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Yankee Doodle" is a traditional song and nursery rhyme, the early versions of which predate the Seven Years' War and American Revolutionary War. [1] It is often sung patriotically in the United States today. It is the state song of the U.S. state of Connecticut. [2] Its Roud Folk Song Index number is 4501.
This category includes officers and soldiers who served as Patriots in the Connecticut militia or other state units during the American Revolutionary War. People from Connecticut who fought in units on the British side are categorized under Category:Loyalists in the American Revolution.
As part of the January 1, 1776, organization of the Continental Army, Huntington's 8th Connecticut Regiment became the 17th Continental Regiment. [ 2 ] : 95 Originally planned to have a strength of 728 officers and men, by the end of January the 17th only had about 400, as did most of the other regiments.
This is a category of commissioned officers of the Continental Army who served from Connecticut during the American Revolutionary War. This includes officers of the regiments of the Connecticut Line, as well as general officers from Connecticut. This does not include officers born in Connecticut who served in the regiments of other states.
The 1st Connecticut Regiment was a unit of the Continental Army, and was involved in the American Revolutionary War. The regiment was initially formed in 1776, and was active in various forms until 1783.
The 2nd Connecticut was authorized in the Continental Army on 16 September 1776. It was organized between 1 January and April 1777 at Danbury, Connecticut of eight companies from the counties of Fairfield, Windham, and Hartford in the state of Connecticut and assigned on 3 April 1777 to the 1st Connecticut Brigade of the Highlands Department which protected the southern approaches to West ...
The 10th Continental Regiment was a unit of the Connecticut Line in the 1776 establishment of the Continental Army.It began as Parson's Connecticut Regiment (also known as the 6th Connecticut Provincial Regiment), which was part of the 1775 establishment, and was commanded by Colonel Samuel Holden Parsons until his promotion to brigadier general.
This category includes people associated with Connecticut during the American Revolution. People in this category should not also be placed in Category:People of colonial Connecticut, unless they were notable in Connecticut before the Revolutionary era (i.e., before about 1765).