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Battles and Engagements of the Revolution
1775

Lexington and Concord
April 19, 1775 

Resistance to destruction of stores at Concord which were under the charge of Colonel James Barrett.  Minute men at Lexington under Captain Parker.  Militia at Concord, under Captain Jonathan Farrar, Joseph Hosmer, "Adjutant."  Captain Isaac Davis and other companies under command of Major John Buttrick of Concord, at North Bridge.  Companies under Captains Brown, Miles, and Nathan Barrett.
  

Bunker Hill
June 17, 1775

Colonel William Prescott was chief in command in the execution of the plan of action, supported for the most part by his own regiment and those of Colonels Frye and Bridge; Captain Thomas Knowlton at the head of Connecticut Rangers ("Congress' Own"), led a detachment of 200 men drafted from Connecticut troops;  Colonel Richard Gridley, chief engineer; Callender's Company of artillery.  Major John Brooks of Colonel Bridge's regiment joined at Charlestown Neck with a small detachment.  Captain Nutting's company with a small detachment of Connecticut men patrolled Charlestown and adjoining shore.  Captain Maxwell's company (Prescott's regiment) was assigned to watch British works on Copp's Hill and the ships of war.  Reinforcements from Colonels Stark's and Read's regiments those of Colonels Brewer, Nixon, Woodbridge, Little, and Major Moore; the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Buckminster and Colonel Whitcomb's Rangers.  Seth Pomeroy (70 years old) and Dr. Joseph Warren (president of the Provincial Congress) served as volunteers.  General Ward at Cambridge, General Thomas at Roxbury.  Patterson's and Gardner's with that of General Ward, went forward in the afternoon.  A part of Gerrish's regiment, under Adjutant Febiger, took part in the final action and with Major Jackson with Gardner's men and a part of Ward's regiment covered retreat.  Stark's, Colt's, Read's and Chester's regiments checked pursuit.  In the report of the battle sent to Congress casualties  were given in the following regiments:  Colonels Frye, Little, Brewer, Gridley, Stark, Woodbridge, Scannum, Bridge, Whitcomb, Ward, Gerrish, Read, Prescott, Dolittle, Gardner, Patterson and Nixon, in the order named.
  

Expeditions to  Quebec and Montreal
September 25, 1775

First army under Generals Schuyler and Montgomery, consisting of 3,000 New York and New England troops joined by Allen and Warner;  Second army under Colonel Benedict Arnold, ten companies of New England troops under Lieutenant-Colonels Enos and Christopher Green and Majors Meigs and Bigelow; three companies of riflemen, one from Virginia, two from Pennsylvania, under Daniel Morgan.  The "Green Mountain Boys: reorganized under Seth Warner as lieutenant-colonel.  General Wooster aided Montgomery in the investment of St. Johns, taking command of the Montreal District when Montgomery started to Arnold's relief.  In the attack on Quebec the army was divided into four divisions:  the "Canadians," under Colonel James Livingston and Major Brown; the New York militia and part of the Eastern, under Montgomery and Arnold, with Lamb's Artillery and Morgan's riflemen, with McPherson, Cheeseman, Oswald and Porterfield.  In 1776 General Thomas was ordered to Canada, vice Lee ordered South.  The regiments of Colonels Greaton, Patterson, Bond and Poor under Brigadier-General Thompson.  Later, General Sullivan, with Read, Stark, Wayne and Irvine were ordered to Canada.  Colonel Bedel, of New Hampshire, was in command of the post at the Cedars.  Major Butterfield, subsequently Major Sherburne with reinforcements.
  

Great Bridge, Va.
December 9, 1775

Minute men under Colonel Woodford, accompanied by Adjutant Bullit.  Lieutenant Trairs commanded in the redoubt constructed by the Virginians.  Colonel Edward Stevens, with Culpepper men, on the left.  Major Thomas Marshall, father of the Chief Justice, and the latter a lieutenant, were in this action.

Source:  "The Army and Navy of the United States 1776-1891", George Barrie Publisher, Philadelphia, 1890