Question: Who was the lifelong friend of the colonel of the 1777 16th Massachusetts line ?

text: Massachusetts Line
1777 establishment
During 1776 , the Continental Congress gradually overcame its ideological objections to a standing army , and , on September 16 , 1776 , it resolved that , on January 1 , 1777 , the Continental Line was to consist of 88 infantry regiments , to be maintained for the duration of the war . The quota of regiments assigned to the states was 3 from New Hampshire , 15 from Massachusetts , 2 from Rhode Island , 8 from Connecticut , 4 from New York , 4 from New Jersey , 12 from Pennsylvania , 1 from Delaware , 8 from Maryland , 15 from Virginia , 9 from North Carolina , 6 from South Carolina , and 1 from Georgia . The quotas for states outside New England included regiments that had been on the Continental establishment earlier , but the term Continental Line was now broadened to include the lines of all the states .
The Massachusetts Line was the name given to those units within the Continental Army that were assigned to Massachusetts at various times by the Continental Congress during the American Revolutionary War. These, together with similar contingents from the other twelve states, formed the Continental Line. Line regiments were assigned to a particular state, which was then financially responsible for the maintenance (staffing and supplying) of the regiment. The concept of the line was also particularly important in relation to the promotion of commissioned officers. Officers of the Continental Army below the rank of brigadier general were ordinarily ineligible for promotion except in the line of their own state. The size of the Massachusetts Line varied from as many as 27 active regiments (at the outset of the war) to four (at its end). For most of the war after the Siege of Boston (April 1775 to March 1776) almost all of these units were deployed outside Massachusetts, serving as far north as Quebec City, as far west as present-day central Upstate New York, and as far south as Yorktown, Virginia. Massachusetts line troops were involved in most of the war's major battles north of Chesapeake Bay, and were present at the decisive Siege of Yorktown in 1781. General officers of the line included Major Generals Artemas Ward, William Heath, and Benjamin Lincoln, and Brigadier Generals John Glover and John Nixon.
Name Colonels Summary
1st Massachusetts Joseph Vose This regiment ( also sometimes referred to as Vose 's Regiment ) was formed by consolidating two companies from the 6th Continental Regiment , and two companies formed from the 18th Continental Regiment , with the remnant of the 15th Continental Regiment . The commanding officer , Colonel Joseph Vose , had been the major of Greaton 's Regiment in 1775 and the lieutenant colonel of the 24th Continental Regiment in 1776 . As the 15th Continental Regiment , reorganizing as the 1st Massachusetts Regiment , it served in St. Clair 's Brigade at Princeton . Reorganization was completed in the spring of 1777 , and the regiment was ordered to Peekskill in the Highlands . On July 10 , 1777 it was assigned to the 2d Massachusetts Brigade under Brigadier General Glover . The regiment served in the Saratoga campaign , then marched south to join Washington in the Middle Department . It served in the Philadelphia campaign and wintered at Valley Forge . In 1778 it served in the Monmouth campaign , then at Rhode Island . Following Rhode Island the regiment was stationed in the Highlands , but in 1781 its light company was assigned to Lieutenant Colonel Elijah Vose 's Battalion , Corps of Light Infantry , which served in the Yorktown campaign . The regiment was disbanded at West Point , New York , on November 3 , 1783
2nd Massachusetts John Bailey This regiment was formed by consolidating the remnants of the 7th Continental Regiment ; Peters ' Company , 13th Continental Regiment ; and Clap 's Company , 21st Continental Regiment ; with the remnant of the 23d Continental Regiment . ( Peters ' and Clap 's Companies were reorganized , respectively , as Warren 's and Dunham 's Companies , Bailey 's Regiment ) . The commanding officer , Colonel John Bailey , had been the lieutenant colonel , later the colonel , of Thomas 's Regiment in 1775 and colonel of the 23rd Continental Regiment in 1776 . As the 23rd Continental Regiment , reorganizing as the 2nd Massachusetts Regiment , it served in Glover 's Brigade at Princeton . Reorganization was completed in the spring of 1777 , and the regiment was ordered to the Northern Department . In the summer of 1777 it was assigned to the 4th Massachusetts Brigade under Brigadier General Learned . The regiment retreated toward Saratoga after the American evacuation of Fort Ticonderoga in July , and marched under Arnold to the relief of Fort Stanwix in August . Following the Saratoga campaign the regiment marched south to join Washington in the Middle Department . It served in the Philadelphia campaign and wintered at Valley Forge . In 1778 it served in the Monmouth campaign . After November 1778 the regiment was stationed in the Highlands , but in 1781 its light company was assigned to Lieutenant Colonel Elijah Vose 's Battalion , Corps of Light Infantry , which served in the Yorktown campaign . The regiment was disbanded at West Point , New York , on November 3 , 1783
3rd Massachusetts John Greaton This regiment was formed by consolidating the remnant of the 25th Continental Regiment with the remnant of the 24th Continental Regiment ( less the remnants of Bent 's and Whiting 's Companies ; the latter were reorganized as Fairfield 's and Pillsbury 's Companies , Wigglesworth 's Regiment ) . The commanding officer , John Greaton , had been the lieutenant colonel of Heath 's Regiment , and its commander , in 1775 . In 1776 he commanded the 24th Continental Regiment . The regiment was disbanded on November 5 , 1783
