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United States U.S. Military Revolutionary War Unit Histories

Knowing the history of your ancestor’s military unit can help you find a place of residence at the time of enlistment or help you find a death place. The following sources are helpful in identifying Revolutionary War regiments:

Berg, Fred Anderson. Encyclopedia of Continental Army Units, Battalions, Regiments, and Independent Corps. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 1972. (FHL book 973 M2be.) Provides a brief organizational sketch of each unit in the Continental Army and lists the commanding officers.
Wright, Robert K. The Continental Army. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1983. (FHL book 973 M2wr.) Includes extensive bibliographies, maps, and brief histories of every permanent unit in the Continental Army.
Anthony Walker. So few the brave : Rhode Island continentals, 1775-1783.Newport, Rhode Island : Seafield Press, 1981. FHL 974.5 M2w

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Regimental Histories

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+Knowing the history of your ancestor’s military unit can help you find a place of residence at the time of enlistment or help you find a death place. The following sources are helpful in identifying Revolutionary War regiments:
-Knowing the history of your ancestor’s military unit can help you find a place of residence or other family members at the time of enlistment or help you find a death place. The following sources are helpful in identifying Revolutionary War regiments:
+*Berg, Fred Anderson. ''{{FHL|283193|title-id|disp=Encyclopedia of Continental Army Units, Battalions, Regiments, and Independent Corps}}''. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 1972. (FHL book 973 M2be.) Provides a brief organizational sketch of each unit in the Continental Army and lists the commanding officers.
-= Continental Army =
+*Wright, Robert K. ''{{FHL|170431|title-id|disp=The Continental Army}}.'' Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1983. (FHL book 973 M2wr.) Includes extensive bibliographies, maps, and brief histories of every permanent unit in the Continental Army. <!--{12061290665154} -->
-*Berg, Fred Anderson. ''{{FSC|283193|title-id|disp=Encyclopedia of Continental Army Units, Battalions, Regiments, and Independent Corps}}''. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 1972. (FS Library book 973 M2be.) Provides a brief organizational sketch of each unit in the Continental Army and lists the commanding officers.
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/71372 Anthony Walker. '' So few the brave : Rhode Island continentals, 1775-1783.''Newport, Rhode Island : Seafield Press, 1981. FHL 974.5 M2w]
-*Wright, Robert K. ''{{FSC|170431|title-id|disp=The Continental Army}}.'' Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1983. (FS Library book 973 M2wr.) Includes extensive bibliographies, maps, and brief histories of every permanent unit in the Continental Army. <!--{12061290665154} -->
-*Heitman, Francis B. ''{{FSC|2856803|item|disp=Historical register of officers of the Continental Army : during the War of the Revolution, April 1775 to December 1783.'' Washington, D.C. : F.B. Heitman, 1893}} {{FSDL|714224}}
-= Related Sources =
+''' Related Sources '''
-*{{FSC|829475|item|disp=Joseph Lee Boyle. ''Fire cake and water : the Connecticut infantry at the Valley Forge encampment.'' Baltimore, Maryland : Clearfield Company, c1999}}
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/829475 Joseph Lee Boyle. ''Fire cake and water : the Connecticut infantry at the Valley Forge encampment.'' Baltimore, Maryland : Clearfield Company, c1999]
-*{{FSC|334555|item|disp=''A brief history of the North Carolina Troops of the Continental establishment, in the War of the Revolution : with a register of officers of the same'' Philadelphia, Pa. : [s.n.}}, 1896]
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/334555 ''A brief history of the North Carolina Troops of the Continental establishment, in the War of the Revolution : with a register of officers of the same'' Philadelphia, Pa. : [s.n.], 1896]
-*{{FSC|387401|item|disp=John B.B. Trussell, Jr. ''The Pennsylvania line; regimental organization and operations, 1776-1783.''Harrisburg, Pennsylvania : Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1977. Digital Book}}
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/387401 John B.B. Trussell, Jr. ''The Pennsylvania line; regimental organization and operations, 1776-1783.''Harrisburg, Pennsylvania : Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1977. Digital Book]
-*{{FSC|208272|item|disp=John Blair Linn, William H. Egle, ed.,''Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution, battalions and line, 1775-1783'' 2 volumes, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania : C.M. Busch, 1896}}
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/79781 E. M. Sanchez-Saavedra, comp. ''A guide to Virginia military organizations in the American Revolution, 1774-1787.''Richmond, Virginia : Virginia State Library, 1978]975.5 M2s
-*{{FSC|71372|item|disp=Anthony Walker. '' So few the brave : Rhode Island continentals, 1775-1783.''Newport, Rhode Island : Seafield Press, 1981. FS Library 974.5 M2w}}
