Porter's Regiment of Militia

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Porter's Regiment
Active	1776-1777
Allegiance	Massachusetts
Type	Infantry
Part of	Massachusetts militia
Engagements	Battle of Trois-Rivières

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Porter's Regiment was a militia regiment raised on January 19, 1776, under Colonel Porter at Northampton, Massachusetts and Pittsfield, Massachusetts for one year of service. The regiment would see action during the Invasion of Canada. The regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1777, at Morristown, New Jersey.

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Bibliography of the Continental Army in Massachusetts compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History

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Other Massachusetts-related Continental units	Continental Artillery Regiment Henley's Additional Continental Regiment Lee's Additional Continental Regiment Jackson's Additional Continental Regiment 1st American Regiment (1783–1784)
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