The 3rd Connecticut Regiment was authorized on 16 September 1776 and was organized between 1 January - April 1777 of eight companies of volunteers from the counties of Windham and Hartford in the state of
Connecticut
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On 3 April 1777 it was assigned to the 1st Connecticut Brigade in the Highland's Department. The brigade was reassigned to the Main
Continental Army on 15 June 1777 and reassigned back to the Highland's Department on 2 July 1777.
One year later, 21 July 1778 the Brigade was reassigned to the Main
Continental Army. On 28 May 1779 the Brigade was reassigned to the Highland's Department and 11 July 1779 the regiment was re-organized to nine companies.
On 16 November 1780 the brigade was reassigned to the Main
Continental Army; but later that, 27 November 1780 it was reassigned back to the Highland's Department.
On 1 January 1781 the regiment was merged with the
4th Connecticut Regiment, re-organized to nine companies and re-designated as the
1st Connecticut Regiment.
The regiment would see action in the
New York Campaign
The New York and New Jersey campaign in 1776 and the winter months of 1777 was a series of American Revolutionary War battles for control of the Port of New York and the state of New Jersey, fought between British forces under General Sir Willi ...
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See also
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3rd Connecticut Infantry Regiment - Civil War unit with this designation
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3rd Connecticut Regiment (1775)
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20th Continental Regiment
The 20th Continental Regiment was a unit of the Connecticut Line in the 1776 establishment of the Continental Army. It was often referred to in records as Durkee's Regiment, after Colonel John Durkee, its commanding officer for most of its e ...
References
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External links
Bibliography of Connecticut's participation in the Continental Armycompiled by the
United States Army Center of Military History
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