- Chase's Regiment of Militia
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Chase's Regiment of Militia Active 1776-80 Allegiance State of New Hampshire Type Infantry Part of New Hampshire Militia Engagements Bemis Heights Commanders Notable
commandersJonathan Chase Saratoga campaign, 1777Ticonderoga – Hubbardton – Fort Ann – Oriskany – Bennington – 1st Saratoga (Freeman's Farm) – 2nd Saratoga (Bemis Heights)Northern theater after Saratoga, 1778–1781Rhode Island – Wyoming Valley – Carleton's Raid – Cherry Valley – Stony Point – Penobscot expedition – Sullivan expedition – Newtown – Springfield – Groton HeightsAmerican Revolutionary War units of the United StatesUnits by state Connecticut · Delaware · Georgia · Maryland · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New York · North Carolina · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · Vermont · VirginiaNon-state units Extra and Additional regiments · Armand's Legion · Pulaski's Legion · Lee's Legion · Ottendorf's Corps · Commander-in-Chief's Guard ·Chase's Regiment of Militia also known as the 13th New Hampshire Regiment of Militia was called up at Cornish, New Hampshire on September 22, 1777 as reinforcements for the Continental Army during the Saratoga Campaign. The regiment marched quickly to join the gathering forces of Gen. Horatio Gates as he faced British Gen. John Burgoyne in northern New York. The regiment served in Gen. William Whipple's brigade of New Hampshire militia. With the surrender of Burgoyne's Army on October 17 the regiment was disbanded on October 24, 1777. They would be called up again to protect the frontier of the state during the Royalton Raid of 1780.
Sources
- The ranger service in the upper valley of the Connecticut, and the most northerly regiment of the New Hampshire militia in the period of the revolution : an address delivered before the New Hampshire Society of Sons of the American Revolution at Concord, N.H., April 26, 1900
- State Builders: An Illustrated Historical and Biographical Record of the State of New Hampshire. State Builders Publishing Manchester, NH 1903
External links
Categories:- New Hampshire militia units in the American Revolution
- Military units and formations established in 1777
- New Hampshire stubs
- United States military history stubs
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