11th Massachusetts Regiment

11th Massachusetts Regiment
Active	September 16, 1776–January 1, 1781
Allegiance	Continental Congress of the United States
Branch	Infantry
Part of	Massachusetts Line
Engagements	American Revolutionary War Hubbardton Saratoga Monmouth
Disbanded	January 1, 1781
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel Ebenezer Francis Colonel Benjamin Tupper

Saratoga campaign, 1777

Ticonderoga – Hubbardton – Fort Ann – Oriskany – Bennington – 1st Saratoga (Freeman's Farm) – 2nd Saratoga (Bemis Heights)

Philadelphia campaign, 1777–1778

Brandywine – Paoli – Germantown – White Marsh – Matson's Ford – Crooked Billet – Monmouth

American Revolutionary War units of the United States

Continental Army List of Continental units

Units by state	Connecticut Delaware Georgia Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Vermont Virginia

Non-state units	Extra and Additional regiments Armand's Legion Pulaski's Legion Lee's Legion Ottendorf's Corps Commander-in-Chief's Guard

State militia List of state units

The 11th Massachusetts Regiment was raised on September 16, 1776, under Colonel Ebenezer Francis at Boston, Massachusetts. The 11th Mass. would see action at the Battle of Hubbardton, Battle of Saratoga and the Battle of Monmouth. The regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1781, at West Point, New York.

Colonel Ebenezer Francis was commanding officer of the 11th Massachusetts Regiment from November 6, 1776, until July 7, 1777, when he was killed at the Battle of Hubbardton. Colonel Benjamin Tupper was commanding officer from July 1, 1777, until January 1, 1781.

External links

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

The Massachusetts Line and Militia in the American Revolutionary War

1775 named units	Ward's Thomas'/Bailey's Walker's Cotton's Whitcomb's Read's Mansfield's Danielson's Prescott's Frye's Bridge's Paterson's Scammon's Learned's Gardner's/Bond's Nixon's Fellows' Doolittle's J. Brewer's D. Brewer's Heath's/Greaton's Woodbridge's Glover's (Marblehead) Little's Gerrish's Phinney's Sargent's

1776 "Continental" units	3rd 4th 6th 7th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 18th 21st 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th

1777 "Massachusetts" units	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th

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)

Major generals	Artemas Ward John Thomas William Heath Benjamin Lincoln Henry Knox John Paterson

Brigadier generals	Joseph Frye Ebenezer Learned John Glover John Nixon Rufus Putnam Henry Jackson Michael Jackson Benjamin Tupper

Militia units	Ashley's Bucks of America Bullard's Cogswell's Cushing's Gage's Gill's Holman's Johnson's Porter's

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