10th Massachusetts Regiment

a regiment in the American Revolution the regiment in the American Civil War 10th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment September 2021 January 2013 10th Massachusetts Regiment Continental Congress of the United States Infantry 1776–1783 Massachusetts Line Saratoga and Monmouth Colonel Marshall,Colonel Benjamin Tupper Saratoga campaign, 1777 Ticonderoga – Hubbardton – Fort Ann – Oriskany – Bennington – 1st Saratoga (Freeman's Farm) – 2nd Saratoga (Bemis Heights) Philadelphia campaign, 1777–1778 Brandywine – Paoli – Germantown – White Marsh – Matson's Ford – Crooked Billet – Monmouth The 10th Massachusetts Regiment was a military regiment in the American Revolutionary War. It was authorized on 16 September 1776, in the Continental Army under Colonel Marshall at Boston, Massachusetts, as eight companies of volunteers from Worcester, Middlesex, Essex, Bristol, Hampshire, Plymouth, and Suffolk counties of the colony of Massachusetts and Cheshire county of the colony of New Hampshire. On 13 August 1777, the regiment was assigned to 3d Massachusetts Brigade in the Northern Department. The brigade was reassigned to the main Continental Army on 27 October 1777. On 20 November 1778, the brigade was reassigned to the Highland's Department and on 12 May 1779 was re-organized to nine companies. On 1 January 1781, the regiment was reassigned to the 1st Massachusetts Brigade of the Highland's Department. On 18 June 1781, the regiment was reassigned to the New Hampshire Brigade. This brigade was reassigned from the Highland's Department to the Northern Department on 14 October 1781. The regiment was relieved from this brigade on 12 November 1781 and assigned to the Highland's Department. On 29 August 1782, the regiment was assigned to the New Hampshire Brigade in the Northern Department. It was relieved from this brigade on 26 October 1782 and assigned to the Highland's Department. The regiment was disbanded on 15 November 1783 at West Point, New York. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Saratoga and the Battle of Monmouth.Wright Richard K. The Continental Army 1983 http://www.history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ContArmy/CA-fm.htm 26 June 2006 United States Army Center of Military History CMH Pub 60-4 Lineage 9 October 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191009065615/https://history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ContArmy/CA-fm.htm dead Colonel Thomas Marshall was commanding officer of the 10th Massachusetts Regiment from 6 November 1776 until 1 January 1781. Colonel Benjamin Tupper was commanding officer from 1 January 1781 until 1 January 1783. References External links Bibliography of the Continental Army in Massachusetts compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History 10th Massachusetts Regiment Category:Military units and formations established in 1776 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1783