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5th Connecticut Regiment

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5th Connecticut Regiment
Active1775-1781
AllegianceContinental Congress of the United States
TypeInfantry
Part ofConnecticut Line
EngagementsBunker 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

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

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

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