15th_Massachusetts_Regiment

15th Massachusetts Regiment

15th Massachusetts Regiment

Military unit

This article is about a regiment in the American Revolution. For the regiment in the American Civil War, see 15th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.

The 15th Massachusetts Regiment was raised on September 16, 1776, under Colonel Timothy Bigelow at Boston, Massachusetts, as part of Massachusetts contribution to the Resolve of 88 Regiments.[1] The regiment would see action at the Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Monmouth and the Battle of Rhode Island. The regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1781, at West Point, New York.

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    Wright, Continental Army; 91, 92fn.


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