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This is a list of American militia units that served on the Patriot side of the American Revolutionary War, listed by state.

Connecticut[]

  • see also Connecticut militia
  • 1st Company Governor's Foot Guard, 1771
  • 2nd Company Governor's Foot Guard, 1775
  • 1st Company Governor's Horse Guards,1778
  • 2nd Connecticut Light Horse, 1777
  • 5th Connecticut Light Horse, 1776–79
  • Backus' Regiment of Light Horse, 1776
  • Skinner's Regiment of Light Horse, 1776
  • Starr's Regiment of Light Horse, 1779
  • Seymour's Regiment of Light Dragoons
  • 1st Battalion State Regiment, 1776–77
  • 1st Regiment of Militia, 1778–79
  • 2nd Regiment of Militia, 1776
  • 3rd Regiment of Foot, 1775
  • 3rd Regiment of Militia, 1776
  • 4th Regiment of Militia, 1775–76
  • 5th Regiment of Militia, 1775–76
  • 7th Regiment of Militia, 1775–76
  • 8th Regiment of Militia, 1775–76
  • 8th Regiment of Militia, 1780
  • 9th Regiment of Militia, 1776–81
  • 10th Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
  • 11th Regiment of Militia, 1774
  • 12th Regiment of Militia, 1776
  • 13th Regiment of Militia, 1776
  • 16th Regiment of Militia, 1776
  • 18th Regiment of Militia, 1776
  • 20th Regiment of Militia, 1779–81
  • 21st Regiment of Militia, 1778–81
  • 22nd Regiment of Militia, 1776
  • 25th Regiment of Militia, 1776–78
  • 33rd Regiment of Militia, 1775
  • Belding's Regiment, 1777
  • Bradley's Regiment, 1776–77
  • Burrell's Regiment, 1776–77
  • Canfield's Regiment of Militia, 1781
  • Chapman's Regiment of Militia, 1778
  • Chester's Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
  • Cook's Regiment of Militia, 1777
  • Douglas' Regiment of Levies, 1776
  • Douglas' Regiment, 1776
  • Elmore's Battalion, 1776–77
  • Ely's Regiment, 1777
  • Enos' Regiment, 1776–77
  • Gallup's Regiment, 1779
  • Gay's Regiment, 1776
  • Hooker's Regiment of Militia, 1777
  • Johnson's Regiment of Militia, 1778
  • Latimer's Regiment of Militia, 1777–78
  • Lewis' Regiment, 1776
  • Mason's Regiment of Militia, 1778
  • McClellan's Regiment, 1777–82
  • Mead's Regiment of Militia, 1779
  • Mott's Regiment of Militia, 1776
  • Newberry's Regiment, 1777
  • Parker's Company of Teamsters, 1778
  • Parson's Regiment, 1776
  • Parson's Regiment of Militia, 1777
  • Porter's Regiment, 1781
  • Sage's Regiment, 1776–77
  • Silliman's Regiment, 1776
  • Talcott's Regiment, 1776
  • Thompson's Company
  • Thompson's Regiment, 1777
  • Tyler's Regiment, 1777
  • Ward's Regiment, 1777
  • Waterbury's Regiment, 1776–78
  • Whiting's Regiment, 1777
  • Wells' Regiment of Militia, 1779
  • Wells' Regiment, 1780–81
  • Wolcott's Regiment, 1776

Delaware[]

  • see also Delaware militia
  • 1st Battalion, New Castle County, 1777
  • 2nd Regiment, New Castle County, 1778–81
  • 2nd Battalion of Militia, 1776
  • 2nd Regiment of Militia, 1780
  • 7th Regiment of Militia, 1782
  • Flying Camp Battalion, 1776
  • Kent County Militia
  • Latimer's Independent Company, 1776

Georgia[]

Maryland[]

Massachusetts[]

New Hampshire[]

New Jersey[]

