Lee's Additional Continental Regiment was raised on January 12, 1777, with troops from

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for service with the Continental Army. The regiment was commanded by Colonel William R. Lee,Heitman, pp. 25, 346 and saw action at the

Battle of Monmouth The Battle of Monmouth, also known as the Battle of Monmouth Court House, was fought near Monmouth Court House in modern-day Freehold Borough, New Jersey on June 28, 1778, during the American Revolutionary War. It pitted the Continental Army, c ...

and the

Battle of Rhode Island The Battle of Rhode Island (also known as the Battle of Quaker Hill) took place on August 29, 1778. Continental Army and Militia forces under the command of Major General John Sullivan had been besieging the British forces in Newport, Rhode Is ...

. The Regiment was merged into the

16th Massachusetts Regiment The 16th Massachusetts Regiment, also known as Henry Jackson's Additional Continental Regiment, was a unit of the American Massachusetts Line, raised on January 12, 1777, under Colonel Henry Jackson at Boston, Massachusetts. The regiment would ...

on April 9, 1779. Its lineage is perpetuated by the

101st Engineer Battalion The 101st Engineer Battalion is a unit of the Massachusetts Army National Guard and one of the oldest serving units of the United States Army. It is one of several National Guard units with colonial roots and campaign credit for the War of 1 ...

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Bibliography of the Continental Army in Massachusetts
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