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Continental Artillery Regiment
(aka
Crane's Continental Artillery Regiment)
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Authorized
on January 1, 1777 in the Continental Army as Crane's Continental Artillery Regiment.
- Organized
(less Steven's Provisional
Artillery Battalion) in spring 1777 at Boston, Massachusetts and Peekskill,
New York, with elements in the Main
Army, Highland's Department
and the Northern Department,
to consist of 12 companies from Massachusetts and Rhode Island (including veterans
of the Continental Artillery
Regiment)
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Redesignated
on August 10, 1779 as the 3rd Continental Artillery Regiment.
- Reorganized
on January 1, 1781 to consist of 10 companies.
- Relieved
on August 24, 1782 from the Main Army
and assigned to the Highland's
Department.
- Reorganized
on June 12, 1783 to consist of 4 companies.
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Disbanded
on January 1, 1784 at West Point, New York.
ENGAGEMENTS HISTORY
Lineage
taken from "The Continental Army" by Robert K Wright |
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