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Ward's Regiment (1st Massachusetts Colonel Jonathan Ward designated the 21st Continental Regiment in 1776).

General George Washington Right Wing 1st (Ward's) Division (Major General Artemas Ward) 1st (Thomas') Brigade (Brigadier General John Thomas). Schuyler's smaller army was created to defend New York, but he was instructed by the Continental Congress to launch an (ultimately disastrous) preemptive invasion of Canada, which began on 31 August 1775. Meanwhile, a second force in New York under Major General Philip Schuyler was designated the New York Department, later known as the Northern Department. They were present in August, and in September three of the companies were attached to the Canadian Expedition under Benedict Arnold. The 13 rifle companies from these three colonies hurried to Boston. Pennsylvania frontiersman were so eager to participate that Pennsylvania's quota of companies was increased and organized as a regiment known as the Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment.

The Congress also extended participation in the Main Army beyond New England by authorizing companies of "expert rifleman" from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. Upon arrival outside Boston, General George Washington organized this body of more than 22,000 men, known as the Main Army, into three divisions of two brigades each. The Continental Congress created the Continental Army on 14 June 1775, by adopting the militia forces already conducting the Siege of Boston as the first units of the army. In 1777, 119 regiments were fielded thereafter the structure of the army remained basically the same, with units consolidated as needed.īecause of manpower shortages, the Continental Army often worked in conjunction with state-controlled militia units, which were called out for short periods as needed.

Most enlistments in this army also expired at the end of the year, and so in 1777 soldiers were enlisted to serve three years or the duration of the war.

Because most enlistments expired at the end of that year, a new army was created in 1776 with units from all of the thirteen states. The Continental Congress created the Continental Army on 15 June 1775, by adopting the militia forces already conducting the Siege of Boston as the first units of the army. Created after the war had already begun, the army was always a work in progress, and was reorganized on several occasions during the war. This is a list of units of the Continental Army, the national army of the United States during the American Revolutionary War.