2nd Connecticut Regt (1775)

2nd Connecticut Regiment (1775)
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.