13th Continental Regiment

Read's Regiment
13th Continental Regiment
Regiment re-enactors at the 2023 Gaspee Days Parade in Rhode Island
Active1775–1777
AllegianceContinental Congress of the United States, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
BranchInfantry
SizeRegiment
Part ofMassachusetts Line
EngagementsAmerican Revolutionary War
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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