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American Army of the United Colonies March 1776 Commanding Officer: General George Washington Forces around Boston: 6th (Massachusetts) Continental Regiment (28/33/5/281)1 16th (Massachusetts) Continental Regiment (29/32/3/309) 18th (Massachusetts) Continental Regiment (29/46/5/328) 27th (Massachusetts) Continental Regiment (34/44/4/461) New England Militia in Continental Service: (about to be discharged) Commanding Officer Connecticut Militia John Douglas (34/53/4/424) New Hampshire Militia John Waldron (33/42/4/473) Massachusetts Militia Simeon Cary (42/60/5/520) Massachusetts Militia Lemuel Robinson (38/51/5/520) Massachusetts Militia Jacob French (37/49/5/493) Massachusetts Militia Josiah Whitney (35/46/3/518) Massachusetts Militia John Robinson (30/39/5/408) Connecticut Militia James Wadsworth (34/46/4/421) Massachusetts Militia Issac Smith (29/35/4/450) Connecticut Militia Erastus Wolcott (32/48/5/422) Troops Before Quebec: Brigadier General Benedict Arnold Green Mountain Boys (102) Major Cady's Troop (82) 1st Pennsylvania Regiment (225) Brown's Detachment (38) Wooster's Provisional (42) 1st New York Regiment (76) 2nd New York Regiment (81) 3rd New York Regiment (207) 4th New York Regiment (91) 1st Canadian Regiment (206) Arnold's Regiment (117) Canadians (under J. Dugan) (123) 2nd New Jersey (under Maxwell)(216) Massachusetts Regiment (82) Lamb's Artillery (31) 1 Figures are officers, NCOs, staff officers, and rank & file present under arms. 1 Forces before Wilmington, North Carolina: 1st North Carolina Regiment (34/50/2/358) 2nd North Carolina Regiment (9/17/0/88) Wilmington Minute Militia (under Lillington)(183)* Bladen County Militia (under Robeson)(200)* Onslow County Militia (under Cray)(180)* New Hanover County Militia (under Purviance)(193)* Duplin Cocunty Militia (under Kenan)(193)* New Hanover Volunteers (under Ashe)(357)* Bladen Cocunty Independents (under McRee)(29)* New Hanover Light Horse (under Bloodworth)(42)* New Hanover Light Horse (under Stuart)(20)* Lesser,C.H., The Sinews of Independence, Monthly Strength Reports of the Continental Army, 1976, Chicago, IL, University of Chica- go Press Copyright GFN 1993 * Indicates total assigned to unit, including present under arms, furlow, sick, and "extra service." .

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