This is a list of American militia units that served on the Patriot side of the American Revolutionary War, listed by state.
Connecticut [edit]
- see also Connecticut militia
- 1st Company Governor's Foot Guard, 1771
- 2nd Company Governor's Foot Guard, 1775
- 1st Company Governor's Horse Guards,1778
- 2nd Connecticut Light Horse, 1777
- 5th Connecticut Light Horse, 1776–79
- Backus' Regiment of Light Horse, 1776
- Skinner's Regiment of Light Horse, 1776
- Starr's Regiment of Light Horse, 1779
- Seymour's Regiment of Light Dragoons
- 1st Battalion State Regiment, 1776–77
- 1st Regiment of Militia, 1778–79
- 2nd Regiment of Militia, 1776
- 3rd Regiment of Foot, 1775
- 3rd Regiment of Militia, 1776
- 4th Regiment of Militia, 1775–76
- 5th Regiment of Militia, 1775–76
- 7th Regiment of Militia, 1775–76
- 8th Regiment of Militia, 1775–76
- 8th Regiment of Militia, 1780
- 9th Regiment of Militia, 1776–81
- 10th Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
- 11th Regiment of Militia, 1774
- 12th Regiment of Militia, 1776
- 13th Regiment of Militia, 1776
- 16th Regiment of Militia, 1776
- 18th Regiment of Militia, 1776
- 20th Regiment of Militia, 1779–81
- 21st Regiment of Militia, 1778–81
- 22nd Regiment of Militia, 1776
- 25th Regiment of Militia, 1776–78
- 33rd Regiment of Militia, 1775
- Belding's Regiment, 1777
- Bradley's Regiment, 1776–77
- Burrell's Regiment, 1776–77
- Canfield's Regiment of Militia, 1781
- Chapman's Regiment of Militia, 1778
- Chester's Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
- Cook's Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Douglas' Regiment of Levies, 1776
- Douglas' Regiment, 1776
- Elmore's Battalion, 1776–77
- Ely's Regiment, 1777
- Enos' Regiment, 1776–77
- Gallup's Regiment, 1779
- Gay's Regiment, 1776
- Hooker's Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Johnson's Regiment of Militia, 1778
- Latimer's Regiment of Militia, 1777–78
- Lewis' Regiment, 1776
- Mason's Regiment of Militia, 1778
- McClellan's Regiment, 1777–82
- Mead's Regiment of Militia, 1779
- Mott's Regiment of Militia, 1776
- Newberry's Regiment, 1777
- Parker's Company of Teamsters, 1778
- Parson's Regiment, 1776
- Parson's Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Porter's Regiment, 1781
- Sage's Regiment, 1776–77
- Silliman's Regiment, 1776
- Talcott's Regiment, 1776
- Thompson's Company
- Thompson's Regiment, 1777
- Tyler's Regiment, 1777
- Ward's Regiment, 1777
- Waterbury's Regiment, 1776–78
- Whiting's Regiment, 1777
- Wells' Regiment of Militia, 1779
- Wells' Regiment, 1780–81
- Wolcott's Regiment, 1776
Delaware [edit]
Georgia [edit]
Maryland [edit]
- see also Maryland militia
- Gale's Independent Company of Artillery, 1779–80
- Smith's Artillery, 2nd and 3rd Companies, 1783
- 34th Battalion of Militia, 1776
- 37th Battalion of Militia, 1777
- Extraordinary Regiment, 1780
- Flying Camp Regiment (Ewing's), 1776
- Flying Camp Regiment (Griffith's), 1776
- Flying Camp Regiment (Richardson's), 1776
- Lansdale's Detachment, 1783
- Marbury's Detachment, 1784
- Washington County Militia Company, 1777
Massachusetts [edit]
- see also Massachusetts militia
- 1st Regiment of Militia, 1776
- First Bristol Regiment, 1776–80 - Commanded by Col. Thomas Carpenter III 1776-1780, Regiment under Gen. Lincoln's command Nov. 1776, Brig. General Godfrey's Brigade 1779-1780
- 1st Regiment of Guards, 1778
- 3rd Regiment of Militia, 1779
- 4th Regiment of Militia, 17787-80
- 18th Regiment of Militia, 1775
- 25th Regiment of Foot Massachusetts Militia, 1775
- 32nd Regiment of Militia, 1775
- Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, 1638
- Ashley's Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
- Bailey's Regiment of Militia
- Brewer's Regiment, 1776
- Brooks' Regiment of Militia, 1778
- Bucks of America, 1781
- Bullards' Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Burt's Company of Militia, 1776–77
- Cady's Regiment, 1776
- Carpenter's Regiment of Militia, See First Bristol Regiment
