Authorized 9 December 1775 in the Continental Army as the Delaware Regiment. Organized 13 January 1776 to consist of eight companies from Kent, Sussex, and New Castle Counties. Assigned 27 February 1776 to the Middle Department. Relieved 5 August 1776 from assignment to the Middle Department and assigned to the Main Army. Assigned 25 August 1776 to Stirling's Brigade, an element of the Main Army. Relieved I September 1776 from assignment to Stirling's Brigade and assigned to Mifflin's Brigade (redesignated 8 October 1776 as Stirling's Brigade), an element of the Main Army.

Reorganized I January 1777 to consist of eight companies. Assigned 22 May 1777 to the 1st Maryland Brigade, an element of the Main Army. Relieved 22 July 1778 from the 1st Maryland Brigade and assigned to the 3d Virginia Brigade, an element of the Main Army. (Captain Allen McLane's Company assigned 16 December 1778; relieved from assignment 13 January 1779-see 2d Partisan Corps.)

Reorganized 12 May 1779 to consist of nine companies; concurrently, relieved from the 3d Virginia Brigade and assigned to the 2d Maryland Brigade, an element of the Main Army. (2d Maryland Brigade relieved 5 April 1780 from assignment to the Main Army and assigned to the Southern Department.)

Reorganized 3 September 1780 to consist of two companies. Relieved I January 1781 from the 2d Maryland Brigade and assigned to the Maryland Brigade, an element of the Southern Department. Expanded in summer 1781 to consist of four companies by the reorganization of two companies at Christiana Bridge. Reorganized 4 January 1782 to consist of two companies.

Furloughed 17 January 1783 at Christiana Bridge. Disbanded 15 November 1783.

ENGAGEMENTS

Chesapeake Bay
New York City
Northern New Jersey
Trenton- Princeton
New York 1777
Defense of Philadelphia
Philadelphia-Monmouth
Defense of the Carolinas
Greene's Campaign

Authorized 14 January 1776 in the Maryland State Troops as the Maryland Battalion. Organized in spring 1776 at Baltimore and Annapolis, to consist of nine companies from northern and western Maryland.

Assigned 6 July 1776 to the Main Army. Assigned 12 August 1776 to Stirling's Brigade, an element of the Main Army. Adopted 17 August 1776 into the Continental Army. Relieved 31 August 1776 from Stirling's Brigade and assigned to McDougall's Brigade, an element of the Main Army. Maryland Independent Companies (see 2d Maryland Regiment) attached 19 September 1776. Relieved 10 November 1776 from McDougall's Brigade. Assigned 10 December 1776-January 1777 to Mercer's Brigade, an element of the Main Army.

Reorganized and redesignated in January 1777 as the Ist Maryland Regiment, to consist of eight companies. Assigned 22 May 1777 to the 1st Maryland Brigade, an element of the Main Army.

Reorganized 12 May 1779 to consist of nine companies. (Ist Maryland Brigade relieved 5 April 1780 from the Main Army and assigned to the Southern Department.) Relieved I January 1781 from the Ist Maryland Brigade and assigned to the Maryland Brigade, an element of the Southern Department.

Furloughed 27 July 1783 at Baltimore. Disbanded 15 November 1783.

ENGAGEMENTS

New York City
Northern New Jersey
Trenton -Princeton
New Jersey 1777
Defense of Philadelphia
Philadelphia- Monmouth
Defense of the Carolinas
Greene's Campaign

Authorized 14 January 1776 in the Maryland State Troops as seven Independent Companies. Organized 7-14 March 1776 at various locations on the shores of Chesapeake Bay with personnel from eastern Maryland.

Assigned 6 July-15 August 1776 to the Main Army. Adopted 17 August 1776 into the Continental Army.

Reorganized and redesignated in January 1777 as the 2d Maryland Regiment, to consist of eight companies. Assigned 22 May 1777 to the 2d Maryland Brigade, an element of the Main Army.

Reorganized 12 May 1779 to consist of nine companies. (2d Maryland Brigade relieved 5 April 1780 from the Main Army and assigned to the Southern Department.) Relieved 1 January 1781 from the 2d Maryland Brigade and assigned to the Maryland Brigade, an element of the Southern Department.

Furloughed 1 January 1783 at Charleston, South Carolina. Disbanded 15 November 1783.

ENGAGEMENTS

Chesapeake Bay
New York City
Northern New Jersey
Trenton- Princeton
New Jersey 1777
Defense of Philadelphia
Philadelphia- Monmouth
Defense of the Carolinas
Greene's Campaign

*175th Infantry, Maryland Army National Guard, perpetuates all seven Maryland regiments.

Authorized 16 September 1776 in the Continental Army as the 4th Maryland Regiment. Assigned 27 December 1776 to the Main Army. Organized 27 March 1777 to consist of eight companies from Baltimore, Anne Arundel, and Somerset Counties. Assigned 22 May 1777 to the 2d Maryland Brigade, an element of the Main Army.

Reorganized 12 May 1779 to consist of nine companies. (2d Maryland Brigade relieved 5 April 1780 from the Main Army and assigned to the Southern Department.) Relieved I January 1781 from the 2d Maryland Brigade.

