Category: Continental Army, American Revolution

Categories: United States of America, American Revolution

The Continental Army was the national army of first the Thirteen Colonies, and then the independent United States, during the American Revolutionary War. The Continental Congress took a number of steps in the spring of 1775 to create the army in response to the Battles of Lexington and Concord in April and the seizure of Fort Ticonderoga in May. The units composing the Continental Army changed frequently, especially in the first two years of the war. From 1777 to the close of the war, the organization of the Continental Army became progressively more systematic and sophisticated. The Continental Army that served at Yorktown in 1781 bore very little resemblance to the Continental Army that blockaded Boston in 1775.

(Wikipedia:List_of_Continental_Army_units)

(Wikipedia:Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_Continental_Army)

State Units:

• ‎Connecticut Line of the Continental Army‎ example
• ‎Delaware Line of the Continental Army‎ example
• Georgia Line of the Continental Army
• Maryland Line of the Continental Army example
• Massachusetts Line of the Continental Army
• New Hampshire Line of the Continental Army‎
• New Jersey Line of the Continental Army‎
• New York Line of the Continental Army
• North Carolina Line of the Continental Army
• ‎Pennsylvania Line of the Continental Army‎
• Rhode Island Line of the Continental Army
• ‎South Carolina Line of the Continental Army‎
• Virginia Line of the Continental Army

Other Units:

• First Canadian Regiment
• Second Canadian Regiment
• Warner's Regiment of Continental Rangers
• Harrison's Continental Artillery Regiment (1776)
• Lamb's Continental Artillery Regiment (1777)
• Crane's Continental Artillery Regiment (1777)
• Proctor's Continental Artillery Regiment (1777)
• 1st Continental Artillery Regiment (1779) - was Harrison's Continental Artillery Regiment (1776)
• 2nd Continental Artillery Regiment (1779) - was Lamb's Continental Artillery Regiment (1777)
• 3rd Continental Artillery Regiment (1779) - was Crane's Continental Artillery Regiment (1777)
• 4th Continental Artillery Regiment (1779) - was Proctor's Continental Artillery Regiment (1777)
• 1st Continental Light Dragoons (1776), Continental Army, American Revolution
• 2nd Continental Light Dragoons, Continental Army, American Revolution
• 3rd Continental Light Dragoons, Continental Army, American Revolution
• 4th Continental Light Dragoons, Continental Army, American Revolution
• Colonel Albert Pawling's Independent Corps or Levies
• Colonel Weissenfels' Regiment of Levies
• Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin's Regiment of Artificers
• Corps of Engineers (Sappers and Miners)
• Corps of Invalids
• Scammell's Light Infantry Regiment (1781)

See United States Army for the primary category for the US Army.

This category is managed by the 1776 Project in association with the Categorization Project. For assistance with this or related categories ask in G2G making sure to tag your question with both categorization and 1776.

A

Samuel Adams Dec 1755 Braintree, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay - 19 May 1832

Seth Alden 07 Dec 1749 Norwich, New London, Connecticut - 30 Jul 1809

Phineas Allen 24 Apr 1764 Medfield, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Province - 13 Aug 1836

Travis Alvey 1750 St. Mary's, Maryland - 12 Jun 1815

William Anderson 1763 Chester, Delaware, Province of Pennsylvania - 14 Dec 1829

Thomas Arnett 30 May 1726 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania - 19 Nov 1801

Benjamin Ashby 1708 Virginia - abt 29 Sep 1804

B

John Ball 16 Jun 1739 Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 04 Jan 1825

Uriah (Beal) Beals 25 Dec 1756 Abington, Massachusetts - 04 Feb 1842

Salmon Beardsley 15 Nov 1759 New Fairfield, Connecticut - 16 May 1825

Enos Bizzell abt 1741 Nansemond, Suffolk County, Virginia - 22 Oct 1783

John Boggs 31 Mar 1739 Ireland - 05 Feb 1826

Thomas Bolter 23 Apr 1735 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay - 26 Aug 1811

Joshua Bowman bef 15 Feb 1747 Cambridge, Massachusetts - 30 Mar 1780

Phillip Bowman 25 Oct 1755 North Atlantic Ocean, sailing for, Colonial America - 17 Jan 1845

James Brewer 22 Feb 1742 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony - Oct 1806

