List of united States militia units in the American Revolutionary War - wikipedia List of united States militia units in the American Revolutionary War American Revolutionary War Armed Forces United States Continental Army → Commander - in - Chief → Regional departments → Units ( 1775, 1776, 1777 -- 1784 ) Continental Navy Continental Marines State forces → List of militia units → List of state navies → Maritime units Great Britain List of British units France List of French units Related topics List of battles Military leadership This is a list of American militia units that served on the Patriot side of the American Revolutionary War, listed by state. Contents 1 Connecticut 2 Delaware 3 Georgia 4 Maryland 5 Massachusetts 6 New Hampshire 7 New Jersey 8 New York 9 North Carolina 10 Pennsylvania 11 Rhode Island 12 South Carolina 13 Vermont 14 Virginia 15 References Connecticut see also Connecticut militia Foot Guards : 1st Company Governor 's Foot Guard, 1771 2nd Company Governor 's Foot Guard, 1775 Horse Guards : 1st Company Governor 's Horse Guards, 1778 2nd Connecticut Light Horse, 1777 5th Connecticut Light Horse, 1776 -- 79 Backus ' Regiment of Light Horse, 1776 Skinner 's Regiment of Light Horse, 1776 Starr 's Regiment of Light Horse, 1779 Seymour 's Regiment of Light Dragoons 1st Battalion State Regiment, 1776 -- 77 1st Regiment of Militia, 1778 -- 79 2nd Regiment of Militia, 1776 3rd Regiment of Foot, 1775 3rd Regiment of Militia, 1776 4th Regiment of Militia, 1775 -- 76 5th Regiment of Militia, 1775 -- 76 7th Regiment of Militia, 1775 -- 76 8th Regiment of Militia, 1775 -- 76 8th Regiment of Militia, 1780 9th Regiment of Militia, 1776 -- 81 10th Regiment of Militia, 1776 -- 77 11th Regiment of Militia, 1774 12th Regiment of Militia, 1776 13th Regiment of Militia, 1776 16th Regiment of Militia, 1776 18th Regiment of Militia, 1776 20th Regiment of Militia, 1779 -- 81 21st Regiment of Militia, 1778 -- 81 22nd Regiment of Militia, 1776 25th Regiment of Militia, 1776 -- 78 33rd Regiment of Militia, 1775 Belding 's Regiment, 1777 Bradley 's Regiment, 1776 -- 77 Burrell 's Regiment, 1776 -- 77 Canfield 's Regiment of Militia, 1781 Chapman 's Regiment of Militia, 1778 Chester 's Regiment of Militia, 1776 -- 77 Cook 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 Douglas ' Regiment of Levies, 1776 Douglas ' Regiment, 1776 Elmore 's Battalion, 1776 -- 77 Ely 's Regiment, 1777 Enos ' Regiment, 1776 -- 77 Gallup 's Regiment, 1779 Gay 's Regiment, 1776 Hooker 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 Johnson 's Regiment of Militia, 1778 Latimer 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 -- 78 Lewis ' Regiment, 1776 Mason 's Regiment of Militia, 1778 McClellan 's Regiment, 1777 -- 82 Mead 's Regiment of Militia, 1779 Mott 's Regiment of Militia, 1776 Newberry 's Regiment, 1777 Parker 's Company of Teamsters, 1778 Parson 's Regiment, 1776 Parson 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 Porter 's Regiment, 1781 Sage 's Regiment, 1776 -- 77 Silliman 's Regiment, 1776 Talcott 's Regiment, 1776 Thompson 's Company Thompson 's Regiment, 1777 Tyler 's Regiment, 1777 Ward 's Regiment, 1777 Waterbury 's Regiment, 1776 -- 78 Whiting 's Regiment, 1777 Wells ' Regiment of Militia, 1779 Wells ' Regiment, 1780 -- 81 Wolcott 's Regiment, 1776 Delaware see also Delaware militia 1st Battalion, New Castle County, 1777 2nd Regiment, New Castle County, 1778 -- 81 2nd Battalion of Militia, 1776 2nd Regiment of Militia, 1780 7th Regiment of Militia, 1782 Flying Camp Battalion, 1776 Kent County Militia Latimer 's Independent Company, 1776 Georgia see also Georgia militia Emanuel 's Regiment of Militia, 1781 -- 82 Georgia Hussars, 1736 Liberty Independent Troop, 1776 1st Brigade Georgia Militia 1st