-*{{FSC|79781|item|disp=E. M. Sanchez-Saavedra, comp. ''A guide to Virginia military organizations in the American Revolution, 1774-1787.''Richmond, Virginia : Virginia State Library, 1978}}975.5 M2s
-= Regimental Histories =
+'''Regimental Histories'''
-*{{FSC|2780187|item|disp=''Personal recollections of Captain Enoch Anderson, an officer of the Delaware regiments in the revolutionary war''Wilmington, Delaware : Historical Society of Delaware, 1896.}}
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2721536  Frederic Kidder. ''History of the First New Hampshire regiment in the war of the revolution.'' Albany : J. Munsell, 1868.] Digital Book
-*{{FSC|87892|item|disp=Nathan Goold. ''Col. James Scamman's 30th Regiment of foot, 1775''}} Massachusetts
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/87892 Nathan Goold. ''Col. James Scamman's 30th Regiment of foot, 1775''] Massachusetts
-*{{FSC|87648|item|disp=Nathan Goold.''History of Colonel Edmund Phinney's Eighteenth Continental Regiment : twelve months' service in 1776 : with complete muster-rolls of the companies.''}} Massachusetts
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/87648 Nathan Goold.''History of Colonel Edmund Phinney's Eighteenth Continental Regiment : twelve months' service in 1776 : with complete muster-rolls of the companies.''] Massachusetts
-*{{FSC|87892|item|disp=Nathan Goold, ''History of Col. James Scamman's 30th Regiment of foot, eight months' service men of 1775 from York County : with a full account of their movements during the Battle of Bunker Hill and complete muster rolls of the companies'' Portland, Maine : Thurston Print, 1899}}
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/170332 T. W. Egly, Jr, ''History of the First New York Regiment, 1775-1783''Hampton, New Hampshire : Peter E. Randall, c1981]
-*{{FSC|678348|item|disp=Henry J. Retzer,''The German Regiment of Maryland and Pennsylvania in the Continental Army 1776-1781'' Rev ed. Westminster, Maryland : Family Line Publications, 1996 FS Library 973 M2rh 1996}}
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/734421 M. Lee Minnis. ''The First Virginia Regiment of Foot, 1775-1783.''Lovettsville, Virginia : Willow Bend Books, c1998]
-*{{FSC|2721536|item|disp= Frederic Kidder. ''History of the First New Hampshire regiment in the war of the revolution.'' Albany : J. Munsell, 1868.}} Digital Book
-*{{FSC|170332|item|disp=T. W. Egly, Jr, ''History of the First New York Regiment, 1775-1783''Hampton, New Hampshire : Peter E. Randall, c1981}}
+'''Orderly Books'''
-*{{FSC|734421|item|disp=M. Lee Minnis. ''The First Virginia Regiment of Foot, 1775-1783.''Lovettsville, Virginia : Willow Bend Books, c1998}}
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/379962 New York Historical Society, Early American orderly books, 1748-1817]
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/684161 ''Orderly book and journals kept by Connecticut men while taking part in the American Revolution, 1775-1778.''Hartford, Connecticut : Connecticut Historical Society, 1899] Digital Book
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/517641 George Washington's orderly books, 1775-1780]
-= Orderly Books =
-*{{FSC|517641|item|disp=George Washington's orderly books, 1775-1780}}
-*{{FSC|96217|item|disp=Connecticut State Library, ''Revolutionary War orderly books of regiments and companies of the Continental Army''}}
-*{{FSC|684161|item|disp=''Orderly book and journals kept by Connecticut men while taking part in the American Revolution, 1775-1778.''Hartford, Connecticut : Connecticut Historical Society, 1899}} FS Library Digital Book
-*{{FSC|379962|item|disp=New York Historical Society, Early American orderly books, 1748-1817}}
-*{{FSC|647630|item|disp=New York Historical Society, ''Reel guide and subject index to the microfilm collection of Early American orderly books, 1748-1817'' Woodbridge, Connecticut : Research Publications, c1977 FS Library 973 M2rg}}
-*{{FSC|533382|item|disp=Doyen Salsig ; maps by Burke Hyatt, edited and annotated by, ''Parole: Quebec; countersign: Ticonderoga : Second New Jersey Regimental orderly book, 1776''Rutherford, New Jersey : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c1980 FS Library 974.9 M2u}}
-*{{FSC|42769|item|disp=Mathew Drury, Orderly book (1780) of the First Brigade of Artillery commanded by Lieut. Colonel Edward Carrington under General Knox, from January 3 to April 7, 1780, at or near Morristown, New Jersey.}}
-*{{FSC|571006|item|disp=Almon W. Lauber, prepared for publication, ''Orderly books of the fourth New York regiment, 1778-1780, the second New York regiment, 1780-1783 by Samuel Tallmadge and others, with diaries of Samuel Tallmadge, 1780-1782 and John Barr, 1779-1782'' Albany, New York : University of the State of New York, 1932 FS Library Digital Book}}
-*{{FSC|48417|item|disp=Lee A. Wallace, ed, ''The Orderly book of Captain Benjamin Taliaferro : 2d Virginia Detachment, Charleston, South Carolina, 1780'' Richmond, Virginia : Virginia State Library, c1980 FS Library 975.5 M2o}}
-*{{FSC|674763|item|disp=Orderly book of the company of Captain George Stubblefield, Fifth Virginia Regiment: from March 3, 1776 to July 10, 1776, inclusive Richmond : s. n., 1887. FS Library}}
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