William Broughton 1715 Pocomoke, Worcester Co, Province of Maryland - 1782

Andrew Brown abt 1744 Ireland - 04 Feb 1797

Obadiah Brown abt 1748 Providence, Rhode Island - 29 Aug 1788

Enos Browning 24 Nov 1751 Culpeper County, Virginia Colony - 1816

Thomas Bullitt 1730 Prince William, Virginia, British Colonial America - abt 12 Feb 1778

Joseph Byington 23 Sep 1736 Branford, New Haven, Connecticut - 23 Aug 1798

C

Robert Caskey 1744 Deer Park, Suffolk, New York - 22 Sep 1826

Amedeus Chiffelle abt 1745 Purrysburg, South Carolina - 17 Apr 1787

Jonathan Clark 01 Aug 1750 Albermarle County, Virginia - abt 25 Nov 1811

Samuel Clark 05 Jan 1729 Worcester, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 16 Jan 1812

Jeremiah Cloud abt 1746 Chester County, Pennsylvania - abt Apr 1832

Aaron Colby 15 Oct 1751 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts - 27 Dec 1821

Thomas Colby 25 Dec 1757 Kingston, Province of New Hampshire - 12 Jun 1842

Patrick Colvin bef 1755 County Cavan, Ireland - aft 1790

Thomas Conway 27 Feb 1735 Cloghane, County Kerry, Ireland - 26 Feb 1795

Charles (Cracraft) Cracroft abt 1748 Harpers Ferry, Frederick County, Virginia Colony, British America - 10 Mar 1824

Peter Craighead 1750 Chesterfield, Virginia, British Colonial America - 1786

James Craik abt 1727 Kirkbean, Dumfries, Scotland - 06 Feb 1814

Jacob Crispin Mar 1752 Burlington, New Jersey - 19 Mar 1848

D

Benjamin Day 21 Sep 1752 London, England - 16 Feb 1821

Elias Dayton 01 May 1737 Elizabeth, Essex, New Jersey - 22 Oct 1807

Charles Noel Romand Seiur De Lisle bef 1760 France - aft Oct 1779

D cont.

Andrew Dilks abt 1751 Deptford, Gloucester, New Jersey - 07 Jun 1832

Johannes Dingler 02 Sep 1759 Seybold Dorff, Diözese Mainz, Germany - 16 Jan 1816

Benjamin Dole 13 Nov 1757 Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 17 Jun 1775

Philippe Charles Tronson Du Coudray 08 Sep 1738 Reims, France - 11 Sep 1777

E

Isaac Ensign 24 Feb 1756 Westfield, Hamden, Massachusetts - 23 Aug 1843

Edward Evans abt 1759 Virginia - 18 Dec 1839

F

Seth Fogg 25 Mar 1739 Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire - aft 1783

Absalom Forbes 22 May 1751 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay - Sep 1778

G

Peter Gansevoort 17 Jul 1749 Albany, New York - 02 Jul 1812

Richard Gridley 10 Mar 1710 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay - 20 Jun 1796

Samuel Griffin 20 Apr 1746 Richmond, Virginia - 23 Nov 1810

H

Jordan Harris 20 May 1763 Goochland, Virginia, United States - aft 1780

Jacob Hess abt 1755 Alsace, France - 1835

George Hewes 25 Aug 1742 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 05 Nov 1840

J

Edward Jackson 01 Mar 1759 Moorefield, Hardy, Virginia - 25 Dec 1828

Jedidiah Jewett 1741 New London, New Hampshire - 1820

Noël Jourdan abt 1755 France

Amos Justice 1763 Halifax County, North Carolina - Feb 1829

K

Johann (Kalb) von Robais 19 Jun 1721 Hüttendorf, Bayern, Heiliges Römisches Reich - 19 Aug 1780

Asaph King 09 Jan 1746 Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut - 10 Oct 1834

Johann Jacob Klotz 13 Sep 1726 Simmozheim, Calw, Wurttemberg, Heiliges Römisches Reich - 26 Jun 1793

Andrzej (Kościuszko) Kościuszko h. Pierzchała 04 Feb 1746 Mereczowszczyzna, Brest, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - 15 Oct 1817

L

James Lafayette 10 Dec 1760 New Kent, Virginia - 09 Aug 1830

Simon Lawrence 11 Jan 1739 Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay - 20 Nov 1795

Charles Lee 06 Feb 1732 Darnhall, Cheshire, England - 02 Oct 1782

William Livingston 08 Nov 1723 Livingston Manor, Albany, Province of New York - 25 Jul 1790

