Artillery Units

Index
 
1775
The Arty. Regt.      4th SC Regt.
 
1776
Above, plus:

PA State Arty. Regt.      Independent Arty Bn.      GA Arty. Compys.
 
1777
1st Arty. Regt.      2d Arty. Regt.      3d Arty. Regt      4th Arty. Regt.

NC Arty. Compy.
 
1781
No change
 
1783
Crane's Corps of Arty.
 
Other
Bde. of Arty.      Garrison Arty., West Point      Miscellaneous
 

    Index to Microfilmed Artillery Unit Records    


Unit Begin Date End Date Location Source/Options
AR-01
(Gridley's/Knox's)Continental Artillery Regiment [1775-1776]
Expanded with the addition of Steven's Rhode Island Train of Artillery Jan. 1776
Disbanded Jan. 1777
       
AR-01-01.
Gridley's
10 Aug 1775 15 Nov 1775 Cambridge †Original: LOC #905, v1. Online Catalog under: Jeremiah Niles. Call Number: MMC-1268.
AR-01-02.
Knox's
18 Nov 1775 5 Jan 1776 Cambridge †Original: LOC #905, v2. Online Catalog under: Jeremiah Niles. Call Number: MMC-1268.
AR-01-04.
Knox's
1 Jan 1776 24 Feb 1776 Cambridge †Original: Society of the Cincinnati, MSS L1999F434.
AR-01-03.
Knox's
1 Jan 1776 17 May 1776 Cambridge,
New York
‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #25; reel 2.
         
AR-02
1st (Harrison's) Continental Artillery Regiment [1777-1783]
Furloughed June 1783; Disbanded Nov. 1783
         
AR-02-02.
1st Regiment
5 Sept 1778 25 Nov 1778 White Plains
Fredericksburgh
†Original: Society of the Cincinnati, MSS L2002F242.
AR-02-01.
1st Regiment
3 Jan 1780 7 Apr 1780 Morristown ‡Original: NJHS, #91.
         
AR-03
2d (Lamb's) Continental Artillery Regiment [1777-1783]
Reorganized to consist of two companies [June 1783]
Remainder furloughed June 1783; Disbanded Jan. 1784
         
AR-03A-01.
2d Regiment
12 Jul 1777 4 Jun 1778 Peekskill,
West Point
‡Original: LOC #938, v1. Online Catalog under: Robert Walker. Call Number: MMC-1214. Microfilm: 16,887.
AR-03A-02.
2d Regiment
13 Sept 1778 24 Nov 1778 Fredericksburg,
East Bank Highlands
‡Original: LOC #938, v2. Online Catalog under: Robert Walker. Call Number: MMC-1214. Microfilm: 16,887.
AR-03A-03.
2d Regiment
26 Sept 1778 27 Nov 1778 Fredericksburg ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #71; reel 6.
AR-03A-04.
2d Regiment
30 Nov 1778 4 Feb 1779 Pluckemin ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #75; reel 6, pt. 1.
AR-03A-05.
2d Regiment
5 Feb 1779 30 May 1779 Pluckemin ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #79 & #80(typescript); reel 7.
AR-03A-06.
2d Regiment
8 Jun 1779 19 Aug 1779 Whippany, Chester ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #90; reel 8.
AR-03A-07.
2d Regiment
24 Aug 1779 20 Feb 1780 Chester, Fishkill, Morristown ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #95; reel 9.
AR-03A-08.
2d Regiment
27 Aug 1779 26 Oct 1779 Fort Sullivan, Tioga, Wyoming, Easton †Original: Cornell, Kroch Library #4176, also published 85.
AR-03A-09.
2d Regiment
7 Dec 1779 27 Mar 1780 Morristown ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #102; reel 10.
AR-03A-10.
2d Regiment
11 Jan 1780 18 Feb 1780 West Point ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #75; reel 6, pt. 2.
AR-03A-11.
2d Regiment
28 Mar 1780 12 Jun 1780 Morristown, Highlands ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #107; reel 11.
AR-03A-12.
2d Regiment
21 Jun 1780 6 Sept 1780 Orangetown, Teaneck ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #116; reel 12.
AR-03A-13.
2d Regiment
26 Jun 1780 28 Dec 1780 West Point ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #118.1, pt. 1; reel 12.
AR-03A-14.
2d Regiment
16 Jul 1780 30 Aug 1780 South Redoubt ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #89, pt. 2; reel 8.
AR-03A-15.
2d Regiment
7 Sept 1780 2 Nov 1780 Steenrapie, Orangetown, Totowa ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #125; reel 13.
AR-03A-16.
2d Regiment
18 Oct 1780 9 Nov 1780 ? ‡Original: LOC #932. Online Catalog under: John Smith. Call Number: MMC-1214. Microfilm: 16,887.
AR-03A-17.
2d Regiment
2 Nov 1780 16 Dec 1780 Totowa ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #130; reel 13.
AR-03A-18.
2d Regiment
17 Dec 1780 20 Feb 1781 New Windsor ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #132; reel 13.
AR-03A-19.
2d Regiment
1780 1780 ? †Original: Cayuga Museum of History and Art.
AR-03A-20.
2d Regiment
21 Feb 1781 28 Mar 1781 New Windsor ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #134; reel 13.
AR-03A-21.
2d Regiment
29 May 1781 22 Jun 1781 New Windsor, Peekskill ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #138; reel 14.
AR-03A-22.
2d Regiment
20 Jun 1781 21 Oct 1781 Highlands to Yorktown ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #143; reel 14.
AR-03A-23.
2d Regiment
4 Aug 1781 27 Oct 1781 Highlands to Yorktown ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #118.1; reel 12, pt. 2.
AR-03A-24.
2d Regiment
7 Dec 1781 4 Feb 1782 Burlington ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #152; reel 15.
AR-03A-25.
2d Regiment
7 Feb 1782 8 Aug 1782 Burlington ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #158; reel 16.
AR-03A-26.
2d Regiment
9 Aug 1782 17 Sept 1782 West Point ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #162; reel 16, v1.
AR-03A-27.
2d Regiment
17 Sept 1782 29 Oct 1782 West Point ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #162; reel 16, v2.
AR-03A-28.
2d Regiment
29 Oct 1782 26 Nov 1782 West Point ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #162; reel 16, v3.
AR-03A-29.
2d Regiment
27 Nov 1782 5 Jan 1783 West Point ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #166; reel 16.
AR-03A-30.
2d Regiment
6 Jan 1783 19 Feb 1783 West Point ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #168; reel 16.
AR-03A-31.
2d Regiment
24 Feb 1783 27 Mar 1783 West Point ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #169; reel 17.
AR-03A-32.
2d Regiment
28 Mar 1783 5 May 1783 West Point ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #171; reel 17, v1.
AR-03A-33.
2d Regiment
1 May 1783 25 Jun 1783 West Point ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #171; reel 17, v2.
         
