Active 1775-1781 Size Regiment | Type Infantry Part of Massachusetts Line | |
Allegiance Continental Congress of the United States Engagements American Revolutionary War
Battle of Bunker Hill
Saratoga
Monmouth | ||
The 12th Massachusetts Regiment, also known as 18th Continental Regiment and Phinney's Regiment, was raised on April 23, 1775, under Colonel Edmund Phinney outside of Boston, Massachusetts. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Bunker Hill, Battle of Valcour Island, Battle of Saratoga and the Battle of Monmouth. The regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1781, at West Point, New York.
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