12th Massachusetts Regiment
{{About|a regiment in the American Revolution|the regiment in the American Civil War|12th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry}}
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18th Continental Regiment
12th Massachusetts Regiment
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The 12th Massachusetts Regiment, also known as 18th Continental Regiment and Phinney's Regiment, was raised on April 23, 1775, under Colonel Edmund Phinney outside of Boston, Massachusetts. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Bunker Hill, Battle of Valcour Island, Battle of Saratoga and the Battle of Monmouth. The regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1781, at West Point, New York.
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100608052735/http://www.history.army.mil/reference/revbib/mass.htm Bibliography of the Continental Army in Massachusetts] compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=r10vAAAAYAAJ&q=Prison History of Colonel Edmund Phinney's Eighteenth continental regiment, twelve ...by Nathan Goold]
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