Revolutionary War Unit Histories

United States U.S. Military  Revolutionary War  Unit Histories

Knowing the history of your ancestor’s military unit can help you find a place of residence at the time of enlistment or help you find a death place. The following sources are helpful in identifying Revolutionary War regiments:


 * Berg, Fred Anderson. . Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 1972. (FHL book 973 M2be.) Provides a brief organizational sketch of each unit in the Continental Army and lists the commanding officers.
 * Wright, Robert K. . Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1983. (FHL book 973 M2wr.) Includes extensive bibliographies, maps, and brief histories of every permanent unit in the Continental Army.

 Related Sources 
 * Joseph Lee Boyle. Fire cake and water : the Connecticut infantry at the Valley Forge encampment. Baltimore, Maryland : Clearfield Company, c1999
 * A brief history of the North Carolina Troops of the Continental establishment, in the War of the Revolution : with a register of officers of the same Philadelphia, Pa. : [s.n., 1896]
 * John B.B. Trussell, Jr. The Pennsylvania line; regimental organization and operations, 1776-1783.Harrisburg, Pennsylvania : Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1977. Digital Book
 * John Blair Linn, William H. Egle, ed.,Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution, battalions and line, 1775-1783 2 volumes, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania : C.M. Busch, 1896
 * Anthony Walker.  So few the brave : Rhode Island continentals, 1775-1783.Newport, Rhode Island : Seafield Press, 1981. FHL 974.5 M2w
 * E. M. Sanchez-Saavedra, comp. A guide to Virginia military organizations in the American Revolution, 1774-1787.Richmond, Virginia : Virginia State Library, 1978975.5 M2s

Regimental Histories
 * Nathan Goold. Col. James Scamman's 30th Regiment of foot, 1775 Massachusetts
 * Nathan Goold.History of Colonel Edmund Phinney's Eighteenth Continental Regiment : twelve months' service in 1776 : with complete muster-rolls of the companies. Massachusetts
 * Nathan Goold, History of Col. James Scamman's 30th Regiment of foot, eight months' service men of 1775 from York County : with a full account of their movements during the Battle of Bunker Hill and complete muster rolls of the companiesPortland, Maine : Thurston Print, 1899


 * Frederic Kidder. History of the First New Hampshire regiment in the war of the revolution. Albany : J. Munsell, 1868. Digital Book
 * T. W. Egly, Jr, History of the First New York Regiment, 1775-1783Hampton, New Hampshire : Peter E. Randall, c1981
 * M. Lee Minnis. The First Virginia Regiment of Foot, 1775-1783.Lovettsville, Virginia : Willow Bend Books, c1998

Orderly Books
 * Connecticut State Library, Revolutionary War orderly books of regiments and companies of the Continental Army
 * New York Historical Society, Early American orderly books, 1748-1817
 * George Washington's orderly books, 1775-1780
 * Orderly book and journals kept by Connecticut men while taking part in the American Revolution, 1775-1778.Hartford, Connecticut : Connecticut Historical Society, 1899 Digital Book