The 13th Continental Regiment, also known as Read's Regiment, was raised April 23, 1775, as a Massachusetts militia regiment at

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, under Joseph Read. The regiment would join the Continental Army in June 1775. The regiment saw action during the Siege of Boston, the

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and the Battle of Trenton. The regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1777, at Morristown, New Jersey. Col Timothy Walker Minutemen Regiment-1775 3rd Regiment, Provincial Army April-July 1775 22nd Regiment, Army of the United Colonies July - Dec 1775 13th Regiment, Continental Army -Jan 19 ,1776 source -https://www.amazon.com/General-Wards-Colonial-Keith-Brough/dp/1517446260

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Bibliography of the Continental Army in Massachusetts
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