Long's Regiment was an infantry regiment that was raised on May 14, 1776 at New Castle, New Hampshire under Colonel

Pierse Long Pierse Long (1739 – April 13, 1789) was an American merchant from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He served as a colonel of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War and served as a New Hampshire delegate to the Confederation Congress in 1 ...

for service with the

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. The regiment was stationed at Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence on

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and fought a delaying action at

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on July 8, 1777 against the advance units of John Burgoyne's army. The regiment was disbanded at the end of July 1777 in northern

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as the one year enlistments of the men ran out before the main engagements of the

Saratoga Campaign The Saratoga campaign in 1777 was an attempt by the British high command for North America to gain military control of the strategically important Hudson River valley during the American Revolutionary War. It ended in the surrender of the British ...

. Col. Long and some of the men of the regiment joined other

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regiments that fought at Saratoga.

Members of the Regiment

Hercules Mooney Hercules Mooney (1715–1800) was an Irish veteran of the French and Indian and American Revolutionary wars. Born to a catholic family from present day Co.Offaly, in 1733 he emigrated to the United States and settled in Dover, New Hampshire. ...

Joseph Peirce Joseph Peirce (June 25, 1748 – September 12, 1812) was a United States representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He attended school in Portsmouth and served during the American Revolutionary War in Colonel Pie ...

Sources

State Builders: An Illustrated Historical and Biographical Record of the State of New Hampshire. State Builders Publishing Manchester, NH 1903

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Military units and formations established in 1776 Long's Regiment {{US-mil-hist-stub