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Massachusetts Regiment LINEAGE
- Authorized on September
16, 1776 in the Continental Army as Francis' Regiment.
- Assigned
on February 9, 1777 to the Northern
Department.
- Organized
in spring 1777 at Boston to consist of 8 companies from Cumberland, York, Suffolk,
and Lincoln Counties, Massachusetts, and Windham County, Connecticut.
- Redesignated
on July 7, 1777 as Tupper's Regiment.
- 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 11th Massachusetts Regiment.
- Disbanded
on January 1, 1781 at West Point, New York.
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