5th Connecticut Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=5th Connecticut Regiment


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allegiance=Continental Congress of the United States
type=Infantry
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dates=1775-1781
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command_structure=Connecticut Line
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battles=Bunker Hill
Monmouth
notable_commanders=Major Thomas Knowlton
Colonel David Waterbury
anniversaries=The 5th Connecticut Regiment was raised on April 27, 1775 at Danbury, Connecticut under the command of David Waterbury. The regiment would see action at the Invasion of Canada. After which the regiment was disbanded on December 20 1775 and reformed on September 16, 1776 to fight in the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Monmouth. The regiment was merged along with the 7th Conn. into the 2nd Conn. on January 1, 1781. The regiment was fourloughed June 15, 1783 at West Point, New York and disbanded on November 15, 1783.

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External links

* [http://wiltonmilitia.org/pages/militia_history.01.htm Wilton Milita part of the 5th Connecticut Regiment]
* [http://5cr.org Fifth Connecticut Regiment - Rev War Reenactment Unit]