1st New Hampshire Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=1st New Hampshire Regiment


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allegiance=Continental Congress of the United States
type= Infantry
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dates=1775-1776;1777-1783
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command_structure=New Hampshire Line
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battles=Battle of Chelsea Creek, Battle of Bunker Hill, Battle of Trois-Rivières
notable_commanders= Colonel John Stark, Colonel Joseph Cilley and George Reid
anniversaries=Campaign
name=Boston campaign, 1775 – 1776
battles=Boston siege – Chelsea Creek – Bunker Hill – Dorchester HeightsCampaign
name=Canadian theater, 1775 – 1776
battles=Ticonderoga – Crown Point – Longue-Pointe – Fort St. Jean – Quebec – Les Cèdres – Vaudreuil – Trois-Rivières – Valcour Bay – Fort CumberlandCampaign
name=New York and New Jersey, 1776 – 1777
battles=Long Island – Kip's Bay – Harlem Heights – Pell's Point – White Plains – Fort Washington – 1st Trenton – 2nd Trenton – Princeton – Forage War – Bound BrookCampaign
name=Saratoga campaign, 1777
battles=Ticonderoga – Hubbardton – Fort Ann – Oriskany – Bennington – 1st Saratoga (Freeman's Farm) – 2nd Saratoga (Bemis Heights)Campaign
name=Northern theater after Saratoga, 1778 – 1781
battles=Rhode Island – Wyoming Valley – Carleton's Raid – Cherry Valley – Stony Point – Penobscot expedition – Sullivan expedition – Newtown – Springfield – Groton HeightsCampaign
name=Southern theater Participation, 1781
battles=Yorktown

ummary

The 1st New Hampshire Regiment was authorized as New Hampshire State Troops on 22 May 1775 and was organized as ten companies of 800 volunteers from Hillsborough and Rockingham counties of the colony of New Hampshire at Medford, Massachusetts, commanded by John Stark. The regiment was adopted into the Continental Army on 14 June 1775 and assigned to Sullivan's Brigade on 22 July 1775. The regiment was redesignated as the 5th Continental Regiment on 1 January 1776. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

1776 as 5th Continental Regt.

The 5th Continental Regiment was formed when the 1st New Hampshire Regiment was redesignated on 1 January 1776 as eight companies in Sullivan's Brigade in the main Continental Army. On 27 April 1776 the regiment was relieved from the brigade and assigned to the Canadian Department. On 2 July 1776 the regiment was re-assigned to the Northern Department, and on 20 July 1776 it was assigned to Stark's Brigade. On 26 November 1776 the regiment was re-assigned to the main Continental Army and later assigned to Sullivan's Brigade.

1777-1783

On 1 January 1777, the 5th Continental Regiment was re-organized to eight companies and redesignated as the 1st New Hampshire Regiment in Sullivan's Brigade of the main Continental Army. The regiment was relieved from the brigade on 14 February 1777, and assigned to the Northern Department. On 28 April 1777, the regiment was assigned to the New Hampshire Brigade. On 20 October 1777, the brigade was re-assigned to the main Continental Army and re-organized to nine companies on 23 December 1778. The brigade was re-assigned to the Highland's Department on 19 August 1781. Between 10-14 October, 1781, the brigade was re-assigned to the Northern Department. On 12 November 1782, the brigade was re-assigned to the main Continental Army. The regiment was redesignated as the New Hampshire Regiment and re-organized as nine companies on 1 March 1783.

Members of the Regiment

* John Stark
* Joseph Cilley
* Henry Dearborn
* Caleb Stark
* John Simpson (soldier)
* Isaac Wyman
* Nathaniel Hutchins (lieutenant and later captain, and good friend of Henry Dearborn)

ee also

* 1st New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment (American Civil War)
* 5th Continental Regiment
* New Hampshire Regiment

References

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* "Death Seem'd to Stare": The New Hampshire And Rhode Island Regiments at Valley Forge" by Joseph Lee Boyle, Clearfield Co, 1995 ISBN 0806352671
* [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/newhampshire/revolutionary/page1.htm Officer and staff of 1st NH Regt.]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=XSDnxlK1sMUC&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_summary_r State Builders: An Illustrated Historical and Biographical Record of the State of New Hampshire. State Builers Publishing Manchester, NH 1903]

Bibliography

External links

* [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/newhampshire/revolutionary/page1.htm Roster of 1st New Hampshire Officers]
* [http://firstnhregiment.org 1st New Hampshire Regiment] - reenactment website