  • see also New Jersey militia
  • 1st Regiment, Bergen County Militia, 1777–78
  • 1st Regiment, Essex County, 1777
  • 1st Battalion of Monmouth, 1777–82
  • 1st Battalion of Somerset, 1777–81
  • 2nd Regiment of Essex County Troop, 1778
  • 2nd Battalion of Hunterdon, 1777
  • 2nd Battalion of Middlesex, 1777
  • 2nd Battalion of Somerset, 1777–80
  • 3rd Battalion of Gloucester, 1777
  • 3rd Battalion of Middlesex, 1781
  • Borden' Regiment, Burlington County, 1776
  • Chambers' Regiment, Burlington County, 1776
  • Crane's Troops of Horse, 1780
  • Eastern Battalion, Morris County, 1777–78
  • Forman's Regiment of Militia, 1776–80
  • Hankinson's Regiment of Militia, 1777–79
  • Holmes' Battalion of Militia, Salem County, 1778
  • Hunt's Regiment, Burlington County, 1776
  • Martin's Regiment of Militia, 1776
  • Mehelm's Regiment, Burlington County, 1776
  • Newcomb's Regiment of Foot, 1776
  • Smith's Regiment, Burlington County, 1776
  • Shreve's Battalion, Burlington Militia
  • Randolph's Company, 1782
  • Reynolds' Regiment, Burlington County, 1776
  • Philip's Regiment of Militia, 1777
  • Seely's Regiment of Militia, 1777–81
  • Summer's Battalion of Militia, 1776
  • Thomas' Battalion of Essex Militia, 1776
  • Van Courtlandt's Battalion, 1776–80

New York[]

  • 1st Battalion Grenadiers and Light Infantry, 1776
  • 1st Regiment of Levies, 1780–81
  • 2nd Regiment of Levies, 1776
  • 3rd Regiment of Levies, 1780–83
  • Allison's Regiment of Militia, 1775–78
  • Benedict's Regiment of Militia, 1780–81
  • Brinckerhoff's Regiment of Militia, 1777
  • Budd's Regiment of Militia, 1776
  • Campbell's Battalion of Militia, 1776–82
  • Cantine's Regiment of Militia Levies, 1778–79
  • Church's Regiment of Militia 1776
  • Clyde's Regiment of Militia, 1779–83
  • Cooper's Regiment
  • Crane's Regiment of Militia, 1779–81
  • Cuyler's Regiment of Militia, 1781–83
  • Drake's (Joseph) Regiment of Militia, 1776
  • Drake's (Samuel) Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
  • DuBois' Regiment of Levies, 1780
  • Field's Regiment of Militia, 1777–80
  • Fisher's Regiment of Militia (Third Tryon County militia), 1775–81
  • Freer's Regiment of Militia, 1777–79
  • Golden's Company of Militia, 1776
  • Graham's Regiment of Militia, 1777–79
  • Hamman's Regiment of Militia, 1777–82
  • Hardenburgh's Regiment of Militia, 1776
  • Harper's Regiment of Militia, 1779
  • Hasbrouck's Regiment of Militia, 1777
  • Hathorn's Regiment of Militia, 1777–81
  • Hay's Regiment of Militia, 1778–80
  • Hearts of Oak (New York militia), 1775
  • Hopkins' Regiment of Militia, 1779
  • Humphrey's Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
  • Jansen's Regiment of Militia, 1779–82
  • Lansing's Detachment of Militia, 1777
  • Livingston's Regiment of Militia, 1777–81
  • Ludington's Regiment of Militia, 1777–80
  • McClaughrey's Regiment of (Ulster County) Militia, 1776–81
  • McCrea's Regiment of Levies, 1779
  • Morrison co. Militia,1776
  • New York Provincial Company of Artillery, 1776
  • Nicholson's Regiment, 1776
  • Nicoll's Regiment of Levies, 1776
  • Palmer's Regiment of Militia, 1776
  • Pawling's Regiment of Levies and Militia, 1779–81
  • Pawling's Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
  • Poughkeepsie Invincibles, {4th Duchess County regiment, New York Militia}
  • Quackenbos' Regiment of Militia, 1779–80
  • Sacket's Westchester County Regiment, 1776
  • Schuyler's Regiment of Militia, 1781–82
  • Schuyler's Regiment of Albany County Militia, (Fifth Regiment of Albany County Militia)1777
  • Snyder's Regiment of Militia, (First Regiment of Ulster County Militia)1776-82
  • Swartwout's Regiment of Militia, 1776
  • Thomas' Battalion or Regiment of Militia, 1776–79
  • Tryon County militia
  • Van Alstyne's Regiment of Militia, 1777–81
  • Van Bergen's Regiment of Militia, 1777–80
  • Van Brunt's Regiment of Militia, 1776
  • Van Cortlandt's Regiment of Militia, 1777
  • Vandenbergh's Regiment of Militia, 1777
  • Vandenbergh's Regiment of Militia, 1778
  • Van Ness' Regiment of Militia, 1777–80
  • Van Rensselaer's Regiment, 1779–81
  • Van Schaick's Battalion, 1776
  • Van Schoonhoven's Regiment of Militia, 1778–82
  • Van Veghten's Regiment of Militia, 1779–80
  • Van Woert's Regiment of Militia, 1779–80
  • Vrooman's Regiment of Militia, 1779–83
  • Webster's Regiment of Militia, 1780–82
  • Weissenfels' Regiment of Levies, 1781–82
  • Wemple's Regiment of Militia, (2nd Albany County Militia Regiment) 1777-80
  • Whiting's Regiment of Militia, 1777–81
  • Willett's Regiment of Levies, 1781–83
  • Williams' Regiment of Militia, 1778–81
  • Woodhull's Regiment, 1776
  • Yate's Regiment of Militia, 1779–80

