Spencer's Additional Continental Regiment

Spencer's Additional Continental Regiment
Active	1777–1781
Allegiance	Continental Congress
Type	Infantry
Size	8 to 9 companies
Part of	Continental Army
Engagements	Battle of Brandywine (1777) Battle of Germantown (1777) Battle of Monmouth (1778) Sullivan Expedition (1779)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel Oliver Spencer

Spencer's Additional Continental Regiment or 5th New Jersey Regiment was an American infantry unit that served for four years in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. The Continental Congress authorized the unit in January 1777 and it assembled at Monmouth Court House, New Jersey in the spring. Commanded by Colonel Oliver Spencer, the regiment consisted of one Pennsylvania and seven New Jersey companies. It transferred into the 3rd Pennsylvania Brigade in May 1777 and fought at Brandywine and Germantown in the late summer and fall of 1777. The unit went through the winter at Valley Forge and was present at the Battle of Monmouth in June 1778. The regiment absorbed Forman's Additional Continental Regiment and part of Malcolm's Additional Continental Regiment in April 1779. Spencer's Regiment went on the Sullivan Expedition in the summer of 1779 where it fought with the New Jersey Brigade. The unit was transferred to the Highland Department in September 1780 and disbanded in January 1781.

Service record

Designation[1]	Date	Brigade	Department
Spencer's Additional Regiment	11 January 1777	none	Main Army
Spencer's Additional Regiment	22 May 1777	3rd Pennsylvania	Main Army
Spencer's Additional Regiment	19 July 1778	none	Highlands
Spencer's Additional Regiment	16 November 1778	none	Middle
Spencer's Additional Regiment	1 April 1779	none	consolidated
Spencer's Additional Regiment	26 June 1779	New Jersey	Main Army
Spencer's Additional Regiment	16 September 1780	none	Highlands
Spencer's Additional Regiment	1 January 1781	none	disbanded

Notes

1. Wright (1989), 324-325

Bibliography

• Boatner, Mark M. III (1994). Encyclopedia of the American Revolution. Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-0578-1.
• Heitman, Francis Bernard (1914). Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution. Washington, D.C.: Rare Book Shop Publishing Company.
• Morrissey, Brendan (2008). Monmouth Courthouse 1778: The last great battle in the North. Long Island City, N.Y.: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-772-7.
• Wright, Robert K. Jr. (1989). The Continental Army. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. CMH Pub 60-4.