AR-04
3d (Crane's) Continental Artillery Regiment [1777-1783]
Reorganized to consist of four companies [June 1783]
Remainder furloughed June 1783; Disbanded Jan. 1784
         
AR-04A-01.
3d Regiment
25 Mar 1777 7 Sept 1777 Morristown,
Smith's Clove
‡Original: Mass HS - 1, also microfilm: reel 5, No 1A. First used by the British 40th Regiment of Foot (BF-40-xx).
AR-04A-02.
3d Regiment
8 Jul 1777 9 Sept 1777 Morristown,
Smith's Clove
‡Original: NARA, also microfilm: M853, r3, v19, pt. 1.
AR-04A-03.
3d Regiment
10 Apr 1778 25 Apr 1778 Crossroads, Brandywine,
Valley Forge
‡Original: NARA, also microfilm: M853, r3, v19, pt. 2.
AR-04A-04.
3d Regiment
3 Jul 1779 22 Aug 1779 West Point ‡Original: WP SPEC, vault; also typescript, WPA.
AR-04A-05.
3d Regiment
9 Aug 1779 31 Mar 1780 West Point ‡Original: Mass HS - 1, also microfilm: reel 5, No 1B.
AR-04A-06.
3d Regiment
29 Jan 1780 31 May 1780 West Point ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #103; reel 10.
AR-04A-07.
3d Regiment
30 Mar 1780 2 Sept 1780 Orangetown, Teaneck ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #108, reel 11.
AR-04A-08.
3d Regiment
1 Jun 1780 13 Jul 1780 West Point ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #112, reel 11.
AR-04A-09.
3d Regiment
3 Jul 1781 29 Sept 1781 West Point ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #144; reel 14.
AR-04A-10.
3d Regiment
24 Nov 1781 5 Jan 1782 West Point ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #151; reel 15.
AR-04A-11.
3d Regiment
4 Jan 1782 9 Mar 1782 West Point ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #156; reel 15.
AR-04A-12.
3d Regiment
12 Mar 1782 18 May 1782 West Point ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #159; reel 16.
AR-04A-13.
3d Regiment
5 Aug 1782 25 Nov 1782 West Point, Albany ‡Original: Mass HS - 1, also microfilm: reel 5, No 2.
AR-04A-14.
3d Regiment
1 Sept 1782 2 Nov 1782 West Point ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #164; reel 16.
AR-04A-15.
3d Regiment
28 Dec 1782 19 Jan 1783 West Point ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #167; reel 16.
AR-04A-16.
3d Regiment
18 Apr 1783 1 Jun 1783 West Point ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #172; reel 17.
AR-04A-17.
3d Regiment / Crane's Corps of Artillery
3 Jun 1783 21 Jul 1783 West Point ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #173; reel 17.
         