North Carolina[]

  • see also North Carolina militia
  • Collier's Regiment of Militia, 1780
  • Graham's Tryon County Regiment, 1776
  • Hillsborough District militia, 1776–1783
  • Lytle's Regiment of Levies (Caswell County), 1778
  • Seawell's Regiment of Militia, Pitt County, 1780

Pennsylvania[]

  • see also Pennsylvania militia
  • Artillery Battalion, Pennsylvania Militia 1747 {Artillery Batteries of the Associated Regiment of Foot of Philadelphia}
  • 1st Battalion Flying Camp, 1776
  • 1st Battalion of Bedford County Militia, 1777
  • 1st Battalion of Chester County Militia, 1776–77
  • 1st Battalion of Cumberland County Militia, 1776–77
  • 1st Regiment Flying Camp of Lancaster County, 1776
  • 1st Battalion of Philadelphia County Militia, 1776
  • 1st Battalion of Riflemen, Philadelphia County Militia, 1776
  • 1st Battalion of Westmoreland County Militia, 1777
  • 1st Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, 1774
  • 2nd Regiment Flying Camp, 1776
  • 2nd Battalion of Cumberland County Militia, 1776
  • 2nd Battalion of Cumberland County Militia, 1777
  • 2nd Battalion of Northampton County Miliia, 1778
  • 2nd Battalion of Riflemen, Lancaster County, 1776–77
  • 2nd Battalion of Westmoreland County Militia, 1777
  • 3rd Battalion of Chester County Militia, 1776–77
  • 3rd Battalion of Cumberland County Militia, 1776
  • 3rd Battalion of Lancaster County Militia, 1776
  • 3rd Battalion of Northumberland County Militia, 1779
  • 3rd Battalion of Washington County Militia, 1779–83
  • 4th Battalion of Chester County Militia, 1776
  • 4th Battalion of Philadelphia County Militia, 1776 {aka 4th Battalion of Associators ?}
  • 5th Battalion of Chester County Militia, 1776
  • 5th Battalion of Cumberland County Militia, 1776
  • 5th Battalion of Philadelphia County Militia, 1776
  • 5th Battalion of York County Militia, 1777
  • Andrews' Battalion of York County Militia, 1777–78
  • Atlee's Musket Battalion, 1777
  • Baxter's Battalion Flying Camp, 1776
  • Barr's Detachment of Westmoreland County Militia, 1778
  • Clugage's Battalion, 1778
  • Burd's Battalion, 1776
  • Clotz' Battalion Flying Camp, Lancaster County, 1776
  • Duncan's Company of Volunteers (Pittsburgh), 1778
  • Enslow's Company of Bedford County Militia, 1782–83
  • Ferreis' Battalion of Militia (Lancaster County), 1776
  • Haller's Battalion Flying Camp, 1776
  • Hart's Battalion of Bucks County Militia, 1776
  • Matlack's Rifle Battalion, 1777
  • Miles' Rifle Regiment, 1776
  • Lochny's Battalion
  • Moorhead's Independent Company, 1777–79
  • Philadelphia Brigade of Militia, 1747 {Associated Regiment of Foot of Philadelphia/Associators of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia}
  • Philadelphia Light Horse Troop, 1780
  • Quaker Blues
  • Rankin's Regiment of York County Militia, 1777
  • Reed's Volunteer, 1780–81
  • Schott's Corps (Independent), 1778
  • Swope's Regiment Flying Camp, 1776–80
  • Watt's Regiment Flying Camp, 1776

