4th Massachusetts Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=4th Massachusetts Regiment


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allegiance=Continental Congress of the United States
type=Infantry
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dates=1775-1783
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command_structure=Massachusetts Line
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battles=Battle of Bunker Hill,
New York Campaign,
Battle of Trenton,
Battle of Princeton,
Battle of Saratoga,
Battle of Monmouth,
Battle of Rhode Island
notable_commanders=Colonel William Shepard,
Ebenezer Learned,
Colonel Henry Jackson,
Lt. Col. William Stacy
anniversaries=Campaign
name=Boston campaign, 1775–1776
battles=Boston siege – Bunker Hill – Dorchester HeightsCampaign
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=Philadelphia campaign, 1777–1778
battles=Brandywine – Paoli – Germantown – White Marsh – Matson's Ford – Crooked Billet – MonmouthCampaign
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 Heights

The 4th Massachusetts Regiment also known as 3rd Continental Regiment was raised on April 23, 1775 under Colonel Ebenezer Learned outside of Boston, Massachusetts. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Bunker Hill, New York Campaign, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Monmouth and the Battle of Rhode Island. The regiment was disbanded on November 3, 1783 at West Point, New York.

ee also

*Deborah Sampson, a woman soldier who served in the 4th Massachusetts

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