Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service during the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783
Edited by Henry P. Johnston, A.M.
Under authority of The Adjutant-General of Connecticut.
INTRODUCTION
I. OUTBREAK OF THE WAR, 1775
- Connecticut in the Lexington Alarm, 1775,--text
- Lexington Alarm List, 1775,--arranged by Towns
- Connecticut In The Ticonderoga Enterprise, 1775,--text
- Connecticut Party at the Capture of Ticonderoga, 1775
- Individuals paid by Connecticut for service at Ticonderoga
- Moneys expended by the Colony in the Enterprise
II. CONNECTICUT CONTINENTALTROOPS, 1775-1783
- The Continental Army,--text
- Connecticut Regiments for 1775,--text
- General and Staff Officers from Connecticut, 1775
- Connecticut Continental Troops, First Regiment--General David Wooster--1775
- Connecticut Continental Troops, Second Regiment--Gen. Joseph Spencer--1775
- Connecticut Continental Troops, Third Regiment--General Israel Putnam--1775
- Connecticut Continental Troops, Fourth Regiment--Col. Benjamin Hinman--1775
- Connecticut Continental Troops, Fifth Regiment--Col. David Waterbury--1775
- Connecticut Continental Troops, Sixth Regiment--Col. Samuel H. Parson--1775
- Connecticut Continental Troops, Seventh Regiment--Col. Charles Webb--1775
- Connecticut Continental Troops, Eighth Regiment--Col. Jedediah Huntington--1775
- The Quebec Expedition, 1775--Connecticut troops engaged
- Notes on the Service for the year 1775
- Summary of War Disbursements for 1775
- Continental Regimants for 1776,--text
- General and Staff Officers from Connecticut, 1776
- Colonel Samuel H. Parson's Regimant, 1776
- Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Regiment, 1776
- Colonel Charles Webb's Regiment, 1776
- Colonel John Durkee's Regiment, 1776
- Colonel Samuel Wyllys' Regiment, 1776
- Colonel Andrew Ward's Regiment, 1776
- Colonel Charles Burrall's Regiment, 1776
- Colonel Samuel Elmore's Regiment, 1776
- Knowlton's "Rangers," 1776,--text and roster
- Captain John Bigelow's Artillery Company, 1776
Continental Regiments, Connecticut "Line," 1777-1781, -- text, Organization - Record for 1777 -- Danbury raid and Sag Harbor -- Brandywine and Germantown -- Fort Mifllin, Penn. -- Burgoyne Campaign -- Whitemarsh, Penn. -- Record for 1778 -- Valley Forge and Monmouth -- Camp at White Plains -- Battle of Rhode Island -- Re arrangement of Officers -- Winter Quarters at Redding -- Record for 1779 -- Mutiny -- Tryon's Invasion -- Sorming of Stony Point -- Camp "Robinson's Farm" -- Orders -- Camp at Peekskill -- Orders -- Winter at Morristown -- Order of Encampment -- Record for 1780 -- Severe Winter -- Letters on the distress in the Army -- On the Outposts -- St. Clair and De Kalb commanding Connecticut Division -- Order of Battle - Colors of the "Line" -- Arnold's Treason
- General and Staff Officers from Connecticut, 1777-1781
- First Regiment Connecticut Line, 1777-1781
- Second Regiment Connecticut Line, 1777-1781
- Third Regiment Connecticut Line, 1777-1781
- Fourth Regiment Connecticut Line, 1777-1781
- Fifth Regiment Connecticut Line, 1777-1781
- Sixth Regiment Connecticut Line, 1777-1781
- Seventh Regiment Connecticut Line, 1777-1781
- Eighth Regiment Connecticut Line, 1777-1781
- Meigs' Light Infantry Regiment at Stony Point, 1779
- Casualties at Storming of Stony Point
- Additional Continental Infantry from Connecticut, 1777-1783
- Col. Samuel B. Webb's Regiment, 1777-1781
- Connecticut Companies in Col. Sherburne's Regiment, 1777-1781
- Companies in Col. Warner's Regiment, 1777-1781
- Officers and men in Col. Hazen's Regiment, 1777-1783
- Officers and men in Jackson's and Livingston's Regiments, 1777-1783
- Wyoming Valley Companies, 1777-1783
- Dragoons, Artillery and Special Corps, 1777-1783
