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The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States during the American Revolutionary War. It was formed on June 14, 1775, by a resolution passed by the Second Continental Congress , meeting in Philadelphia after the war's outbreak.
The Continental Army was the army raised by the Second Continental Congress to oppose the British Army during the American Revolutionary War.The army went through three major establishments: the first in 1775, the second in 1776, and the third from 1777 until after the end of the war.
The Continental Army was the national army of first the Thirteen Colonies, and then the independent United States, during the American Revolutionary War, established by a resolution of the Congress on June 14, 1775, three days before the Battle of Bunker Hill, where it saw its first action under that title.
The Continental Army was the army raised by the Second Continental Congress to oppose the British Army during the American Revolutionary War.The army went through three major establishments: the first in 1775, the second in 1776, and the third from 1777 until after the end of the war.
On Nov. 18, 1778, General Lachlan McIntosh led his Continental Army of 1,200 men across the Tuscarawas River to build a fort on its' western bank. Named for Henry Laurens, president of the ...
On June 14, 1775, meeting in Philadelphia, the Second Continental Congress created a Continental Army, to be formed out of the individual militias of the Thirteen Colonies. The next day, Congress created the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, and unanimously elected Washington to that position.
Continental Army; Unit Commander Unit size Notes Commander-in-Chief Gen. George Washington: Washington rode with Greene's division, and observed the battle from high ground above the town near the artillery companies. [28] Commander-in-Chief's Guard: Capt. Caleb Gibbs: about 75 This unit's assigned task was the protection of Washington and his ...
Thomas Hickey (died June 28, 1776) was a Continental Army soldier in the American Revolutionary War, and the first person to be executed by the Continental Army for "mutiny, sedition, and treachery". Born in Ireland, Hickey came to America as a soldier in the British Army and fought as a combat field servant to Major General William Johnson in ...