1st Connecticut Regiment (1775)

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1st Connecticut Regiment (1775)
Active	1775-1776
Allegiance	Continental Congress of the United States
Type	Infantry
Size	1000
Engagements	siege of Boston, Invasion of Canada and the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
Commanders
Notable commanders	Major General David Wooster

Boston campaign Captain Steel & Trowbridge Companies, 1775–1776

Boston siege – Bunker Hill – Dorchester Heights

Canadian theater, 1775–1776

Ticonderoga – Crown Point – Longue-Pointe – Fort St. Jean – Quebec – Les Cèdres – Vaudreuil – Trois-Rivières – Valcour Bay – Fort Cumberland

[edit] Summary

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.

Recruitment areas

It was adopted into the Main Continental Army on 14 June 1775 and then was assigned 24 June 1775 to the New York (Northern) Department. Two companies (Captain Bradford Steel's and Captain Caleb Trowbridge's) were detached 13 July 1775 and re-assigned to the Main Continental Army and participated in the siege of Boston. The two companies were disbanded on 20 December 1775 at Cambridge, Massachusett. The regiment was re-assigned to the Canadian Department and was disbanded between 1 December 1775 and 15 April 1776 in Canada. The regiment would see action in the Invasion of Canada and the Battle of Trois-Rivières.