Lee's Additional Continental Regiment

LINEAGE

• Authorized on January 12, 1777 in the Continental Army as Lee's Additional Continental Regiment.
• Assigned on May 23, 1777 to the Eastern Department.
• Organized in spring and summer 1777 at Cambridge to consist of 6 companies from Middlesex, Essex, Suffolk, and Bristol Counties.
• Relieved on October 2, 1777 from the Eastern Department and assigned to the main Continental Army.
• Relieved on July 22, 1778 from the main Continental Army and assigned to the Eastern Department.
• Consolidated on April 9, 1779 with Henry Jackson's Additional Continental Regiment.

• Philadelphia - Monmouth
• Rhode Island

HISTORY