2nd Continental Artillery Regiment The 2nd Continental Artillery Regiment also known as Lamb ' s Continental Artillery Regiment was authorized on 1 January 1777 as Colonel John Lamb ' s Continental Artillery Regiment . As originally constituted , the regiment included 12 artillery companies from New York , Connecticut , and Pennsylvania . The bulk of the regiment served in the Hudson Highlands , though some companies fought with George Washington ' s main army from 1777 to 1779 . On 10 August 1779 the unit was renamed the 2nd Continental Artillery Regiment . Two companies were transferred to the 4th Continental Artillery Regiment on 1 January 1781 to form a 10 company regiment . In August 1781 the regiment was reassigned to the main army in time to fight at the Siege of Yorktown . The regiment returned to the Hudson Highlands in the summer of 1782 . It was reduced to two companies in June 1783 . The regiment was dissolved on 1 January 1784 except for one company which remained in the regular army . History . Lamb ' s Continental Artillery Regiment became part of the Continental Army on 1 January 1777 . During the spring of 1777 , the regiment was formed around a core of three existing New York artillery companies under Captains Andrew Moodie , Sebastian Bauman , and John Doughty . Moodie ' s company was originally authorized on 30 June 1775 as Captain John Lamb ' s company . It formed in New York City in July and August 1775 . Part of the unit went on Benedict Arnold ' s expedition to Quebec where it was captured at the Battle of Quebec on 31 December 1775 . The rump of the unit became Captain - lieutenant Isaiah Wool ' s Artillery Detachment and served first in the New York Department . On 20 January 1776 the unit was assigned to the Canadian Department . On 2 July 1776 it was reassigned to the Northern Department and it joined Lamb ' s Regiment on 1 January 1777 . Bauman ' s company was authorized on 28 October 1775 and recruited in New York . Organized in New York City from December 1775 to May 1776 , it was assigned to Washington ' s main army on 13 April 1776 . Bauman ' s company became part of Lamb ' s Regiment on 1 January 1777 . Doughty ' s company was authorized on 6 January 1776 as the New York Provincial Company of Artillery . Assembled at New York City in the late winter of 1776 , it joined George Washington ' s main army on 17 June 1776 . Doughty ' s company joined Lamb ' s Regiment on 17 March 1777 . On 26 December 1776 , Bauman led his 80 - man company and three cannons at the Battle of Trenton . Together with Captain Alexander Hamilton ' s New York battery and Thomas Forrest ' s Pennsylvania battery , Bauman ' s company unlimbered on high ground at the head of King and Queen Streets . The American artillery proceeded to overwhelm the Hessian gunners of two cannons on King Street and laid down an effective zone of fire . After Trenton , command of Hamilton ' s company passed to Doughty . Additional companies were authorized to make a total of 12 companies . Added to the three original companies were four new companies recruited from New Haven and Fairfield Counties , Connecticut . Three new companies came from New York state and two new companies hailed from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania and Montgomery County , Pennsylvania . The three original companies and the two Pennsylvania companies assembled at Morristown , New Jersey . The three newly - raised New York companies organized at Peekskill , New York while the four Connecticut companies organized at New Haven , Connecticut and Peekskill . Lamb went to Canada with Richard Montgomery and was captured at Quebec . Though paroled a few days later , he wasn ' t formally exchanged until January 1777 . He was promoted colonel of the artillery regiment on 1 January 1777 . On 28 April 1777 he was wounded at Campo Hill during the Danbury Raid while trying to stop a bayonet attack with three cannons . In early 1778 Lamb became embroiled in a dispute over seniority , but remained in command of the regiment throughout the war . He was the artillery commander at West Point , New York in 1779 and 1780 , including at the time when Benedict Arnold attempted to betray the fort to the British . The evening after Arnold ' s treason , Washington ordered Lamb to assume command over the key strategic position of King ' s Ferry , New York because he did not fully trust another officer . On 12 June 1777 , Lamb ' s artillery regiment was assigned to the Highlands Department . However , some units fought with the main army in the Philadelphia Campaign . The regiment ' s Captain James Lee fought at the Siege of Fort Mifflin in November 1777 . Like Lamb , Eleazer Oswald was captured at Quebec and not exchanged until January 1777 when he was commissioned lieutenant colonel in Lamb ' s Regiment . Oswald served as Charles Lee ' s chief artillery officer at the Battle of Monmouth on 28 June 1778 . Under his authority were Captain Thomas Wells of the 3rd Continental Artillery Regiment , two guns , Captain David Cook of the 3rd Artillery , two guns , Captain Thomas Seward of the 3rd Artillery , two guns , Captain Thomas Randall of the 2nd Artillery , two guns , and four guns of the 3rd Artillery attached to Charles Scott ' s command . Though his actions at Monmouth were praised , Oswald resigned from the army soon after the battle because he was miffed at being passed over for promotion . On 10 August 1779 the four artillery regiments were numbered . Two boards of generals ruled that neither Lamb ' s Regiment nor John Crane ' s Continental Artillery Regiment could trace their lineage to Knox ' s Continental Artillery Regiment . Therefore , Charles Harrison ' s Continental Artillery Regiment was named the 1st Continental Artillery Regiment . Lamb and Crane drew lots and Lamb ' s regiment became the 2nd Continental Artillery Regiment while Crane ' s regiment was renamed the 3rd Continental Artillery Regiment . Since it was the last regiment to enter the Continental Army , Thomas Proctor ' s Continental Artillery Regiment was designated the 4th Continental Artillery Regiment . Lamb was artillery commander at West Point in 1779 and 1780 . The 2nd Artillery was reorganized into 10 companies on 1 January 1781 . At this time , the companies of Captains Andrew Porter and Jonas Simonds transferred into the 4th Continental Artillery Regiment . The regiment was assigned to the main army on 28 August 1781 . Lamb took his regiment south for the Yorktown campaign . At the Siege of Yorktown in the fall of 1781 , the 2nd Artillery numbered 225 men . On 24 August 1782 the 2nd Artillery was reassigned to the Highlands Department . The regiment was reduced to two companies on 11 June 1783 and disbanded on 1 January 1784 . However , Doughty ' s company remained in the United States army at West Point . The 1st Battalion of the 5th Field Artillery Regiment can trace its lineage to Doughty ' s company . Service record . < br >