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3rd
Massachusetts Regiment
LINEAGE
- Authorized on April
23, 1775 in the Massachusetts State Troops as Heath's Regiment.
- Organized
in spring 1775 at Roxbury to consist of 10 companies from eastern Suffolk County.
- Adopted on
June 14, 1775 into the Continental Army and assigned to the Main Continental Army.
- Redesignated
on July 1, 1775 as Greaton's Regiment.
- Assigned
on July 22, 1775 to Heath's Brigade, an element of the Main Continental Army.
- Consolidated
on January 1, 1776 with Craft's Company,
Gardner's Regiment, and consolidated unit redesignated as the 24th Continental
Regiment, an element of Heath's Brigade, to consist of 8 companies.
- Relieved
on April 15, 1776 from Heath's Brigade and assigned to the Canadian
Department.
- Relieved
on July 2, 1776 the Canadian Department
and assigned to the Northern
Department.
- Assigned
on July 20, 1776 to Arnold's Brigade, an element of the Northern
Department.
- Arnold's
Brigade redesignated on October 26, 1776 as Poor's Brigade.
- Relieved
on November 26, 1776 from Poor's Brigade and assigned to the Vose's Brigade, an element
of the Main Continental Army.
- Vose's Brigade
redesignated on December 18, 1776 as McDougall's Brigade.
- Consolidated
(less Bent's and Whiting's Companies) on January 1, 1777 with the 25th
Continental Regiment and consolidated unit redesignated as Greaton's Regiment,
to consist of 8 companies. Bent's and Whiting's Companies concurrently reorganized
and redesignated as Fairfield's and
Pillsbury's Companies, Wigglesworth's Regiment.
- Relieved
on February 9, 1777 from McDougall's Brigade and assigned to the Northern
Department.
- Assigned
on March 13, 1777 to the Northern
Department and assigned to the Highland's
Department.
- Assigned
on June 12, 1777 to the 1st Massachusetts Brigade, an element of the Highland's
Department.
- 1st
Massachusetts Brigade relieved 1 July 1, 1777 from the Highland's
Department and assigned to the Northern
Department.
- 1st
Massachusetts Brigade relieved on March 31, 1778 from the Northern
Department and assigned to the Highland's
Department.
- Reorganized
on May 12, 1779 to consist of 9 companies.
- Redesignated
on August 1, 1779 as the 3rd Massachusetts Regiment.
- Relieved
on January 1, 1781 from the 1st Massachusetts Brigade and assigned to the 3rd Massachusetts
Brigade, an element of the Highland's
Department.
- Relieved
on June 12, 1783 from the 3d Massachusetts Brigade and assigned to the 1st Massachusetts
Brigade, an element of the Highland's
Department.
- Disbanded
on November 3, 1783 at West Point, New York.
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