14th Continental Regiment

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14th Continental Regiment
Active 1775-1776
Allegiance Continental Congress of the United States
Type Infantry
Size 728 soldiers
Part of Massachusetts Line
Nickname Marblehead Regiment
Battles/wars Trenton
Commanders
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commanders
John Glover
New York and New Jersey, 1776–1777
Long IslandKip's BayHarlem HeightsPell's PointWhite PlainsFort Washington1st Trenton2nd TrentonPrincetonForage WarBound Brook

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The 14th Continental Regiment also known as The Marblehead Regiment was rasied as a Massachusetts milita regiment on April 23, 1775 at Marblehead, Massachusetts under the command of John Glover. The regiment would soon join the Continental Army in June of 1775. The seafareing Marblehead men would man the boats during the New York Campaign and the crossing of the Delaware River during the Battle of Trenton. The men of the regiment only had year and a half enlistments and the regiment was disbanded on December 31, 1776 in eastern Pennsylvania. Most of the men would take up the more profitable trade of Privateers for the remainder of the American Revolutionary War.

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