- Cary's Regiment of Militia, 1780
- Cary's Regiment, 1776
- Cogswell's Regiment of Militia, 1775–77
- Cushing's Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Denny's Regiment of Militia
- Fellows' Regiment, 1775
- French's Regiment, 1777
- Frye's Regiment, 1775
- Gage's Regiment of Militia, 1777 aka the 4th Essex County Militia Regiment
- Gerrish's Regiment, 1778
- Gill's Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Holman's Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Independent Company of Cadets, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, 1741 aka "First Corps of Cadets"
- Jacob's Regiment, 1778–79
- Johnson's Regiment of Militia, 1775–1777
- Hyde's Detachment of Militia, 1777
- Keyes' Regiment, 1777
- Leonard's Regiment of Militia
- May's Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Murray's Regiment of Militia, 1780
- Perce's Battalion of Militia, 1779
- Plymouth Artillery Company organized January 7, 1777
- Poor's Regiment of Militia, 1778
- Porter's Regiment of Militia, 1776
- Rand's Regiment of Levies, 1776
- Reed's Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Robinson Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Simonds' Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
- Smith's Regiment of Foot, 1776
- Sparhawk's Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Stearns' Regiment of Militia, 1778
- Storer's Regiment of Militia' 1777
- Turner's Regiment, 1781
- Wells' Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Whitney's Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Williams' Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Wood's Regiment of Militia, 1778–79
- Woodbridge's Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Wright's Regiment of Militia, 1777
New Hampshire [edit]
- see also New Hampshire militia
- Baker's Company of Volunteer, 1777
- Baldwin's Regiment, 1776
- Bartlett's Regiment of Militia, 1780
- Bedel's Militia Regiment, 1777–79
- Bell's Regiment of Militia, 1781
- Bellow's Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
- Chase's Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
- Dame's Regiment, 1779–80
- Drake's Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Evans' Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Fogg's Regiment, 1776–77
- Gale's Regiment of Volunteers, 1778
- Gerrish's Regiment, 1777
- Gilman's Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
- Hale's Regiment of Militia, 1776–78
- Hobart's Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Kelley's Regiment of Volunteers, 1777–78
- Langdon's Company of Light Horse Volunteers, 1777–78
- Lovewell's Regiment, 1778–81
- McClary's Regiment of Militia, 1777–81
- Mooney's Regiment of Militia, 1779–80
- Moore's Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Morey's Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Moulton's Regiment of Militia, 1775–83
- Nichols' Regiment of Militia, 1777–80
- Peabody's New Hampshire State Regiment, 1778–79
- Poor's Regiment, 1775
- Reed's Regiment, 1775
- Reynold's Regiment of Militia, 1781
- Scott's Battalion, 1783
- Senter's Regiment, 1777–78
- Stark's Regiment, 1775
- Stickney's Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Tash's Regiment, 1776
- Waldron's Regiment, 1776
- Webster's Regiment, 1777–82
- Welch's Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Wingate's Regiment, 1776–78
- Wyman's Regiment, 1776
New Jersey [edit]
- see also New Jersey militia
- 1st Regiment, Bergen County Militia, 1777–78
- 1st Regiment, Essex County, 1777
- 1st Battalion of Monmouth, 1777–82
- 1st Battalion of Somerset, 1777–81
- 2nd Regiment of Essex County Troop, 1778
- 2nd Battalion of Hunterdon, 1777
- 2nd Battalion of Middlesex, 1777
- 2nd Battalion of Somerset, 1777–80
- 3rd Battalion of Gloucester, 1777
- 3rd Battalion of Middlesex, 1781
- Borden' Regiment, Burlington County, 1776
- Chambers' Regiment, Burlington County, 1776
- Crane's Troops of Horse, 1780
