13th Continental Regiment

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Read's Regiment 13th Continental Regiment
Regiment re-enactors at the 2023 Gaspee Days Parade in Rhode Island
Active	1775–1777
Allegiance	Continental Congress of the United States, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Branch	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Part of	Massachusetts Line
Engagements	American Revolutionary War Siege of Boston New York campaign Battle of Trenton
Commanders
Notable commanders	Joseph Read

The 13th Continental Regiment, also known as Read's Regiment, was raised April 23, 1775, as a Massachusetts militia regiment at Cambridge, Massachusetts, under Joseph Read. The regiment would join the Continental Army in June 1775. The regiment saw action during the Siege of Boston, the New York Campaign and the Battle of Trenton. The regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1777, at Morristown, New Jersey.

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source -https://www.amazon.com/General-Wards-Colonial-Keith-Brough/dp/1517446260

• Bibliography of the Continental Army in Massachusetts compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History