Peabody's New Hampshire State Regiment
- Peabody's New Hampshire State Regiment
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unit_name=Peabody's New Hampshire State Regiment
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allegiance=State of New Hampshire
type=Infantry
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dates=1778-1779
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command_structure=New Hampshire Militia
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battles=Rhode Island
notable_commanders=Stephen Peabody
anniversaries=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 Heights
Peabody's New Hampshire State Regiment was raise on January 1, 1778 under Col. Stephen Peabody at Hampstead, New Hampshire for service with Gen. John Sullivan in Rhode Island. The term of enlistment was one year. The regiment marched to Newport, Rhode Island and took part in the Battle of Rhode Island on August 29, 1778. The regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1779 at the end of the men's enlistments.
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]
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