3rd New Hampshire Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=3rd New Hampshire Regiment


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allegiance=Continental Congress of the United States
type= Infantry
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dates=1775-1784
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command_structure=New Hampshire Line
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battles=Battle of Bunker Hill,
Battle of Trois-Rivières,
Battle of Trenton,
Battle of Princeton,
Battle of Saratoga,
Battle of Monmouth,
the Sullivan Expedition.
notable_commanders=Colonel James Reed,
Colonel Alexander Scammel
anniversaries=Campaign
name=Boston campaign, 1775–1776
battles=Boston siege – Bunker Hill – Dorchester HeightsCampaign
name=Canadian theater, 1775–1776
battles=Ticonderoga – Crown Point – Longue-Pointe – Fort St. Jean – Quebec – Les Cèdres – Vaudreuil – Trois-Rivières – Valcour Bay – Fort CumberlandCampaign
name=New York and New Jersey, 1776–1777
battles=Long Island – Kip's Bay – Harlem Heights – Pell's Point – White Plains – Fort Washington – 1st Trenton – 2nd Trenton – Princeton – Forage War – Bound BrookCampaign
name=Saratoga campaign, 1777
battles=Ticonderoga – Hubbardton – Fort Ann – Oriskany – Bennington – 1st Saratoga (Freeman's Farm) – 2nd Saratoga (Bemis Heights)Campaign
name=Northern theater after Saratoga, 1778–1781
battles=Rhode Island – Wyoming Valley – Carleton's Raid – Cherry Valley – Stony Point – Penobscot expedition – Sullivan expedition – Newtown – Springfield – Groton Heights

ummary

The 3rd New Hampshire Regiment, also known as the 2nd Continental Regiment, was formed on June 1, 1775, as the third of three Continental Army regiments raised by the state of New Hampshire during the American Revolution. Its first commander was Colonel James Reed. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Bunker Hill, Battle of Trois-Rivières, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Monmouth, and the Sullivan Expedition. In January 1781, the 3rd NH Regt was merged into the 1st NH Regt. In 1782, the 1st NH and the 2nd NH became the New Hampshire Regiment and the New Hampshire Battalion. During the summer of 1783, both units were merged into one unit the New Hampshire Battalion and disbanded on January 1, 1784.

References

*"Death Seem'd to Stare": The New Hampshire And Rhode Island Regiments at Valley Forge" by Joseph Lee Boyle, Clearfield Co, 1995 ISBN 0806352671
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=XSDnxlK1sMUC&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_summary_r State Builders: An Illustrated Historical and Biographical Record of the State of New Hampshire. State Builers Publishing Manchester, NH 1903]

External links

* [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/newhampshire/revolutionary/page3.htm Roster of 3rd New Hampshire Officers]
*http://www.freewebs.com/3rdnewhampshire/ - Reenactment group