2nd New Hampshire Regiment

2nd New Hampshire Regiment
Active1775-1783
AllegianceContinental Congress of the United States
TypeLine infantry
Part ofNew Hampshire Line
Motto(s)The Glory, Not the Prey
EngagementsBattle of Trois-Rivières
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Princeton
Battle of Hubbardton
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Monmouth
Sullivan Expedition
Battle of Yorktown
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Colonel Enoch Poor
Colonel Nathan Hale
George Reid
Private of the 2nd New Hampshire Continental Infantry, by Charles M. Lefferts.

The 2nd New Hampshire Regiment was formed in early May 1775, as the second of three Continental Army regiments raised by the state of New Hampshire during the American Revolutionary War. Its first commander was Colonel Enoch Poor, with Joseph Cilley as major. Many of the men who served in the unit hailed from southeastern New Hampshire and western Maine (then part of Massachusetts). During the first part of its service, the regiment took part in the siege of Boston, and there is a link below in the reference section to the orderly book of an officer in the unit during that time.