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The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States during the American Revolutionary War. It was formed on June 14, 1775, by a resolution passed by the Second Continental Congress , meeting in Philadelphia after the war's outbreak.
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.
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 ...
Named for Henry Laurens, president of the colonial Continental Congress, the fort was part of a strategy to stage an attack on the British at Fort Detroit during the American Revolution.
In the American Revolutionary War units of the Continental Army were assigned to any one of seven regional or territorial departments to decentralize their command and administration. This was necessary because the regiment was the largest permanent unit in the Continental Army. A superior headquarters, above regiment, was needed if more than a ...
This category includes articles on the Continental Army's organization and structure. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. ...
The Continental Army, Continental Navy, and Continental Marines were disestablished at the end of the Revolutionary War and replaced by the First American Regiment as a minimal peacetime army. The Continental Army was reconstituted as the Legion of the United States in 1792 in response to the American Indian Wars, which in turn became the ...