104th Infantry Regiment (United States)
| 104th Infantry Regiment | |
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| Active | 1639–2005 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Branch | Army National Guard |
| Type | Infantry regiment |
| Motto(s) | Fortitude et Courage |
| Anniversaries | 14 November 1639 |
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King Philip's War *Battle of Bloody Brook French and Indian War Revolutionary War *Battle of Bunker Hill American Civil War *Battle of Gettysburg *Battle of Spotslvania Spanish–American War World War I *Battle of Bois Brule World War II *Battle of the Bulge Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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The 104th Infantry Regiment traces its history to 14 November 1639, when it was first mustered as the Springfield Train Band in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1662 the unit was formed into the Hampshire Regiment of the Massachusetts Militia. It later served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, with Union forces in the American Civil War, and as a federalized Massachusetts National Guard regiment with the U.S. Army during Spanish–American War, Mexican Border Campaign, World War I and World War II. The last active element of the regiment, the 1st Battalion, was deactivated in 2005 and the soldiers and lineage transferred to the 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment.
First formed on 14 November 1639 as the Springfield Train Band, at Springfield, Massachusetts. This original band trained on the highlands, which George Washington later selected as the site of the United States National Armory.
Organized on 7 May 1662 as part of the Massachusetts Militia from several existing Western Massachusetts training bands, and named The Hampshire Regiment because the majority of Western Massachusetts – including the region's de facto capital, Springfield – was, at the time, located within Hampshire County (After the American Revolution, Hampshire County was split into three separate counties, currently administered by two different New England states – Hampden County, Massachusetts, with a capital at the City of Springfield; Hartford County, Connecticut, with a capital at the City of Hartford, and the current Hampshire County, Massachusetts, with a capital at the college town of Northampton).
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