- Eastern Battalion, Morris County, 1777–78
- Forman's Regiment of Militia, 1776–80
- Hankinson's Regiment of Militia, 1777–79
- Holmes' Battalion of Militia, Salem County, 1778
- Hunt's Regiment, Burlington County, 1776
- Martin's Regiment of Militia, 1776
- Mehelm's Regiment, Burlington County, 1776
- Newcomb's Regiment of Foot, 1776
- Smith's Regiment, Burlington County, 1776
- Shreve's Battalion, Burlington Militia
- Randolph's Company, 1782
- Reynolds' Regiment, Burlington County, 1776
- Philip's Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Seely's Regiment of Militia, 1777–81
- Summer's Battalion of Militia, 1776
- Thomas' Battalion of Essex Militia, 1776
- Van Courtlandt's Battalion, 1776–80
New York [edit]
- see also New York militia[dead link]
- 1st Battalion Grenadiers and Light Infantry, 1776
- 1st Regiment of Levies, 1780–81
- 2nd Regiment of Levies, 1776
- 3rd Regiment of Levies, 1780–83
- Allison's Regiment of Militia, 1775–78
- Benedict's Regiment of Militia, 1780–81
- Brinckerhoff's Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Budd's Regiment of Militia, 1776
- Campbell's Battalion of Militia, 1776–82
- Cantine's Regiment of Militia Levies, 1778–79
- Church's Regiment of Militia 1776
- Clyde's Regiment of Militia, 1779–83
- Cooper's Regiment
- Crane's Regiment of Militia, 1779–81
- Cuyler's Regiment of Militia, 1781–83
- Drake's (Joseph) Regiment of Militia, 1776
- Drake's (Samuel) Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
- DuBois' Regiment of Levies, 1780
- Field's Regiment of Militia, 1777–80
- Fisher's Regiment of Militia (Third Tryon County militia), 1775–81
- Freer's Regiment of Militia, 1777–79
- Golden's Company of Militia, 1776
- Graham's Regiment of Militia, 1777–79
- Hamman's Regiment of Militia, 1777–82
- Hardenburgh's Regiment of Militia, 1776
- Harper's Regiment of Militia, 1779
- Hasbrouck's Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Hathorn's Regiment of Militia, 1777–81
- Hay's Regiment of Militia, 1778–80
- Hearts of Oak (New York militia), 1775
- Hopkins' Regiment of Militia, 1779
- Humphrey's Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
- Jansen's Regiment of Militia, 1779–82
- Lansing's Detachment of Militia, 1777
- Livingston's Regiment of Militia, 1777–81
- Ludington's Regiment of Militia, 1777–80
- McClaughrey's Regiment of (Ulster County) Militia, 1776–81
- McCrea's Regiment of Levies, 1779
- Morrison co. Militia,1776
- New York Provincial Company of Artillery, 1776
- Nicholson's Regiment, 1776
- Nicoll's Regiment of Levies, 1776
- Palmer's Regiment of Militia, 1776
- Pawling's Regiment of Levies and Militia, 1779–81
- Pawling's Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
- Poughkeepsie Invincibles, {4th Duchess County regiment, New York Militia}
- Quackenbos' Regiment of Militia, 1779–80
- Sacket's Westchester County Regiment, 1776
- Schuyler's Regiment of Militia, 1781–82
- Schuyler's Regiment of Albany County Militia, (Fifth Regiment of Albany County Militia)1777
- Snyder's Regiment of Militia, (First Regiment of Ulster County Militia)1776-82
- Swartwout's Regiment of Militia, 1776
- Thomas' Battalion or Regiment of Militia, 1776–79
- Tryon County militia
- Van Alstyne's Regiment of Militia, 1777–81
- Van Bergen's Regiment of Militia, 1777–80
- Van Brunt's Regiment of Militia, 1776
- Van Cortlandt's Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Vandenbergh's Regiment of Militia, 1777
- Vandenbergh's Regiment of Militia, 1778
- Van Ness' Regiment of Militia, 1777–80
- Van Rensselaer's Regiment, 1779–81
- Van Schaick's Battalion, 1776
- Van Schoonhoven's Regiment of Militia, 1778–82
- Van Veghten's Regiment of Militia, 1779–80
- Van Woert's Regiment of Militia, 1779–80
- Vrooman's Regiment of Militia, 1779–83
- Webster's Regiment of Militia, 1780–82
- Weissenfels' Regiment of Levies, 1781–82
- Wemple's Regiment of Militia, (2nd Albany County Militia Regiment) 1777-80
- Whiting's Regiment of Militia, 1777–81
