14th Continental Regiment

Glover's Regiment
14th Continental Regiment
Active1775–1776
Allegiance United States
TypeInfantry
Roleamphibious
Size728 soldiers
Part ofMassachusetts Line
Nickname(s)Marblehead Regiment
EngagementsBattle of Long Island
Battle of Pell's Point
Battle of White Plains
Battle of Trenton
Commanders
Notable
commanders
John Glover

The 14th Continental Regiment, also known as the Marblehead Regiment and Glover's Regiment, was raised as a Massachusetts militia regiment in 1775, and taken into the Continental Army establishment during the summer of 1775. When the Continental Army was reestablished for 1776, the regiment was redesignated the 14th Continental. Composed of seafaring men from the area around Marblehead, Massachusetts, it manned the boats during the New York and New Jersey campaign of 1776 and the crossing of the Delaware River before and after the Battle of Trenton. The men of the regiment were only enlisted for one and a half years, and the regiment was disbanded on December 31, 1776, in eastern Pennsylvania.