Orderly book, 1775.
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United States. Continental Army. Connecticut Regiment, 8th (1775)
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The regiment was created by the Connecticut legislature July 6, 1775, and served in the Continental Army until mid-December, 1775. It was under the command of Colonel Jedediah Huntington. From the description of Orderly book, 1775. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58771383 ...
Huntington, Jedediah, 1743-1818
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Brigadier General Jedediah Huntington was born in Norwich, Conn. He graduated from Harvard in 1763 and received his master's in 1770 from Yale. After graduating from Harvard, he became involved with the Norwich Militia, eventually becoming a Captain in May, 1774. In the spring of 1776, now a Colonel, he marched to Dorchester Heights. After the British left Boston, he marched to New York. In 1777 he became a Brigadier General. He stayed in Valley Forge in the winter of 1777. After the war became ...
