3RD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT

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Summary

The '3rd New Hampshire Regiment' also known as ' 2nd Continental Regiment' was formed on June 1, 1775 as the third of three Continental Army regiments raised by the state of New Hampshire during the American Revolution. Its first commander was Colonel James Reed. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Bunker Hill, Battle of Trois-Rivières, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Monmouth, the Sullivan Expedition. In January 1781, the 3rd NH Regt was merged into the 1st NH Regt. In 1782, the 1st NH and the 2nd NH became the New Hampshire Regiment and the New Hampshire Battalion. During the summer of 1783, both units were merged into one unit the New Hampshire Battalion and disbanded on January 1, 1784.

References

''"Death Seem'd to Stare": The New Hampshire And Rhode Island Regiments at Valley Forge'' by Joseph Lee Boyle, Clearfield Co, 1995 ISBN 0806352671

External links

★ http://www.freewebs.com/3rdnewhampshire/ - Reenactment group