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10th Massachusetts Regiment

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  • Authorized on September 16, 1776 in the Continental Army as Marshall's Regiment.
  • Assigned on February 9, 1777 to the Northern Department.
  • Organized in spring 1777 at Boston to consist of 8 companies from Worcester, Middlesex, Essex, Bristol, Hampshire, Plymouth, and Suffolk Counties, Massachusetts, and Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
  • Assigned on August 13, 1777 to from the 3rd Massachusetts Brigade, an element of the Northern Department.
  • 3rd Massachusetts Brigade relieved on October 27, 1777 from the Northern Department and assigned to the Main Continental Army.
  • 3rd Massachusetts Brigade relieved on November 20, 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 10th Massachusetts Regiment.
  • Relieved on January 1, 1781 from the 3d Massachusetts Brigade and assigned to the 1st Massachusetts Brigade, an element of the Highland's Department.
  • Relieved on June 18, 1781 from the 1st Massachusetts Brigade and assigned to the New Hampshire Brigade, an element of the Highland's Department.
  • New Hampshire Brigade relieved on October 14, 1781 from the Highland's Department and assigned to the Northern Department.
  • Relieved on November 12, 1781 from the New Hampshire Brigade and assigned to the Highland's Department.
  • Assigned on August 29, 1782 to the New Hampshire Brigade, an element of the Northern Department.
  • Relieved on October 26, 1782 from the New Hampshire Brigade and assigned to the Highland's Department.
  • Disbanded on November 15, 1783 at West Point, New York.

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