Woodbridge's Regiment of Militia

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unit_name=Woodbridge's Regiment of Militia


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allegiance=State of Massachusetts
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dates=1775-1777
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command_structure=Massachusetts militia
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battles=Saratoga Campaign
notable_commanders=Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge,
William Stacy
anniversaries=Campaign
name=Saratoga campaign, 1777
battles=Ticonderoga – Hubbardton – Fort Ann – Oriskany – Bennington – 1st Saratoga (Freeman's Farm) – 2nd Saratoga (Bemis Heights)

Woodbridge's Regiment of Militia also known as the 1st Hampshire County Militia Regiment. On April 20, 1775, the day immediately following the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Woodbridge's regiment was formed and marched to Cambridge, Massachusetts near Boston, and participated in the Siege of Boston and the Battle of Bunker Hill.Swett, S.: "History of Bunker Hill Battle, With a Plan", Second Edition, Munroe and Francis, Boston (1826) pp. 5, 30.] Frothingham, Jr., Richard: "History of the Siege of Boston and of the Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill", Second Edition, published by Charles C. Little and James Brown, Boston (1851) Chapters V and VII, regarding the Bunker Hill Battle, pp. 136, 183.] [Ketchum, Richard M.: "Decisive Day, the Battle for Bunker Hill", Henry Holt and Company, Owl Books Edition, New York (1999) p. 146.] Sparks, Jared: "The Writings of George Washington, Vol III", Little, Brown, and Company, Boston (1855) p. 157.]

The regiment spent part of the summer and the fall of 1776 as part of the Fort Ticonderoga garrison. The next year the regiment was called up at South Hadley, Massachusetts on August 16, 1777 as reinforcements for the Continental Army during the Saratoga Campaign. The regiment marched quickly to join the gathering forces of General Horatio Gates as he faced British General John Burgoyne in northern New York. The regiment served in General Warner's brigade. With the surrender of Burgoyne's Army on October 17, the regiment was disbanded on November 29, 1777.

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