Regiment Georgia Militia, Light Horse Troop Maryland see also Maryland militia Gale 's Independent Company of Artillery, 1779 -- 80 Smith 's Artillery, 2nd and 3rd Companies, 1783 34th Battalion of Militia, 1776 37th Battalion of Militia, 1777 Extraordinary Regiment, 1780 Flying Camp Regiment ( Ewing 's ), 1776 Flying Camp Regiment ( Griffith 's ), 1776 Flying Camp Regiment ( Richardson 's ), 1776 Lansdale 's Detachment, 1783 Marbury 's Detachment, 1784 Washington County Militia Company, 1777 Massachusetts see also Massachusetts militia 1st Regiment of Militia, 1776 First Bristol Regiment, 1776 -- 80 -- Commanded by Col. Thomas Carpenter III 1776 -- 1780, Regiment under Gen. Lincoln 's command Nov. 1776, Brig. General Godfrey 's Brigade 1779 -- 1780 1st Regiment of Guards, 1778 3rd Regiment of Militia, 1779 4th Regiment of Militia, 17787 -- 80 18th Regiment of Militia, 1775 30th Regiment of Foot Massachusetts militia ' 1775 -- 1781 25th Regiment of Foot Massachusetts Militia, 1775 32nd Regiment of Militia, 1775 Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, 1638 Ashley 's Regiment of Militia, 1776 -- 77 Bailey 's Regiment of Militia Brewer 's Regiment, 1776 Brooks ' Regiment of Militia, 1778 Bucks of America, 1781 Bullards ' Regiment of Militia, 1777 Burt 's Company of Militia, 1776 -- 77 Cady 's Regiment, 1776 Carpenter 's Regiment of Militia, See First Bristol Regiment Cary 's Regiment of Militia, 1780 Cary 's Regiment, 1776 Cogswell 's Regiment of Militia, 1775 -- 77 Cushing 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 Denny 's Regiment of Militia Fellows ' Regiment, 1775 French 's Regiment, 1777 Frye 's Regiment, 1775 Gage 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 a.k.a. the 4th Essex County Militia Regiment Gerrish 's Regiment, 1778 Gill 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 Holman 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 Independent Company of Cadets, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, 1741 a.k.a. `` First Corps of Cadets '' Jacob 's Regiment, 1778 -- 79 Johnson 's Regiment of Militia, 1775 -- 1777 Hyde 's Detachment of Militia, 1777 Keyes ' Regiment, 1777 Leonard 's Regiment of Militia May 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 Murray 's Regiment of Militia, 1780 Perce 's Battalion of Militia, 1779 Plymouth Artillery Company organized January 7, 1777 Poor 's Regiment of Militia, 1778 Porter 's Regiment of Militia, 1776 Rand 's Regiment of Levies, 1776 Reed 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 Robinson Regiment of Militia, 1777 Simonds ' Regiment of Militia, 1776 -- 77 Smith 's Regiment of Foot, 1776 Sparhawk 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 Stearns ' Regiment of Militia, 1778 Storer 's Regiment of Militia ' 1777 Turner 's Regiment, 1781 Wells ' Regiment of Militia, 1777 Whitney 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 Williams ' Regiment of Militia, 1777 Wood 's Regiment of Militia, 1778 -- 79 Woodbridge 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 Wright 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 New Hampshire see also New Hampshire militia Baker 's Company of Volunteer, 1777 Baldwin 's Regiment, 1776 Bartlett 's Regiment of Militia, 1780 Bedel 's Militia Regiment, 1777 -- 79 Bell 's Regiment of Militia, 1781 Bellow 's Regiment of Militia, 1776 -- 77 Chase 's Regiment of Militia, 1776 -- 77 Dame 's Regiment, 1779 -- 80 Drake 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 Evans ' Regiment of Militia, 1777 Fogg 's Regiment, 1776 -- 77 Gale 's Regiment of Volunteers, 1778 Gerrish 's Regiment, 1777 Gilman 's Regiment of Militia, 1776 -- 77 Hale 's Regiment of Militia, 1776 -- 78 Hobart 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 