5th Connecticut Regiment

5th Connecticut Regiment
Active	1775-1781
Allegiance	Continental Congress of the United States
Type	Infantry
Part of	Connecticut Line
Engagements	Bunker Hill Invasion of Canada New York and New Jersey campaign Battle of Ridgefield Battle of Germantown Monmouth Battle of Stony Point Hudson Highlands Defense
Commanders
Notable commanders	Major Thomas Knowlton Colonel David Waterbury Colonel Philip Burr Bradley

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The 5th Connecticut Regiment was raised on April 27, 1775, at Danbury, Connecticut, under the command of David Waterbury. The Regiment was one of six formed by the Connecticut Legislature in response to the hostilities at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. The Fifth would see its first action during the Invasion of Canada. As was the practice during the first few years of the war, the New England troops were engaged only until year's end and the original Fifth Connecticut Regiment was disbanded on December 13, 1775. It would not see National service during 1776, but a State Regiment, organized by Colonel Philip Burr Bradley, did serve in the New York and New Jersey campaign. The Fifth returned to Continental duty at the beginning of 1777. The Regiment went on to fight at the Battle of Ridgefield, Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Monmouth. The Regiment was merged along with the 7th Conn. into the 2nd Conn. on January 1, 1781. The Fifth was furloughed June 15, 1783, at West Point, New York and disbanded on November 15, 1783.

References

THE CONTINENTAL ARMY, Robert K. Wright, Jr., CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY, UNITED STATES ARMY, WASHINGTON, D. C., 2006

External links

The Connecticut Line and Militia in the American Revolutionary War
Connecticut Regular Units	1st Connecticut Regiment (1775) 1st Connecticut Regiment 2nd Connecticut Regiment 3rd Connecticut Regiment 4th Connecticut Regiment 5th Connecticut Regiment 6th Connecticut Regiment 7th Connecticut Regiment 8th Connecticut Regiment 9th Connecticut Regiment
Continental Army units	10th Continental Regiment 19th Continental Regiment 20th Continental Regiment
Militia	11th Regiment of Connecticut Militia

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