1st Connecticut Regiment (1775)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=1st Connecticut Regiment (1775)


caption=
country=
allegiance=Continental Congress of the United States
type=Infantry
branch=
dates=1775-1776
specialization=
command_structure=
size=1000
current_commander=
garrison=
ceremonial_chief=
nickname=
motto=
colors=
march=
mascot=
battles=siege of Boston, Invasion of Canada and the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
notable_commanders=Major General David Wooster
anniversaries=Campaign
name=Boston campaign Captain Steel & Trowbridge Companies, 1775–1776
battles=Boston siege – Bunker Hill – Dorchester HeightsCampaign
name=Canadian theater, 1775–1776
battles=Ticonderoga – Crown Point – Longue-Pointe – Fort St. Jean – Quebec – Les Cèdres – Vaudreuil – Trois-Rivières – Valcour Bay – Fort Cumberland

ummary

The 1st Connecticut Regiment (1775) was raised on April 27, 1775 at Norwich, Connecticut in the Connecticut State Troops. The regiment consisted of ten companies of volunteers from New Haven and Litchfield counties of the state of Connecticut. .

ee also

*1st Connecticut Regiment

References

*cite book | last=Wright | first=Richard K. | authorlink= | coauthors= | editor= | others= | title=The Continental Army | origdate= | origyear=1983 | origmonth= | url=http://www.army.mil/cmh/books/RevWar/ContArmy/CA-fm.htm | format=HTML | accessdate=2006-06-04| accessyear=2006 | accessmonth=May | edition= | date= | year= | month= | publisher=Center of Military Hisory | location= | language= | id= | pages= | chapter= | chapterurl=