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The 4th Continental Artillery Regiment, also known as Reign's Continental Artillery Regiment, was an American military unit during the American Revolutionary War.The regiment became part of the Continental Army on 10 June 1777 as Colonel Thomas Proctor's Continental Artillery Regiment.
4th Continental Artillery Regiment (Proctor's Continental Artillery Regiment), Colonel Thomas Proctor: February 5, 1777 to April 18, 1781. Placed on the Pennsylvania quota on January 1, 1781. Proctor's Regiment included the Eastern Artillery Company of New Jersey Colony.
Being the last regiment to enter the Continental Army, Thomas Proctor's Continental Artillery Regiment was numbered the 4th Continental Artillery Regiment. [ 1 ] Washington's artillery chief, Henry Knox wanted to have four 3-pound or 6-pound cannons attached to each infantry brigade.
A company from the regiment was roughly handled at the Battle of Bound Brook on April 13, losing two cannons, two officers and about 20 men captured. [4] On June 10, 1777, the state regiment became Proctor's Continental Artillery Regiment and first transferred to the Middle Department before being attached to the main army a few weeks later on ...
This number included 50 infantry regiments, 4 legionary corps (which were partly dismounted light dragoons), 4 artillery regiments, 2 partisan corps, and 1 artificer regiment. [ 26 ] Finally, on August 7, 1782, the Continental Congress resolved that the Continental Army should be so reduced that, if possible, all its units should contain at ...
4th Continental Artillery Regiment: One 6-pound gun, two 4-pound guns, one 8-inch howitzer Light Infantry Corps: Brigadier General William Maxwell (1,000) [ 22 ] About 100 soldiers were detached from each regular brigade to form this corps
The forces adopted by the Continental Congress amounted to 39 regiments of infantry, and 1 regiment and 1 separate company of artillery. The period of service for many of these regiments ended on December 31, 1775, although some had a service period that expired earlier.
Captain Lieutenant Isaiah Wool. (Remnant of Lamb's Artillery Company of 1775; assigned to the 2d Continental Artillery Regiment in 1777). Bauman's Continental Artillery Company. Captain Sebastian Bauman. (Assigned to the Main Army, April 13, 1776; later part of the 2nd Continental Artillery Regiment). Romans' Continental Artillery Company.