Rhode Island[]

  • see also Rhode Island militia
  • 1st Battalion Providence County Militia, 1781
  • 2nd Battalion Providence County Militia, 1781
  • 15th Regiment of Rhode Island Militia, 1775
  • Arnold's Regiment of Pawtuxet Rangers, 1774
  • Artillery Company of Westerly, Charleston and Hopkinton, 1755
  • Babcock's Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
  • Bowen's Regiment of Militia, 1778
  • Bristol Train of Artillery, February 12, 1776
  • Cook's Regiment of Militia (Rhode Island), 1777
  • Crary's Regiment, 1777–79
  • Elliott's Regiment of Artillery, 1776–78
  • Kentish Guards, 1774
  • Kimball's Regiment of Militia, 1781
  • Lippitt's Regiment, 1776
  • Mathewson's Regiment, 1778
  • Miller's Regiment of Militia, 1778
  • Newport Artillery Company, 1741
  • North Providence Rangers, 1775
  • Noyes' Regiment of Militia, 1777–78
  • Olney's Regiment of Militia, 1781
  • Pawtuxet Rangers, 1774
  • Peck's Regiment, 1780–81
  • Potter's Regiment of Militia, 1781
  • Col. William Richmond's Regiment of State Troops in Continental service 1775-1777
  • Tillinghast's Regiment, 1781
  • Topham's Regiment, 1778–80
  • Waterman's Regiment, 1776–88

South Carolina[]

  • see also South Carolina militia
  • Charleston Battalion of Artillery, 1775–80
  • Casey's Regiment, 1782
  • Dutch Fork Militia, 1781–82
  • German Fusiliers of Charleston, 1775
  • Horse Guards, 1753

Vermont[]

  • see also Vermont militia
  • Green Mountain Boys, 1777
  • Herrick's Regiment, 1775–83
  • Marsh's Regiment, 1777

Virginia[]

  • see also Virginia militia
  • Culpeper Minutemen of 1775-1776
  • Dabney's State Legion
  • Frederick County Militia, 1777
  • Fluvanna County militia, 1781
  • Gaskin's Virginia Battalion, 1781
  • Illinois Regiment of Virginia Volunteers, 1783–84
  • Captain Johnson's Company of Mounted Militia of Augusta County 1780
  • Monongalia County Militia, 1777
  • Pendleton's Regiment of Militia, 1777
  • Taylor's Regiment of Militia (Albemarle County), 1779
  • Virginia Legion
  • Virginia State Regiment, 1775–83
  • Western Battalion, 1781–82

References[]

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