25th Continental Regiment
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25th Continental Regiment | |
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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 |
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Boston siege – Bunker Hill – Dorchester Heights |
Canadian theater, 1775–1776 |
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Ticonderoga – Crown Point – Longue-Pointe – Fort St. Jean – Quebec – Les Cèdres – Vaudreuil – Trois-Rivières – Valcour Bay – Fort 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.