Andrew Lockhart 1737 Tazewell, Mecklenburg, Virginia, British Colonial America - 27 Nov 1815

Reuben Long 1730 Spotsylvania, Virginia - bef 18 Jun 1792

Simon Loomis 07 Mar 1758 Tolland, Connecticut Colony - 26 Nov 1842

M

John McArthur 09 May 1742 Glenlyon, Portingall, Scotland - 20 Dec 1816

William McCraw abt 1752 - 16 Apr 1816

Richard Meade 11 Jul 1746 Tidewater, Nansemond, Colony of Virginia - 09 Feb 1805

Jehiel Meigs 06 Jul 1743 Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony - 27 Dec 1776

Joshua Mitchell 1757 Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France - 17 Mar 1843

James Monroe 28 Apr 1758 Monroe's Creek, Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia - 04 Jul 1831

Richard Montgomery 02 Dec 1738 Swords, Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland - 31 Dec 1775

Stephen Moylan abt 1737 Cork, Ireland - 11 Apr 1811

M cont.

David Mullins 11 May 1758 Goochland County, Virginia - Apr 1822

N

John (Nall) Nalle abt 1741 Orange, Virginia - 13 Sep 1781

Thomas Nutter 03 Dec 1739 Sussex, Delaware - 06 Aug 1802

P

Oliver Phelps 21 Oct 1749 Poquonock, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut - 21 Feb 1809

William Phelps 16 Mar 1702 Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut

Charles Pinckney 26 Oct 1757 Charles Town (now Charleston), South Carolina - abt 29 Oct 1824

Daniel Putnam 18 Nov 1759 Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut - 30 Apr 1831

Q

Roger Quarles abt 1720 King William, Orange, Colony of Virginia - abt 17 Oct 1790

R

James Reed 08 Jan 1723 Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay - 13 Feb 1807

Daniel Reynolds abt 1743 - 13 Dec 1795

Zachariah Robbins abt 16 Mar 1757 Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony - abt 18 Aug 1829

John (Rowland) Rowlen abt 1745 Lewes, Sussex, Delaware - 18 Mar 1850

Jeffrey Russell bef 1758 Virginia - 31 Jan 1802

Mark Russell abt 1760 Mecklenburg County, Virginia - 06 May 1821

S

Elkanah Sears 12 Apr 1734 Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 24 Nov 1816

Robert Smith 03 Nov 1757 Lancaster, Pennsylvania - 26 Nov 1842

Barnabas Soule 25 Mar 1758 Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine - 25 Jan 1823

Daniel Soule 16 Nov 1757 Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 16 Jan 1840

Ebenezer Soule 16 Feb 1710 Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay - 17 Sep 1792

Dennis Stanley 23 Apr 1749 Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America - 29 Mar 1814

Hezekiah Stone 1740 Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Virginia Colony - 1797

John Stricker 15 Feb 1759 Frederick, Province of Maryland - 23 Jun 1825

John (Sturm) Storm bef 31 Mar 1754 Sharpsburg, Washington County, Province of Maryland - abt 1815

John Sullivan 17 Feb 1740 Somersworth, New Hampshire - 23 Jan 1795

T

Tench Tilghman 25 Dec 1744 Talbot County, Maryland - 18 Apr 1786

Robert Troup 1757 Elizabethtown, Province of New Jersey, British America - 14 Jan 1832

John Trumbull 06 Jun 1756 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut - 10 Nov 1843

V

Jean-Baptiste (Vimeur) Vimeur de Rochambeau 01 Jul 1725 Vendôme, Orléanais, France - 12 May 1807

W

John Walker 13 Feb 1744 Albemarle, Virginia - 02 Dec 1809

Joseph Walker 21 Oct 1758 Walkers Creek, Rockbridge County (Augusta), Virginia - 12 Aug 1810

James Warren 28 Sep 1726 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 28 Nov 1808

George Washington 22 Feb 1732 Pope's Creek, Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia, British Empire - 14 Dec 1799

Azariah Webb abt 11 Oct 1748 Windham, Connecticut - abt 12 Apr 1846

Zachariah Wells abt 1745 Pennsylvania - abt 1833

Day (Willin) Willian abt 1766 Somerset County, Maryland - 06 Aug 1852

David Wooster 13 Mar 1711 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony - 02 May 1777

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