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2nd Connecticut Regt (1775)

2nd Connecticut Regiment (1775)
Map of Connecticut highlighting Hartford County.svg
Recruitment Area
Active 1775
Allegiance Continental Congress of the United States
Type Infantry
Size 1000 soldiers
Commanders
Notable
commanders

Colonel Joseph Spencer

Colonel Samuel Wyllys

Colonel Joseph Spencer

The 2nd Connecticut Regiment (1775) was authorized in the Connecticut State Troops and was organized from ten companies of volunteers from Hartford county in the state of Connecticut, United States, between 1–20 May 1775. It was adopted on 14 June 1775 into the Main Continental Army and assigned 22 July 1775 to Spencer's Brigade. The regiment was re-organized on 1 January 1776 to eight companies and re-designated as the 22nd Continental Regiment.


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