25th Continental Regiment

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25th Continental Regiment
Active 1775-1777
Allegiance Continental Congress of the United States
Type Infantry
Part of Massachusetts Line
Battles/wars Siege of Boston,
Invasion of Canada,
Battle of Valcour Island.
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Colonel William Bond
Boston campaign, 1775–1776
Boston siegeBunker HillDorchester Heights
Canadian theater, 1775–1776
TiconderogaCrown PointLongue-PointeFort St. JeanQuebecLes Cèdres – Vaudreuil – Trois-RivièresValcour BayFort Cumberland

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The 25th Continental Regiment was raised April 23, 1775 as a Massachusetts militia Regiment at Cambridge, Massachusetts under Colonel William Bond. The regiment would join the Continental Army in June of 1775. The regiment saw action during the Siege of Boston, Invasion of Canada and the Battle of Valcour Island. The regiment was put into the 3rd Massachusetts brigade. And fought at the battle of saratoga on the extreme right of the american right flank, close to the river fortifications next to the hudson river.The regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1777 at Morristown, New Jersey.

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