AR-05
Pennsylvania State Artillery Regiment [1776-1777]  - [A]
4th (Proctor's/Forest's/Porter's) Continental Artillery Regiment [1777-1783]  - [B]
Furloughed June 1783; Disbanded Nov. 1783
         
AR-05B-03.
4th Regiment
19 Oct 1780 26 Nov 1780 Totowa †Original: Society of the Cincinnati, MSS L1999F357 MB.
AR-05B-01.
4th Regiment
13 Nov 1780 5 Apr 1781 North Redoubt ‡Original: WP SPEC; also typescript.
AR-05B-02.
4th Regiment
Jan 1781 Mar 1781 ? †Original: WP Vault.
         
AR-06
(Steven's) Independent Battalion of Continental Artillery [1776-78]
Integrated into the 3d Regiment of Artillery [1778]
         
AR-06-01.
Independent Battalion
11 Sept 1777 23 Dec 1777 Stillwater, Saratoga, Albany ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #50; reel 5.
         
AR-07
North Carolina Continental Artillery Company [1777-1780]
Captured at Charlestown May 1780
Disbanded Jan. 1781
         
         
         
AR-08
4th (Robert's/Beekman's) South Carolina Regiment25 [1775-1780]
Captured at Charlestown May 1780
Disbanded Jan. 1781
         
AR-08-01.
4th SC
1775 1778 Fort Johnson,
Gadsden's Wharf,
Granville Bastion,
Lauren's Battery,
Fort Sullivan
†Original: South Carolina HS.
         
AR-09
Georgia Continental Artillery Companies [1776-1779]
Disbanded Nov. 1779
         
         
         
AR-10
(Knox's) Brigade of Artillery with the Main Army [1777-1783]
Furloughed June 1783; Disbanded Nov. 1783
         
AR-10-06.
Brigade of Artillery
18 May 1778 11 Jun 1778 Valley Forge ‡Original: Boston Atheneum, also published 34.
AR-10-01.
Brigade of Artillery
23 Jul 1778 31 Dec 1778 White Plains, Fredricksburg, Pluckemin ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #62 & #63(typescript); reel 5.
AR-10-02.
Brigade of Artillery
24 Aug 1778 13 Sept 1778 White Plains ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #68; reel 6.
AR-10-03.
Brigade of Artillery
25 Oct 1778 1 Mar 1779 Hudson Highlands, to Pluckemin ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #73; reel 6.
AR-10-04.
Brigade of Artillery
1 Jul 1779 18 Nov 1779 Chester ‡Original: New Jersey HS, #223.
AR-10-05
Brigade of Artillery
8 Oct 1781 30 Oct 1781 Yorktown ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #150; reel 15.
         
AR-11
Garrison Artillery, West Point
         
AR-11-01.
Artillery, West Point
1 Jan 1781 8 Aug 1781 West Point,
Dobbs Ferry
‡Original: Mass HS - 1, also microfilm: reel 5, No 3.
AR-11-02.
Artillery, West Point
18 Apr 1781 31 May 1781 West Point ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #136; reel 14.
AR-11-03.
Artillery, West Point
9 Jun 1781 29 Jun 1781 West Point ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #141; reel 14.
         
AR-12
Crane's Corps of Artillery
See AR-04A-17        
AR-12-01.
Crane's
22 Jul 1783 27 Sept 1783 West Point ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #176; reel 17.
AR-12-02.
Crane's
9 Oct 1783 7 Nov 1783 West Point ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #177; reel 17.
         
AR-13
Miscellaneous Artillery Units
         
AR-13-01.
Massachusetts State's Train of Artillery (Crafts)
8 Jun 1777 28 Nov 1778 Boston ‡Original: ?, also published 14.
AR-13-06.
Cpt Brown's Artillery Company of the Philadelphia Militia
27 Sept 1777 14 Oct 1777 Perkiomen, Worcester, Towamencin ‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #52; reel 5.
AR-13-07.
Cpt Brown's Artillery Company of the Philadelphia Militia
9 Oct 1777 18 Dec 1777 Towamencin, Whitpain, Whitemarsh,
Gulph Mills
‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #54; reel 5.
AR-13-02.
Rhode Island State Artillery (Elliot)
10 Apr 1778 7 Feb 1779 Providence,
March to Newport, Providence
‡Original: RIHS, Mss 673-2.
AR-13-03.
Artillery Brigade, Rhode Island Garrison
1 Feb 1779 12 Jul 1779 Providence ‡Original: RIHS, Mss 743.
AR-13-04.
Rhode Island State Artillery (Elliot)
5 Feb 1779 9 Jul 1779 Providence ‡Original: RIHS, Mss 9001-C.
AR-13-05.
Artillery Brigade, Rhode Island Garrison
13 May 1779 24 Jul 1779 Providence ‡Original: RIHS, Mss 9001-E.
         

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