. ?
• 4th Continental Artillery Regiment
  • Commanded by Col. ?
  • Furloughed June 1783
  • Disbanded Jan. 1784

Mounted Units

• 1st Legionary Corps (aka unofficially as Bland 's Horse)
  • Commanded by Col. ?
  • ReOrganized and redesignated Jan 1781 from the 1st Continental Light Dragoon Regiment
  • Consolidated Nov 1782 with the 3d Continental Light Dragoon Regiment and redesignated the 1st Legionary Corps (see also 1777 & 1783)
• 2d Legionary Corps (aka unofficially as Sheldon's Horse)
  • Commanded by Col. ?
  • Redesignated Jan 1781 from the 2d Continental Light Dragoon Regiment (see also 1777 &1783)
• 3d Legionary Corps (aka unofficially as Baylor's Horse and also as Lady Washington's Horse)
  • Commanded by Col. ?
  • ReOrganized and redesignated Jan 1781 as the 3d Continental Light Dragoon Regiment
  • Merged Nov 1782 with the 1st Legionary Corps. (see also 1777)
• 4th Legionary Corps (aka unofficially as Moylan's Horse)
  • Commanded by Col. ?
  • ReOrganized and redesignated Jan 1781 from the 4th Continental Light Dragoon Regiment (see also 1777 &1783)
• 1st Partisan Corps
  • Commanded by Col. Armand
  • Consolidated Jan 1781 with Capt Bedkin's Independent Troop of Light Horse and reorganized and redesignated 1st Partisan Corps; (see also 1777 &1783)
• 2d Partisan Corps
  • Commanded by Col. Lt. Col. Henry Lee; Expanded and redesignated Jan 1781 from Lee's Corps of Partisan Light Dragoons