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Continental Artillery Regiment
(aka
Proctor's Continental Artillery Regiment)
LINEAGE -
Authorized
on October 16, 1775 in the Pennsylvania State Troops as the Pennsylvania State Artillery
Company.
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Organized
between October 17- November 27, 1775 at Philadelphia.
- Expanded
on August 14, 1776 as the Pennsylvania State Artillery Battalion, to consist of 2
companies.
- Assigned
on September 23, 1776 to the Main
Continental Army.
- Expanded
on February 6, 1776 as the Pennsylvania State Artillery Regiment, to consist of 8
companies from eastern Pennsylvania, and relieved from the Main
Continental Army.
- Adopted
on June 10, 1777 into the Continental Army as Proctor's Continental Artillery Regiment
and assigned to the Middle Department.
- Relieved
on July 14, 1777 from the Middle
Department and assigned to the Main
Continental Army.
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Redesignated
on August 10, 1779 as the 4th Continental Artillery Regiment.
- Reorganized
on January 1, 1781 to consist of 10 companies, including Capt. Issac Coren's Company,
Artillery Artifcer Regiment,
Capts. Andrew Porter's and Jonas Simond's Companies, 2nd
Continental Artillery Regiment, and Captain
Jerimiah Freeman's Continental Artillery Company.
- Relieved
on February 20, 1781 from the Main
Continental Army and assigned to the Southern
Department.
- Reorganized
1 January 1, 1783 to consist of 4 companies.
- Relived
on April 24, 1783 from the Southern
Department and assigned to the Middle
Department.
- Furloughed
on June 11, 1783 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Disbanded
on November 15, 1783.
ENGAGEMENTS HISTORY
Lineage
taken from "The Continental Army" by Robert K Wright |
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