5th Massachusetts Regiment

Mansfield's Regiment 27 Continental Regiment 5th Massachusetts Regiment
Active	1775-1783
Country	United States
Allegiance	Massachusetts
Branch	Continental Army
Type	Regiment
Role	Infantry
Part of	Massachusetts Line
Engagements	Bunker Hill Saratoga New York Campaign Trenton Princeton
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel Rufus Putnam

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The 5th Massachusetts Regiment also known as the 27th Continental Regiment was raised on April 17, 1718, under Colonel Mansfield outside of Boston, Massachusetts. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Bunker Hill, New York Campaign, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton. Colonel Rufus Putnam took command in January 1777 and participated in the Battle of Saratoga.

The regiment was furloughed on June 12, 1783, at New Windsor, New York, and disbanded on November 3, 1783.

Notable members

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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