Holman's Regiment of Militia also known as the 5th Worcester County Militia Regiment was called up at
Sutton, Massachusetts
Sutton, officially the Town of Sutton, is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts. The population was 9,357 in the 2020 United States Census. Located in the Blackstone Valley, the town was designated as a Preserve America community in 2004.
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on September 26, 1777, as reinforcements for the
Continental Army during the
Saratoga campaign. The regiment marched quickly to join the gathering forces of General
Horatio Gates
Horatio Lloyd Gates (July 26, 1727April 10, 1806) was a British-born American army officer who served as a general in the Continental Army during the early years of the Revolutionary War. He took credit for the American victory in the Battl ...
as he faced
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General
John Burgoyne
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in northern
New York. The regiment served in General Warner's brigade. With the surrender of
Burgoyne's Army on October 17 the regiment was disbanded on October 27, 1777.
Massachusetts American Revolutionary War militia regiments
Sutton, Massachusetts
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