- Willett's Regiment of Levies, 1781–83
- Williams' Regiment of Militia, 1778–81
- Woodhull's Regiment, 1776
- Yate's Regiment of Militia, 1779–80
North Carolina [edit]
Pennsylvania [edit]
- see also Pennsylvania militia
- Artillery Battalion, Pennsylvania Militia 1747 {Artillery Batteries of the Associated Regiment of Foot of Philadelphia}
- 1st Battalion Flying Camp, 1776
- 1st Battalion of Bedford County Militia, 1777
- 1st Battalion of Chester County Militia, 1776–77
- 1st Battalion of Cumberland County Militia, 1776–77
- 1st Regiment Flying Camp of Lancaster County, 1776
- 1st Battalion of Philadelphia County Militia, 1776
- 1st Battalion of Riflemen, Philadelphia County Militia, 1776
- 1st Battalion of Westmoreland County Militia, 1777
- 1st Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, 1774
- 2nd Regiment Flying Camp, 1776
- 2nd Battalion of Cumberland County Militia, 1776
- 2nd Battalion of Cumberland County Militia, 1777
- 2nd Battalion of Northampton County Miliia, 1778
- 2nd Battalion of Riflemen, Lancaster County, 1776–77
- 2nd Battalion of Westmoreland County Militia, 1777
- 3rd Battalion of Chester County Militia, 1776–77
- 3rd Battalion of Cumberland County Militia, 1776
- 3rd Battalion of Lancaster County Militia, 1776
- 3rd Battalion of Northumberland County Militia, 1779
- 3rd Battalion of Washington County Militia, 1779–83
- 4th Battalion of Chester County Militia, 1776
- 4th Battalion of Philadelphia County Militia, 1776 {aka 4th Battalion of Associators ?}
- 5th Battalion of Chester County Militia, 1776
- 5th Battalion of Cumberland County Militia, 1776
- 5th Battalion of Philadelphia County Militia, 1776
- 5th Battalion of York County Militia, 1777
- Andrews' Battalion of York County Militia, 1777–78
- Atlee's Musket Battalion, 1777
- Baxter's Battalion Flying Camp, 1776
- Barr's Detachment of Westmoreland County Militia, 1778
- Clugage's Battalion, 1778
- Burd's Battalion, 1776
- Clotz' Battalion Flying Camp, Lancaster County, 1776
- Duncan's Company of Volunteers (Pittsburgh), 1778
- Enslow's Company of Bedford County Militia, 1782–83
- Ferreis' Battalion of Militia (Lancaster County), 1776
- Haller's Battalion Flying Camp, 1776
- Hart's Battalion of Bucks County Militia, 1776
- Matlack's Rifle Battalion, 1777
- Miles' Rifle Regiment, 1776
- Lochny's Battalion
- Moorhead's Independent Company, 1777–79
- Philadelphia Brigade of Militia, 1747 {Associated Regiment of Foot of Philadelphia/Associators of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia}
- Philadelphia Light Horse Troop, 1780
- Quaker Blues
- Rankin's Regiment of York County Militia, 1777
- Reed's Volunteer, 1780–81
- Schott's Corps (Independent), 1778
- Swope's Regiment Flying Camp, 1776–80
- Watt's Regiment Flying Camp, 1776
Rhode Island [edit]
- see also Rhode Island militia
- 1st Battalion Providence County Militia, 1781
- 2nd Battalion Providence County Militia, 1781
- 15th Regiment of Rhode Island Militia, 1775
- Arnold's Regiment of Pawtuxet Rangers, 1774
- Artillery Company of Westerly, Charleston and Hopkinton, 1755
- Babcock's Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
- Bowen's Regiment of Militia, 1778
- Bristol Train of Artillery, February 12, 1776
- Cook's Regiment of Militia (Rhode Island), 1777
- Crary's Regiment, 1777–79
- Elliott's Regiment of Artillery, 1776–78
- Kentish Guards, 1774
- Kimball's Regiment of Militia, 1781
- Lippitt's Regiment, 1776
- Mathewson's Regiment, 1778
- Miller's Regiment of Militia, 1778
- Newport Artillery Company, 1741
- North Providence Rangers, 1775
- Noyes' Regiment of Militia, 1777–78
- Olney's Regiment of Militia, 1781
- Pawtuxet Rangers, 1774
- Peck's Regiment, 1780–81
- Potter's Regiment of Militia, 1781
- Col. William Richmond's Regiment of State Troops in Continental service 1775-1777
- Tillinghast's Regiment, 1781
- Topham's Regiment, 1778–80
- Waterman's Regiment, 1776–88
South Carolina [edit]
Vermont [edit]
Virginia [edit]
References [edit]
