This is a list of militia units of the Colony and later Commonwealth of
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Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts is the oldest chartered military organization in North America and the third oldest chartered military organization in the world. Its charter was granted in March 1638 by the Great and Gen ...
(1638)
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Cogswell's Regiment of Militia
Cogswell's Regiment of Militia also known as the 3rd Essex County Militia Regiment was called up at Ipswich, Massachusetts on April 19, 1775, during the Battles of Lexington and Concord and to guard the Massachusetts coast from July 1775 to Janu ...
(April 19, 1775)
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Woodbridge's Regiment of Militia
Woodbridge's Regiment of Militia, also known as the "1st Hampshire County Militia Regiment" and "Woodbridge's (25th) Regiment" and "The 25th Regiment of Foot". On April 20, 1775, the day immediately following the Battles of Lexington and Conco ...
(April 20, 1775)
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Simonds' Regiment of Militia
Simonds' Regiment of Militia also known as the 2nd Berkshire County Regiment was raised in Berkshire County, Massachusetts during the American Revolutionary War. The Regiment was at Fort Ticonderoga during the winter of 1776–1777. Simonds' Re ...
(1776)
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Sparhawk's Regiment of Militia (1776)
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Ashley's Regiment of Militia
Ashley's Regiment of Militia also known as the 1st Berkshire County Militia Regiment was called up in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, in July 1777 and sent for a month to Fort Edward and on September 19, 1777, as reinforcements for the Continen ...
(July, 1777)
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Gill's Regiment of Militia (August 12, 1777)
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Johnson's Regiment of Militia
Johnson's Regiment of Militia also known as the 4th Essex County Militia Regiment was first called up for the Siege of Boston and Bunker Hill in 1775. The regiment was called up a second time at Andover, Massachusetts on August 14, 1777, as rein ...
(August 14, 1777)
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Storer's Regiment of Militia (August 14, 1777)
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Bullards' Regiment of Militia
Bullard's Regiment of Militia also known as the 5th Middlesex County Militia Regiment was called up at Sudbury, Massachusetts on August 16, 1777, as reinforcements for the Continental Army during the Saratoga campaign. The regiment marched quick ...
(August 16, 1777)
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Cushing's Regiment of Militia (August 16, 1777)
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May's Regiment of Militia (September 20, 1777)
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Wells' Regiment of Militia (September 22, 1777)
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Wright's Regiment of Militia (September 22, 1777)
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Holman's Regiment of Militia
Holman's Regiment of Militia also known as the 5th Worcester County Militia Regiment was called up at Sutton, Massachusetts on September 26, 1777, as reinforcements for the Continental Army during the Saratoga campaign. The regiment marched qui ...
(September 26, 1777)
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Reed's Regiment of Militia (September 27, 1777)
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Gage's Regiment of Militia
Gage's Regiment of Militia also known as the 4th Essex County Militia Regiment was called up at Bradford, Massachusetts on October 2, 1777, as reinforcements for the Continental Army during the Saratoga campaign. The regiment marched quickly t ...
(October 2, 1777)
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Whitney's Regiment of Militia
Whitney's Regiment of Militia also known as the 2nd Worcester County Militia Regiment was called up at Harvard, Massachusetts on October 2, 1777, as reinforcements for the Continental Army during the Saratoga Campaign. The regiment marched quic ...
(October 2, 1777)
See also
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Minutemen
Minutemen were members of the organized New England colonial militia companies trained in weaponry, tactics, and military strategies during the American Revolutionary War. They were known for being ready at a minute's notice, hence the name. Mi ...
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Massachusetts National Guard
The Massachusetts National Guard is the National Guard component for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded as the Massachusetts Bay Colonial Militia on December 13, 1636, it contains the oldest units in the United States Army. What is toda ...
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Massachusetts Naval Militia
The Massachusetts Naval Militia (at first called the Massachusetts Colonial Navy and later the Massachusetts State Navy), was a naval militia active during the American Revolutionary War. It was founded December 29, 1775, to defend the interests ...
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Massachusetts State Defense Force
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List of Massachusetts Civil War units
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List of United States militia units in the American Revolutionary War
References
External links
Massachusetts Militia Roots: A Bibliographic Studya publication of the
United States Army Center of Military History
The United States Army Center of Military History (CMH) is a directorate within the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command. The Institute of Heraldry remains within the Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Arm ...
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Militia in the United States
Massachusetts-related lists
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