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Knowlton's Rangers was an elite light infantry unit's detachment of the Continental Army that specializes in espionage and reconnaissance in dangerous areas, it was established by George Washington. Named after its commander, Thomas Knowlton , the unit was formed in 1776.
The Continental Army was established by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1775 which is also recognized as the founding date of its successor, the United States Army. On that day, the Continental Congress assumed responsibility for militia regiments that had been raised by the colonies of New Hampshire , Massachusetts , Rhode Island , and ...
The Continental Army was the national army of first the Thirteen Colonies, and then the independent United States, during the American Revolutionary War, established by a resolution of the Congress on June 14, 1775, three days before the Battle of Bunker Hill, where it saw its first action under that title.
The Continental Army was the army raised by the Second Continental Congress to oppose the British Army during the American Revolutionary War.The army went through three major establishments: the first in 1775, the second in 1776, and the third from 1777 until after the end of the war.
To Starve the Army at Pleasure: Continental Army Administration and American Political Culture, 1775–1783. (U of North Carolina Press, 1984). ISBN 0-8078-1587-X. Clay, Steven E. (2018 ). Staff Ride Handbook for the Saratoga Campaign, 13 June to 8 November 1777. Combat Studies Institute Press. Commager, Henry Steele, and Richard Brandon Morris ...
In Summer 1775, the Green Mountain Boys became the basis for the Green Mountain Rangers, a regiment in the Continental Army that selected colonel Seth Warner as its leader. [8] Some of the Green Mountain Boys preferred to remain with Ethan Allen and were taken prisoners along with Allen in August 1775 in a bungled attempt to capture the city of ...
Rangers were full-time soldiers employed by colonial governments to patrol between fixed frontier fortifications in reconnaissance, providing early warning of raids. In offensive operations, they were scouts and guides, locating villages and other targets for task forces drawn from the militia or other colonial troops.
18th Regiment of Militia, 1775 [8] 30th Regiment of Foot Massachusetts militia, 1775–1781; 25th Regiment of Foot Massachusetts Militia, 1775 [8] 32nd Regiment of Militia, 1775 [8] Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, 1638 [89] Ashley's Regiment of Militia, 1776–77 [89] Bailey's Regiment of Militia [8] Brewer's Regiment ...