Kelley 's Regiment of Volunteers, 1777 -- 78 Langdon 's Company of Light Horse Volunteers, 1777 -- 78 Lovewell 's Regiment, 1778 -- 81 McClary 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 -- 81 Mooney 's Regiment of Militia, 1779 -- 80 Moore 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 Morey 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 Moulton 's Regiment of Militia, 1775 -- 83 Nichols ' Regiment of Militia, 1777 -- 80 Peabody 's New Hampshire State Regiment, 1778 -- 79 Poor 's Regiment, 1775 Reed 's Regiment, 1775 Reynold 's Regiment of Militia, 1781 Scott 's Battalion, 1783 Senter 's Regiment, 1777 -- 78 Stark 's Regiment, 1775 Stickney 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 Tash 's Regiment, 1776 Waldron 's Regiment, 1776 Webster 's Regiment, 1777 -- 82 Welch 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 Wingate 's Regiment, 1776 -- 78 Wyman 's Regiment, 1776 New Jersey see also New Jersey militia 1st Regiment, Bergen County Militia, 1777 -- 78 1st Regiment, Essex County, 1777 1st Battalion of Monmouth, 1777 -- 82 1st Battalion of Somerset, 1777 -- 81 2nd Regiment of Essex County Troop, 1778 2nd Battalion of Hunterdon, 1777 2nd Battalion of Middlesex, 1777 2nd Battalion of Somerset, 1777 -- 80 3rd Battalion of Gloucester, 1777 3rd Battalion of Middlesex, 1781 Borden ' Regiment, Burlington County, 1776 Chambers ' Regiment, Burlington County, 1776 Crane 's Troops of Horse, 1780 Eastern Battalion, Morris County, 1777 -- 78 Forman 's Regiment of Militia, 1776 -- 80 Hankinson 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 -- 79 Holmes ' Battalion of Militia, Salem County, 1778 Hunt 's Regiment, Burlington County, 1776 Martin 's Regiment of Militia, 1776 Mehelm 's Regiment, Burlington County, 1776 Newcomb 's Regiment of Foot, 1776 Smith 's Regiment, Burlington County, 1776 Shreve 's Battalion, Burlington Militia Randolph 's Company, 1782 Reynolds ' Regiment, Burlington County, 1776 Philip 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 Seely 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 -- 81 Summer 's Battalion of Militia, 1776 Thomas ' Battalion of Essex Militia, 1776 Van Courtlandt 's Battalion, 1776 -- 80 New York see also New York militia 1st Battalion Grenadiers and Light Infantry, 1776 1st Regiment of Levies, 1780 -- 81 2nd Regiment of Levies, 1776 3rd Regiment of Levies, 1780 -- 83 Allison 's Regiment of Militia, 1775 -- 78 Benedict 's Regiment of Militia, 1780 -- 81 Brinckerhoff 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 Budd 's Regiment of Militia, 1776 Campbell 's Battalion of Militia, 1776 -- 82 Cantine 's Regiment of Militia Levies, 1778 -- 79 Church 's Regiment of Militia 1776 Clyde 's Regiment of Militia, 1779 -- 83 Cooper 's Regiment Crane 's Regiment of Militia, 1779 -- 81 Cuyler 's Regiment of Militia, 1781 -- 83 Drake 's ( Joseph ) Regiment of Militia, 1776 Drake 's ( Samuel ) Regiment of Militia, 1776 -- 77 DuBois ' Regiment of Levies, 1780 Field 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 -- 80 Fisher 's Regiment of Militia ( Third Tryon County militia ), 1775 -- 81 Freer 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 -- 79 Golden 's Company of Militia, 1776 Graham 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 -- 79 Hamman 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 -- 82 Hardenburgh 's Regiment of Militia, 1776 Harper 's Regiment of Militia, 1779 Hasbrouck 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 Hathorn 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 -- 81 Hay 's Regiment of Militia, 1778 -- 80 Hearts of Oak ( New York militia ), 1775 Hopkins ' Regiment of Militia, 1779 Humphrey 's Regiment of Militia, 1776 -- 77 Jansen 's Regiment of Militia, 1779 -- 82 