4th Massachusetts William Shepard This regiment was formed by consolidating the remnant of King 's Company , 21st Continental Regiment , with the remnant of the 3rd Continental Regiment . ( King 's Company was redesignated Alvord 's Company ) . The commanding officer , William Shepard , had been the lieutenant colonel of Danielson 's Regiment in 1775 and the lieutenant colonel of the 3rd Continental Regiment in 1776 . He was wounded at the Battle of Pell 's Point on October 18 , 1776 . The regiment was disbanded on November 5 , 1783
5th Massachusetts Rufus Putnam This regiment was formed by consolidating the remnant of Walbridge 's Company , 13th Continental Regiment , with the remnant of the 27th Continental Regiment . ( Walbridge 's Company was reorganized as Goodale 's Company ) . The commanding officer , Rufus Putnam , had been the lieutenant colonel of David Brewer 's Regiment in 1775 . The regiment was furloughed on June 12 , 1783 , and disbanded without reforming on November 15 , 1783
6th Massachusetts Thomas Nixon Benjamin Tupper This regiment was formed by reconstituting the remnant of the 4th Continental Regiment as a regiment to serve for the duration . The commanding officer , Thomas Nixon , had been the lieutenant colonel of John Nixon 's Regiment in 1775 and lieutenant colonel of the 4th Continental Regiment in 1776 . He was promoted to colonel on August 9 , 1776 . Colonel Benjamin Tupper was commanding officer of the 6th Massachusetts Regiment from January 1 , 1783 until June 12 , 1783 . The regiment was furloughed on June 12 , 1783 , and disbanded without reforming on November 15 , 1783
7th Massachusetts Ichabod Alden This regiment was a new organization , raised under the Eighty-Eight Battalion Resolve of September 16 , 1776 . The commanding officer , Ichabod Alden , had been the lieutenant colonel of Cotton 's Regiment in 1775 and lieutenant colonel of the 25th Continental Regiment in 1776 . He was killed at Cherry Valley , New York , on November 10 , 1778 , and his lieutenant colonel , William Stacy was taken prisoner . The regiment was furloughed on June 12 , 1783 , and disbanded without reforming on November 15 , 1783
8th Massachusetts Michael Jackson This regiment was formed by reconstituting the remnant of the 16th Continental Regiment as a regiment to serve for the duration . The commanding officer had been the major of Gardner 's Regiment in 1775 , and was wounded on June 17 , 1775 , at the Battle of Bunker Hill . In 1776 he was lieutenant colonel of the 16th Continental Regiment and was wounded at Montresor 's Island on September 24 , 1776 . The regiment was furloughed on June 12 , 1783 , and disbanded without reforming on November 15 , 1783
9th Massachusetts James Wesson This regiment was formed by consolidating the remnant of the 21st Continental Regiment ( less the remnants of Clap 's and King 's Companies ) with the remnant of the 26th Continental Regiment . The commanding officer , James Wesson , had been the major of Gerrish 's Regiment in 1775 and the lieutenant colonel of the 26th Continental Regiment in 1776 . He was wounded on June 28 , 1778 , at the Battle of Monmouth , New Jersey . The regiment was disbanded on January 1 , 1783
10th Massachusetts Thomas Marshall Benjamin Tupper This regiment was a new organization , raised under the Eighty-Eight Battalion Resolve of September 16 , 1776 . The commanding officer , Thomas Marshall , had been an officer in the Massachusetts militia . Colonel Benjamin Tupper was commanding officer of the 10th Massachusetts Regiment from January 1 , 1781 until January 1 , 1783 , when the regiment was disbanded
11th Massachusetts Ebenezer Francis Benjamin Tupper This regiment was a new organization , raised under the Eighty-Eight Battalion Resolve of September 16 , 1776 . The regiment 's first commander , Colonel Ebenezer Francis , had been a captain of Mansfield 's Regiment in 1775 . Colonel Francis was killed at the Battle of Hubbardton , Vermont , on July 7 , 1777 , and was succeeded by Benjamin Tupper . Tupper was colonel of the 11th Massachusetts Regiment from July 7 , 1777 until it was disbanded on January 1 , 1781
12th Massachusetts Samuel Brewer This regiment was formed by reconstituting the remnant of the 18th Continental Regiment as a regiment to serve for the duration ( less two companies consolidated with the 15th Continental Regiment , which became the 1st Massachusetts Regiment ) . Colonel Samuel Brewer was dismissed from the service on September 17 , 1778 . For the remainder of its existence the regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Ebenezer Sproat ( aka Sprout ) , who had been the major of Cotton 's Regiment in 1775 and the major of the 3rd Continental Regiment in 1776 . The regiment was disbanded on January 1 , 1781
13th Massachusetts Edward Wigglesworth This regiment was formed by consolidating the remnants of Bent 's and Whiting 's Companies , 24th Continental Regiment , with the remnant of the 6th Continental Regiment ( less two companies consolidated with the 15th Continental Regiment , which became the 1st Massachusetts Regiment . The commanding officer , Colonel Edward Wigglesworth , had been a militia officer in 1776 . The regiment was disbanded on January 1 , 1781
14th Massachusetts Gamaliel Bradford This regiment was a new organization , raised under the Eighty-Eight Battalion Resolve of September 16 , 1776 . The commanding officer , Gamaliel Bradford , had been a militia officer in 1776 . The regiment was disbanded on January 1 , 1781
15th Massachusetts Timothy Bigelow This regiment was a new organization , raised under the Eighty-Eight Battalion Resolve of September 16 , 1776 . It was organized by Colonel Timothy Bigelow at Boston , Massachusetts . The regiment would see action at the Battles of Saratoga , Monmouth and Rhode Island . The regiment was disbanded on January 1 , 1781 at West Point , New York
16th Massachusetts Henry Jackson This regiment was originally named Henry Jackson 's Additional Continental Regiment . On July 24 , 1780 , it was officially added to the Massachusetts Line and redesignated the 16th Massachusetts . It was disbanded on January 1 , 1781