Long's Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=Long's Regiment


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allegiance=Continental Congress of the United States
type=Infantry
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dates=1776-1777
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command_structure=New Hampshire Line
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battles=Battle of Fort Ann
notable_commanders=Pierse Long and Hercules Mooney
anniversaries=Campaign
name=Saratoga campaign, 1777
battles=Ticonderoga – Hubbardton – Fort Ann – Oriskany – Bennington – 1st Saratoga (Freeman's Farm) – 2nd Saratoga (Bemis Heights)

Long's Regiment was raised on May 14, 1776 at New Castle, New Hampshire under Colonel Pierse Long for service with the Continental Army. The regiment was stationed at Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence on Lake Champlain and fought a delaying action at Fort Ann, New York on July 8, 1777 against the advance units of John Burgoyne's army. The regiment was disbanded at the end of July, 1777 in northern New York as the one year enlistments of the men ran out before the main engagements of the Saratoga Campaign. Col. Long and some of the men of the regiment joined other New Hampshire regiments that fought at Saratoga.

Members of the Regiment

*Hercules Mooney
*Joseph Peirce

ources

* [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]