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William Heath (March 2, 1737 [1] – January 24, 1814) was an American farmer, soldier, and political leader from Massachusetts who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
3rd (Putnam's) Division (Major General Israel Putnam) 2nd (Heath's) Brigade (Brigadier General William Heath) Prescott's Regiment, or 9th Massachusetts Regiment. Colonel William Prescott. (Designated the 7th Continental Regiment in 1776). Paterson's Regiment, or 12th Massachusetts Regiment. Colonel John Paterson.
Differences with British General William Howe led him to depart after the disastrous Battle of Trenton. Hesse-Kassel: Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Knyphausen replaced von Heister, and continued to lead the Hessian forces under Howe, and later Sir Henry Clinton, in the Philadelphia campaign. While being senior to all British generals beside ...
Seven thousand troops were to remain east of the Hudson under the command of Charles Lee to prevent a British invasion of New England; General William Heath with 3,000 men was to guard the Hudson Highlands to prevent any further British advance north, and Washington with 2,000 men was to go to Fort Lee. On the 13th, Washington and his army ...
Henley had been adjutant general on the staffs of Generals William Heath and Joseph Spencer, and was briefly lieutenant colonel of the 5th Massachusetts Regiment. [ 3 ] Washington also offered command of an additional regiment to William Raymond Lee of Massachusetts, who accepted.
A substantial number of troops were sick during July and August. For example, General William Heath, writing in his memoirs, recorded that about 10,000 men were sick on August 8, and Washington reported on September 2 having fewer than 20,000 men present and fit for duty. [38]
This category includes general officers of the Continental Army — the national army of the United States in the American Revolutionary War. See Category:Militia generals in the American Revolution for generals in state militias in the Revolution.
The 3rd Massachusetts Regiment also known as the 24th Continental Regiment, Heath's Regiment, and Greaton's Regiment, was raised on April 23, 1775, under Colonel William Heath outside Boston, Massachusetts. When Heath was promoted to brigadier general in June 1775 the regiment came under the command of Colonel John Greaton.