Moulton's Regiment of Militia

Moulton's Regiment of Militia
Active	1775-83
Allegiance	State of New Hampshire
Type	Infantry
Part of	New Hampshire Militia
Engagements	Bemis Heights
Commanders
Notable commanders	Jonathan Moulton

Moulton's Regiment of Militia also known as the 3rd Regiment of New Hampshire Militia was first called up in April of 1775 at Hampton, New Hampshire under the command of Col. Jonathan Moulton. The regiment garrisoned the New Hampshire seacoast after the British burned the town of Falmouth, Maine then part of Massachusetts. The regiment had a twenty four hour look-out at Little Boar's Head in North Hampton, New Hampshire where all the coastal shipping could be watched and warning giving to the local area in case of attack. Col. Moulton would lead the regiment in the Saratoga Campaign joining Gen. John Stark in northern New York. The regiment would spend the rest of the American Revolutionary War guarding the seacoast of New Hampshire.

Sources

• State Builders: An Illustrated Historical and Biographical Record of the State of New Hampshire. State Builders Publishing, Manchester, NH, 1903

External links

• Bibliography of the Continental Army in New Hampshire compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History