Lansing 's Detachment of Militia, 1777 Livingston 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 -- 81 Ludington 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 -- 80 McClaughrey 's Regiment of ( Ulster County ) Militia, 1776 -- 81 McCrea 's Regiment of Levies, 1779 Morrison co. Militia, 1776 New York Provincial Company of Artillery, 1776 Nicholson 's Regiment, 1776 Nicoll 's Regiment of Levies, 1776 Palmer 's Regiment of Militia, 1776 Pawling 's Regiment of Levies and Militia, 1779 -- 81 Pawling 's Regiment of Militia, 1776 -- 77 Poughkeepsie Invincibles, ( 4th Duchess County regiment, New York Militia ) Quackenbos ' Regiment of Militia, 1779 -- 80 Sacket 's Westchester County Regiment, 1776 Schuyler 's Regiment of Militia, 1781 -- 82 Schuyler 's Regiment of Albany County Militia, ( Fifth Regiment of Albany County Militia ) 1777 Snyder 's Regiment of Militia, ( First Regiment of Ulster County Militia ) 1776 -- 82 Swartwout 's Regiment of Militia, 1776 Thomas ' Battalion or Regiment of Militia, 1776 -- 79 Tryon County militia Van Alstyne 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 -- 81 Van Bergen 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 -- 80 Van Brunt 's Regiment of Militia, 1776 Van Cortlandt 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 Vandenbergh 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 Vandenbergh 's Regiment of Militia, 1778 Van Ness ' Regiment of Militia, 1777 -- 80 Van Rensselaer 's Regiment, 1779 -- 81 Van Schaick 's Battalion, 1776 Van Schoonhoven 's Regiment of Militia, 1778 -- 82 Van Veghten 's Regiment of Militia, 1779 -- 80 Van Woert 's Regiment of Militia, 1779 -- 80 Vrooman 's Regiment of Militia, 1779 -- 83 Webster 's Regiment of Militia, 1780 -- 82 Weissenfels ' Regiment of Levies, 1781 -- 82 Wemple 's Regiment of Militia, ( 2nd Albany County Militia Regiment ) 1777 -- 80 Whiting 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 -- 81 Willett 's Regiment of Levies, 1781 -- 83 Williams ' Regiment of Militia, 1778 -- 81 Woodhull 's Regiment, 1776 Yate 's Regiment of Militia, 1779 -- 80 North Carolina see also North Carolina militia Collier 's Regiment of Militia, 1780 Graham 's Tryon County Regiment, 1776 Hillsborough District militia, 1776 -- 1783 Lytle 's Regiment of Levies ( Caswell County ), 1778 1st Mecklenburg County Regiment 2nd Mecklenburg County Regiment Seawell 's Regiment of Militia, Pitt County, 1780 Pennsylvania see also Pennsylvania militia Artillery Battalion, Pennsylvania Militia 1747 ( Artillery Batteries of the Associated Regiment of Foot of Philadelphia ) 1st Battalion Flying Camp, 1776 1st Battalion of Bedford County Militia, 1777 1st Battalion of Chester County Militia, 1776 -- 77 1st Battalion of Cumberland County Militia, 1776 -- 77 1st Regiment Flying Camp of Lancaster County, 1776 1st Battalion of Philadelphia County Militia, 1776 1st Battalion of Riflemen, Philadelphia County Militia, 1776 1st Battalion of Westmoreland County Militia, 1777 1st Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, 1774 2nd Regiment Flying Camp, 1776 2nd Battalion of Cumberland County Militia, 1776 2nd Battalion of Cumberland County Militia, 1777 2nd Battalion of Northampton County Miliia, 1778 2nd Battalion of Riflemen, Lancaster County, 1776 -- 77 2nd Battalion of Westmoreland County Militia, 1777 3rd Battalion of Chester County Militia, 1776 -- 77 3rd Battalion of Cumberland County Militia, 1776 3rd Battalion of Lancaster County Militia, 1776 3rd Battalion of the Northhampton County Milita, 1777 -- 84 3rd Battalion of Northumberland County Militia, 1779 3rd Battalion of Washington County Militia, 1779 -- 83 4th Battalion of Chester County Militia, 1776 4th Battalion of Philadelphia County Militia, 1776 ( a.k.a. 4th Battalion of