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First militia muster in what is now Continental United States, 16 September 1565, St. Augustine, Florida. A militia was mustered in Spanish Florida in the 1500s, [1] while on 13 December 1636 the Massachusetts Bay Colony's General Court passed an act calling for the creation of three militia regiments from the existing separate militia companies in towns around Boston. [2]
Soldiers of the 211th Anti-Aircraft, Massachusetts National Guard in mobilization training for World War II in Texas. As in the First World War, Massachusetts National Guard units were called into Federal service. Most units were either in the 26th Infantry Division or the 241st Coast Artillery. The 241st Coast Artillery was disestablished in 1944.
The 101st Infantry Regiment was a formation of the United States Army, Massachusetts Army National Guard.Its history dates back to the American Civil War, and continued through the Spanish–American War, World War I, and World War II before being consolidated with Massachusetts' 182nd Infantry Regiment in 1992; the spirit of the 101st and its history live on in the 182nd Infantry and the 26th ...
It was reorganized as the 3rd Infantry, Massachusetts National Guard, on 1 May 1921, with the headquarters organized on 30 March 1922 and federally recognized at Natick, Massachusetts. Pursuant to the National Defense Act of 1920, the 3rd Massachusetts was redesignated on 30 November 1921 as the 181st Infantry (constituted in the National Guard ...
The 182nd Infantry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army, forming part of the Massachusetts National Guard.It is the second-oldest regiment in the U.S. Army after the 181st, tracing its organizational roots back to 1636, and is one of several National Guard units with colonial roots and a campaign credit for the War of 1812.
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 1812. The 101st Engineer Battalion was originally established as the East Regiment. [1]
32 units of the United States Army have lineages which date back to the colonial history of the United States.Of those, 31 are Army National Guard units, including regiments, battalions, companies, batteries and troops, while one is a battalion of the Regular Army's Field Artillery Branch. 29 of the 31 Army National Guard units trace their lineage back to units formed in British America, while ...
This article concentrates on the unique history of Company B as a militia / National Guard company in Gardner and Greenfield (Detachment 1), Massachusetts. Company B served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, with Union forces in the American Civil War, and as a federalized Massachusetts National Guard regiment with the U.S ...