Assigned 24 September 1781 to Gist's Brigade of the Main Army. (Gist's Brigade relieved 27 October 1781 from the Main Army and assigned to the Southern Department.) Relieved 4 January 1782 from Gist's Brigade and assigned to the Maryland Brigade, an element of the Southern Department. Disbanded 1 January 1783 at Charleston, South Carolina.

ENGAGEMENTS

New Jersey 177
Defense of Philadelphia
Philadelphia-Monmouth
Defense of the Carolinas
Yorktown
Greene's Campaign

*175th Infantry, Maryland Army National Guard, perpetuates all seven Maryland regiments.

Authorized 16 September 1776 in the Continental Army as the 5th Maryland Regiment. Assigned 27 December 1776 to the Main Army. Organized 27 March 1777 to consist of eight companies from Queen Anne, Kent, Caroline, and Dorchester Counties. Assigned 22 May 1777 to the Ist Maryland Brigade, an element of the Main Army.

Reorganized 12 May 1779 to consist of nine companies. (1st Maryland Brigade relieved 5 April 1780 from the Main Army and assigned to the Southern Department.) Relieved 1 January 1781 from the Ist Maryland Brigade and assigned to the Maryland Brigade, an element of the Southern Department.

Furloughed I January 1782 at Round 0, South Carolina. Disbanded I January 1783.

ENGAGEMENTS

Defense of Philadelphia
Philadelphia- Monmouth
Defense of the Carolinas
Greene's Campaign

*175th Infantry, Maryland Army National Guard, perpetuates all seven Maryland regiments.

Authorized 16 September 1776 in the Continental Army as the 6th Maryland Regiment. Assigned 27 December 1776 to the Main Army. Organized 27 March 1777 to consist of eight companies from Prince Georges, Frederick, Cecil, Harford, Queen Anne, and Anne Arundel Counties. Assigned 22 May 1777 to the 2d Maryland Brigade, an element of the Main Army.

Reorganized 12 May 1779 to consist of nine companies. (2d Maryland Brigade relieved 5 April 1780 from the Main Army and assigned to the Southern Department.) Disbanded I January 1781 at Annapolis.

ENGAGEMENTS

New Jersey 1777
Defense of Philadelphia
Philadelphia- Monmouth
Defense of the Carolinas

*175th Infantry, Maryland Army National Guard, perpetuates all seven Maryland regiments.

Authorized 26 November 1776 in the Continental Army as Harrison's Continental Artillery Regiment and assigned to the Southern Department. Organized in spring

and summer 1777 at Williamsburg, Virginia, to consist of ten companies, including the Virginia State Artillery Company [see Annex 1] and the Virginia Continental Artillery Company [see Annex 2].

Relieved 13 March 1778 from the Southern Department and assigned to the Main Army. Redesignated 10 August 1779 as the Ist Continental Artillery Regiment. Relieved 17 April 1780 from the Main Army and assigned to the Southern Department.

Reorganized 9 May 1780 to consist of twelve companies, including the Maryland Continental Artillery Companies [see Annex 3]. Reorganized I January 1781 to consist of ten companies. Furloughed in summer 1783 at Winchester, Virginia, and Baltimore, Maryland. Disbanded 15 November 1783.

Authorized 11 January 1776 in the Virginia State Troops as the Virginia State Artillery Company. Organized in spring 1776 at Williamsburg. Redesignated 26 November 1776 as a company in Harrison's Continental Artillery Regiment.

Authorized 19 March 1776 in the Continental Army as the Virginia Continental Artillery Company and assigned to the Southern Department. Organized in summer 1776 at Williamsburg. Redesignated 27 November 1776 as a company in Harrison's Continental Artillery Regiment.

ENGAGEMENTS Elements of this regiment served in the following:

Chesapeake Bay
Philadelphia- Monmouth
Charleston 1780 Defense of the Carolinas
Yorktown
Greene's Campaign

Organized in winter and spring 1778 at Boston, Massachusetts, as a partisan corps under the command of Colonel Charles Armand Tuffin, recruited primarily from foreign volunteers. Adopted 25 June 1778 into the Continental Army as the Free

and Independent Chasseurs, to consist of three companies, and assigned to the Highlands Department. Relieved 3 August 1778 from the Highlands Department and assigned to the Main Army.

Expanded 9 November 1778 to consist of four companies. Relieved 24 November 1778 from the Main Army and assigned to the Middle Department. Relieved 30 June 1779 from the Middle Department and assigned to the Highlands Department. Relieved 23 December 1779 from the Highlands Department and assigned to the Main Army. Consolidated 23 February 1780 with Pulaski's Legion [see Pulaski's Legion] and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Armand's Legion, an element of the Southern Department, to consist of five companies.

Consolidated I January 1781 with Captain Henry Bedkin's Independent Troop of Light Horse [see Ottendorf's Corps] and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as the lst Partisan Corps, to consist of three mounted and three dismounted troops. Relieved 11 March 1783 from the Southern Department and assigned to the Middle Department. Disbanded 25 November 1783 at York, Pennsylvania.

ENGAGEMENTS

New York 1778
New York 1779
Defense of the Carolinas
Yorktown