3rd New Hampshire Regiment

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3rd New Hampshire Regiment
Active	1775-1784
Allegiance	Continental Congress of the United States
Type	Infantry
Part of	New Hampshire Line
Engagements	Battle of Bunker Hill, Battle of Trois-Rivières, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Monmouth, the Sullivan Expedition.
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel James Reed, Colonel Alexander Scammel

Boston campaign, 1775–1776 Boston siege – Bunker Hill – Dorchester Heights

Canadian theater, 1775–1776 Ticonderoga – Crown Point – Longue-Pointe – Fort St. Jean – Quebec – Les Cèdres – Vaudreuil – Trois-Rivières – Valcour Bay – Fort Cumberland

New York and New Jersey, 1776–1777 Long Island – Kip's Bay – Harlem Heights – Pell's Point – White Plains – Fort Washington – 1st Trenton – 2nd Trenton – Princeton – Forage War – Bound Brook

Saratoga campaign, 1777 Ticonderoga – Hubbardton – Fort Ann – Oriskany – Bennington – 1st Saratoga (Freeman's Farm) – 2nd Saratoga (Bemis Heights)

v • d • e Philadelphia campaign 1777–1778 Bound Brook – Short Hills – Staten Island – Cooch's Bridge – Brandywine –Clouds – Paoli – Germantown – Red Bank – Gloucester – White Marsh – Matson's Ford – Valley Forge – Quinton's Bridge – Crooked Billet – Barren Hill – Monmouth

Northern theater after Saratoga, 1778–1781 Rhode Island – Wyoming Valley – Carleton's Raid – Cherry Valley – Stony Point – Penobscot expedition – Sullivan expedition – Newtown – Springfield – Groton Heights

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[edit] Summary

The 3rd New Hampshire Regiment, also known as the 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, and 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.

[edit] 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
• State Builders: An Illustrated Historical and Biographical Record of the State of New Hampshire. State Builers Publishing Manchester, NH 1903

[edit] External links

• Roster of 3rd New Hampshire Officers
• http://www.freewebs.com/3rdnewhampshire/ - Reenactment group

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