8th Connecticut Regiment

8th Connecticut Regiment

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unit_name=8th Connecticut Regiment


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allegiance=Continental Congress of the United States
type=Infantry
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dates=1776-1781
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command_structure=Connecticut Line
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battles=Monmouth
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anniversaries=The 8th Connecticut Regiment also known as 17th Continental Regiment was raised on September 16, 1776 at Danbury, Connecticut. The regiment would see action in the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Monmouth. The regiment was merged into the 1st Connecticut Regiment on January 1, 1781 at West Point, New York and disbanded on November 15, 1783. Joseph Plumb Martin served in this regiment from 1776 till its merger in 1781. He would write his a book about his experiences in 1830.

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"A narrative of some of the adventures, dangers, and sufferings of a Revolutionary soldier, interspersed with anecdotes of incidents that occurred within his own observation" by Joseph Plum Martin, 1830.


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