Associators ? ) 5th Battalion of Chester County Militia, 1776 5th Battalion of Cumberland County Militia, 1776 5th Battalion of Philadelphia County Militia, 1776 5th Battalion of York County Militia, 1777 Andrews ' Battalion of York County Militia, 1777 -- 78 Atlee 's Musket Battalion, 1777 Baxter 's Battalion Flying Camp, 1776 Barr 's Detachment of Westmoreland County Militia, 1778 Clugage 's Battalion, 1778 Burd 's Battalion, 1776 Clotz ' Battalion Flying Camp, Lancaster County, 1776 Duncan 's Company of Volunteers ( Pittsburgh ), 1778 Enslow 's Company of Bedford County Militia, 1782 -- 83 Ferreis ' Battalion of Militia ( Lancaster County ), 1776 Haller 's Battalion Flying Camp, 1776 Hart 's Battalion of Bucks County Militia, 1776 Matlack 's Rifle Battalion, 1777 Miles ' Rifle Regiment, 1776 Lochny 's Battalion Moorhead 's Independent Company, 1777 -- 79 Philadelphia Brigade of Militia, 1747 ( Associated Regiment of Foot of Philadelphia / Associators of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia ) Philadelphia Light Horse Troop, 1780 Quaker Blues Militia of York County Rankin 's Regiment of York County Militia, 1777 Reed 's Volunteer, 1780 -- 81 Schott 's Corps ( Independent ), 1778 Swope 's Regiment Flying Camp, 1776 -- 80 Watt 's Regiment Flying Camp, 1776 Rhode Island see also Rhode Island militia 1st Battalion Providence County Militia, 1781 2nd Battalion Providence County Militia, 1781 15th Regiment of Rhode Island Militia, 1775 Arnold 's Regiment of Pawtuxet Rangers, 1774 Artillery Company of Westerly, Charleston and Hopkinton, 1755 Babcock 's Regiment of Militia, 1776 -- 77 Bowen 's Regiment of Militia, 1778 Bristol Train of Artillery, February 12, 1776 Cook 's Regiment of Militia ( Rhode Island ), 1777 Crary 's Regiment, 1777 -- 79 Elliott 's Regiment of Artillery, 1776 -- 78 Kentish Guards, 1774 Kimball 's Regiment of Militia, 1781 Lippitt 's Regiment, 1776 Mathewson 's Regiment, 1778 Miller 's Regiment of Militia, 1778 Newport Artillery Company, 1741 North Providence Rangers, 1775 Noyes ' Regiment of Militia, 1777 -- 78 Olney 's Regiment of Militia, 1781 Pawtuxet Rangers, 1774 Peck 's Regiment, 1780 -- 81 Porter 's Regiment of Militia, 1781 Col. William Richmond 's Regiment of State Troops in Continental service 1775 -- 1777 Tillinghast 's Regiment, 1781 Topham 's Regiment, 1778 -- 80 Waterman 's Regiment, 1776 -- 88 South Carolina see also South Carolina militia Charleston Battalion of Artillery, 1775 -- 80 Casey 's Regiment, 1782 Dutch Fork Militia, 1781 -- 82 German Fusiliers of Charleston, 1775 Horse Guards, 1753 Vermont see also Vermont militia Green Mountain Boys, 1777 Herrick 's Regiment, 1775 -- 83 Marsh 's Regiment, 1777 Virginia see also Virginia militia Culpeper Minutemen of 1775 -- 1776 Dabney 's State Legion Frederick County Militia, 1777 Fluvanna County militia, 1781 Gaskin 's Virginia Battalion, 1781 Illinois Regiment of Virginia Volunteers, 1783 -- 84 Captain Johnson 's Company of Mounted Militia of Augusta County 1780 Monongalia County Militia, 1777 Pendleton 's Regiment of Militia, 1777 Taylor 's Regiment of Militia ( Albemarle County ), 1779 Virginia Legion Virginia State Regiment, 1775 -- 83 Western Battalion, 1781 -- 82 References Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_militia_units_in_the_American_Revolutionary_War&oldid=806856502 '' Categories : United States militia in the American Revolution American Revolution - related lists Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from August 2012 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 24 October 2017, at 15 : 50. 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Question: what was the nickname for the massachusetts state militia
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