King's American Regiment

King's American Regiment

The King's American Regiment was a British provincial regiment which was raised and served in the American Revolutionary War.

It was raised in New York in December, 1776 by Colonel Edmund Fanning as the Associated Refugees. It served in the attacks on Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery. It took part in relief of Newport, raids in Virginia and operations in Georgia and East Florida.

It was taken into the American Establishment on March 7, 1781 as the 4th American Regiment. It was taken into the British Establishment on December 25, 1782, possibly as the 110th Regiment of Foot and disbanded in Canada in 1783.

External links

* [http://www.lib.unb.ca/collections/loyalist/seeOne.php?id=672&string= The Loyalist Collection, University of New Brunswick]
* [http://www.royalprovincial.com/military/rhist/kar/kar1hist.htm Loyalist Institute: A History of the King's American Regiment]


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