- Col. Sheldon's Continental Light Dragoons, 1777-1783
- Companies in Lamb's Continental Artillery, 1777-1783
- Detachment in Col. Crane's Artillery, 1777-1783
- Companies in Baldwin's Regiment of Artificers, 1777-1783
- Detachment in Flower's Regiment of Artificers, 1775-1783
- Officers and men in Corps of Invalids, 1777-1783
- Detachment in Corps of Sappers and Miners, 1779-1783
- Detachment in Washington's Life Guards, 1778-1783
- Consolidations of the Connecticut "Line", 1781-1783, -- Text, The Eight Infantry Regiments reduced to Five -- Organization -- Record for 1781 -- Camp "Connecticut Village" -- Mutiny -- Orders -- Taking the Field -- Order of Battle - Capt. Hurlbut -- Virginia and Yorktown Campaign -- Connecticut Light Companies -- Exploit on the Sound -- Winter Quarters -- Record for 1782 -- Gen. Parsons' Farewell order -- Drilling and Reviews -- Movement by Water -- Camps Verplanck's Point and Newburgh -- Order of Battle -- Formation of the "Line" for Jan.-June, 1783 -- Final formation, June-Dec., 1783 -- Close of War.
- General and Staff Officers from Connecticut, 1781-1783
- First Regiment Connecticut Line, 1781-1783
- Second Regiment Connecticut Line, 1781-1783
- Third Regiment Connecticut Line, 1781-1783
- Fourth Regiment Connecticut Line, 1781-1783
- Fifth Regiment Connecticut Line, 1781-1783
- Connecticut Light Infantry in Virginia, 1781, -- text
- Connecticut Light Infantry, Yorktown, -- roster
- Connecticut "Line" formation for Jan.-June and June-Dec., 1783
- First Regiment, Jan.-June, 1783
- Second Regiment, Jan.-June, 1783
- Third Regiment, Jan.-June, 1783
- Col. Swift's Regiment, final formation, June-Dec., 1783
- Connecticut Cincinnati Society, 1783-1804,-- List of Members
III. State TROOPS OR LEVIES, 1776-1777
- Regiments for various service in 1776, -- text
- Col. Erastus Wolcott's Regiment at Boston, 1776
- Cols. Wadsworth's and Douglass's Regiments at Boston, 1776
- Cols. Waterbury's and Ward's Regiments at New York, 1776
- Col. Mott's Battalion, Northern Dept., 1776
- Col. Swift's Battalion, Northern Dept., 1776
- Gen. Wadsworth's State Brigade at New York, 1776
- First Battalion, do. Col. Silliman
- Second Battalion, do. Col. Gay
- Third Battalion, do. Col. Sage
- Fourth Battalion, do. Col. Selden
- Fifth Battalion, do. Col. Douglas
- Sixth Battalion, do. Col. Chester
- Col. Bradley's Battalion, do.
- Battalions under Gens. Wooster and Spencer, 1776-1777
- First Battalion, do. Col. Whiting
- Second Battalion, do. Col. Cook
- Third Battalion, do. Col Enos
- Fourth Battalion, do. Col. Ely
IV. CONNECTICUT MILITIA, 1775-1783
- Note on the State Militia
- General and Staff Officers of the Militia, 1775-1783
- General Militia Organiations, Infantry, 1775-1783
- Regiments of Militia, Light Horse, 1776-1783
- Organization of the Infantry Brigades, 1776-1783
- General Return of the Militia for 1782-1783
- Services of the Militia in 1776, -- text
- Gen. O. Wolcott's Militia at New York, 1776
- Gen. Saltonstall's Militia at New York, 1776
- Eighth Regiment, Lieut.-Col. Oliver Smith, at New York, 1776
- Ninth Regiment, Lieut.-Col. John Mead, at New York, 1776
- Tenth Regiment, Lieut. Benham's Company, at New York, 1776
- Eleventh Regiment, Col. Williams, at New York, 1776
- Thirteenth Regiment, Col. Pettibone, at New York, 1776
- Eighteenth Regiment, Col. J. Douglass, at New York, 1776
- Col. Seymour's Militia Horse at New York, 1776
- Militia Horse, under Maj. Backus near New York, 1776
- Militia Horse, under Maj. Sheldon, New York and New Jersey, 1776-1777
- Ninth Regiment Militia, under Gen. Wooster, 1776-1777
- The Danbury Raid, April 1777, -- service of Militia
- Gen. E. Wolcott's Militia Brigade, Peekskill, 1777
- Col. Belden's Regiment, do.
