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==Service==
 
==Service==
The regiment spent virtually its entire life on garrison duty in Detroit, Michigan Territory and [[Fort Malden]], Upper Canada after Detroit had been abandoned by the British following the [[Battle of Lake Erie]]. Regimental depots were placed in [[Chillicothe, Ohio]]; Nashville, Tennessee and Lexington, Kentucky. The riflemen never gained full strength, in part because recruiters for other commands misrepresented thermselves as being recruiters for the riflemen. The regiment suffered continuing shortages of uniforms and equipment. The riflemen did ensure that trade with Native Americans was fair and that civil order was maintained.<ref name=brenner>{{cite web|last1=Brenner|first1=James T.|title=The Green Against the British Red: U.S. Rifle Regiments in the Northwestern Army|url=http://warof1812.ohio.gov/_assets/docs/Rifles.pdf}}</ref>{{rp|7–11}}<ref name=fredriksen>{{cite book|last1=Fredriksen|first1=John C.|title=Green Coats and Glory: The United States Regiment of Riflemen, 1808-1821|date=November 2000|publisher=Old Fort Niagara Association, Inc.|location=Youngstown, New York|isbn=0-941967-22-0|edition=1st}}</ref>{{rp|43}}
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The regiment spent virtually its entire life on garrison duty in Detroit, Michigan Territory and [[Fort Malden]], Upper Canada after Detroit had been abandoned by the British following the [[Battle of Lake Erie]]. Regimental depots were placed in Chillicothe, Ohio; Nashville, Tennessee and Lexington, Kentucky. The riflemen never gained full strength, in part because recruiters for other commands misrepresented thermselves as being recruiters for the riflemen. The regiment suffered continuing shortages of uniforms and equipment. The riflemen did ensure that trade with Native Americans was fair and that civil order was maintained.<ref name=brenner>{{cite web|last1=Brenner|first1=James T.|title=The Green Against the British Red: U.S. Rifle Regiments in the Northwestern Army|url=http://warof1812.ohio.gov/_assets/docs/Rifles.pdf}}</ref>{{rp|7–11}}<ref name=fredriksen>{{cite book|last1=Fredriksen|first1=John C.|title=Green Coats and Glory: The United States Regiment of Riflemen, 1808-1821|date=November 2000|publisher=Old Fort Niagara Association, Inc.|location=Youngstown, New York|isbn=0-941967-22-0|edition=1st}}</ref>{{rp|43}}
   
 
==References==
 
==References==

Latest revision as of 08:00, 10 December 2019

2nd Regiment of Riflemen
The American Soldier, 1814
Riflemen officer in gray (foreground) and troops in green smocks (background)
Active 1814 — 1815
Disbanded March 3, 1815
Country United States
Branch U.S. Army
Type Riflemen
Role Light infantry
Size Regiment
Weapons U.S. Model 1814
scalping knife
tomahawk,
Campaigns War of 1812
Commanders
Sole Commander Anthony Butler

The 2nd Regiment of Riflemen was a unit of the U.S. Army in the early nineteenth century. It was first activated in 1814 during the War of 1812 when the War Department created three additional rifle regiments based on the success of the Regiment of Riflemen. The regiment was deactivated in May 1815.

Organization

The regiment was activated on February 10, 1814. It was consolidated with the other regiments of riflemen on May 17, 1815.[1]:142

Service

The regiment spent virtually its entire life on garrison duty in Detroit, Michigan Territory and Fort Malden, Upper Canada after Detroit had been abandoned by the British following the Battle of Lake Erie. Regimental depots were placed in Chillicothe, Ohio; Nashville, Tennessee and Lexington, Kentucky. The riflemen never gained full strength, in part because recruiters for other commands misrepresented thermselves as being recruiters for the riflemen. The regiment suffered continuing shortages of uniforms and equipment. The riflemen did ensure that trade with Native Americans was fair and that civil order was maintained.[2]:7–11[3]:43

References

  1. Heitman, Francis B. (1903). "Historical register and dictionary of the United States Army". War Department. https://archive.org/details/historicalregist01heitrich. Retrieved August 20, 2014. 
  2. Brenner, James T.. "The Green Against the British Red: U.S. Rifle Regiments in the Northwestern Army". http://warof1812.ohio.gov/_assets/docs/Rifles.pdf. 
  3. Fredriksen, John C. (November 2000). Green Coats and Glory: The United States Regiment of Riflemen, 1808-1821 (1st ed.). Youngstown, New York: Old Fort Niagara Association, Inc.. ISBN 0-941967-22-0. 
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