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Provisional Artillery Battalion
LINEAGE
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Authorized
on November 9, 1776 in the Continental Army as Stevens' Provisional Artillery Battalion
and assigned to the Northern
Department.
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Organized
in early 1777 at Boston, Massachusetts and Albany and Fort Ticonderoga, New York,
to consist of Capt. Steven Buckland's, Nathaniel Donnell's and John Winslow's
Companies of Crane's Continental
Artillery Regiment (recruited
from Massachusetts and Connecticut) and Capt. Noah Nichols' Artifcer Company.
- Relieved
on May 18, 1778 from the Northern
Department and assigned to the Highland's
Department.
- Relieved
on July 19, 1778 from the Highland's
Department and assigned to the Main
Army.
- Captain
Noah Nichols' Artifcer Company withdrawn on August 28, 1778 and consolidated with
Capt. Jesse Roe's Company, Artillery
Artifcer Regiment.
- Stevens'
Provisional Artillery Battalion broken up on December 22, 1778 at Pluckemin, New Jersey
and companies reverted to Crane's
Continental Artillery Regiment
HISTORY
Lineage
taken from "The Continental Army" by Robert K Wright |
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