- Col. Hooker's Regiment, do.
- Col. Moseley's Regiment, do.
- Militia at Saratoga -- Col. Latimer's Regiment
- Militia at Saratoga -- Col. Cook's Regiment
- Gen. O. Wolcott's Detachment at Saratoga
- Militia under Gen. Gates to the Northward
- Light Horse at Fishkill, 1777
- Gen. Silliman's Militia Brigade on the Hudson, 1777
- Col. Whiting's Regiment, do.
- Col. Newberry's Regiment, Capt. Bristol's Co., do.
- Lieut. Col. Baldwin's Regiment, do.
- Capt. Chapman's Co., Col. Mead's Regiment, 1777
- Col. Johnson's Regiment at Rhode Island, 1778
- Col. Chapman's Regiment at Rhode Island, 1778
- Col. Moseley's Regiment at West Point, 1778
- Col. Roger Enos's Regiment on the Hudson, 1778
- Col. McLellan's Regiment at Rhode Island, 1778
- Twenth-fifth Regiment, Col. Johnson at New London, 1778
- Lieut. Bradley's Artillery -- Coast Guards and Light Horse
- The New Haven Alarm, Tryon's Invasion, 1779
- Generals Officers at New Haven during the Alarm, -- Casualties
- Detached Militia Companies, 1779
- Record of Militia Service, 1780-1783
- Detachments from the Sixth Brigade, Militia
- Detachments from Maj. Starr's Light Horse
- Gen. David Waterbury's State Brigade, 1781
- Capt. Van Deursen's Guards, New Haven, 1781
- Coast Guards -- Artillery at Norwalk, 1781
- Arnold's Attack upon New London, 1781
- Col. Canfield's Regiment at West Point, 1781
- Capt. Fitch's Volunteers - Capt. Vail's Guards, 1781-82
- Provisional Regiment, 1781
- Detached Companies, 1782-1783
V. NAVAL RECORD OF CONNECTICUT, 1775-1783
Brigantine "Minerva" -- Sloop "Spy" -- Privateer "Harrison" -- Brig-of-war "Defence" -- Galleys "Whiting" "Crane" and "Shark"
- Galley "Trumbull" Lake Champlain, 1776
- State Man-of-War "Oliver Cromwell"
- Continental Frigate "Trumbull"
- Continental Frigate "Confederacy"
- Privateer "Marquis de Lafayette"
- List of Privateers, 1775-1783
- Individual Records, Naval Service
VI. MISCELLANEOUS ROLLS AND PENSION LISTS
- Minute Men and Volunteers, 1776
- General Lists -- Unclassified Companies, etc.
- Captains in Militia Regiments
- Conductors of Teams and Teamsters
- Individuals Records
- Connecticut Pension List, 1813#
- Connecticut Pensioners Of The United States, 1818*
- Connecticut Pension List, 1820#
- List of Pensioners, Act of 1832@
- Connecticut Census of Pensioners, 1840 - offsite*
- List of Invalid Pensioners
- Connecticut Pensioners Of Revolutionary War Struck Off The Roll#
- Applicants for Pensions, Hartford County
- Individuals Records
- INDEX TO RECORD OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE
- INDEX TO MILITARY HISTORY, -- BATTLES, CAMPS, ORDERS
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