13th Massachusetts Regiment

Jonathan Brewer's Regiment 6th Continental Regiment 13th Massachusetts Regiment
Active	1775-1781
Allegiance	Continental Congress of the United States
Type	Infantry
Part of	Massachusetts Line
Engagements	Battle of Bunker Hill, Battle of Valcour Island, Saratoga, Monmouth, Battle of Rhode Island.
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel Brewer Colonel Edward Wigglesworth Lt Col. Ebenezer Sproat

American Revolutionary War units of the United States
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Units by state	Connecticut Delaware Georgia Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Vermont Virginia
Non-state units	Extra and Additional regiments Armand's Legion Pulaski's Legion Lee's Legion Ottendorf's Corps Commander-in-Chief's Guard
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The 13th Massachusetts Regiment, also known as the 6th Continental Regiment and Jonathan Brewer's Regiment, was first raised in 1775 by Colonel Jonathan Brewer. Under Colonel Edward Wigglesworth in 1776 it was designated the 6th Continental. It was manned with troops raised primarily from Essex, York, and Cumberland Counties. An additional battalion was later raised from Middlesex, Suffolk, Plymouth and Barnstable Counties. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Bunker Hill, Battle of Valcour Island, Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Monmouth and the Battle of Rhode Island. The regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1781, at West Point, New York. The Light Infantry Company fought at the Battle of Stony Point

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Bibliography of the Continental Army in Massachusetts compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History

The Massachusetts Line and Militia in the American Revolutionary War
1775 named units	Ward's Thomas'/Bailey's Walker's Cotton's Whitcomb's Read's Mansfield's Danielson's Prescott's Frye's Bridge's Paterson's Scammon's Learned's Gardner's/Bond's Nixon's Fellows' Doolittle's J. Brewer's D. Brewer's Heath's/Greaton's Woodbridge's Glover's (Marblehead) Little's Gerrish's Phinney's Sargent's
1776 "Continental" units	3rd 4th 6th 7th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 18th 21st 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th
1777 "Massachusetts" units	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th
Other Massachusetts-related Continental units	Continental Artillery Regiment Henley's Additional Continental Regiment Lee's Additional Continental Regiment Jackson's Additional Continental Regiment 1st American Regiment (1783–1784)
Major generals	Artemas Ward John Thomas William Heath Benjamin Lincoln Henry Knox John Paterson
Brigadier generals	Joseph Frye Ebenezer Learned John Glover John Nixon Rufus Putnam Henry Jackson Michael Jackson Benjamin Tupper
Militia units	Ashley's Bucks of America Bullard's Cogswell's Cushing's Gage's Gill's Holman's Johnson's Porter's

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