United States. Continental Army. Massachusetts Regiment, 2nd (1779-1783)

United States. Continental Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1777-1783)
Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1777-1783)

found: Library of Congress Manuscript Division for Sewall, Henry. Papers of Henry Sewall, 1778-1783(Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 2nd, 1777-1783)

found: Berg, F.A. Encyc. of Continental Army Units, 1972p. 7 (the word infantry seldom appeared in the designation of a Revolutionary War foot soldier unit) p. 72 (2nd Massachusetts Regiment; John Bailey's regiment, subsequently numbered the 2nd Massachusetts, was created November 1, 1776 and served until Nov. 3, 1783 when discharged)

found: Wright, Robert K. The Continental Army, 2000:p. 146 (Massachusetts regiments again received numerical designations as of Aug. 1, 1779; Washington numbered them [i.e., re-named them with numerical designations] on that date in order of relative seniority of the colonels) p. 204 (7th Continental Regiment [no access point found in OCLC] consolidated Jan. 1, 1777 with the following units: 23rd Continental Regiment [no access point found in OCLC]; Clapp's Company, 21st Continental Regiment [no access point found in OCLC] ; Peter's Company, 13th Continental Regiment [no access point found in OCLC] and consolidated unit redesignated as Bailey's Regiment. Bailey's Regiment redesignated Aug. 1, 1779 as 2d Massachusetts Regiment; disbanded Nov. 3, 1783)

found: Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; The National Archives in Washington, D.C.roll 35, Introduction, p. 2 (A typical infantry regiment in the Continental Army, generally referred to in these publications as either regiment or battalion without the designation "infantry," might contain field officers...and eight to ten companies...) roll 35, image 488 (Muster Roll, Field, Staff & Commissioned Officers of the 2d. Massachusetts Regiment, for Feb. & March 1781, no. 5568) roll 35, image 566 (Roll of Captain Judah Adams Company in Col. Bailey's Reg't shewing the Dates of Enlistment Terms Inlisted for; and casualties in said Company, camp While Plains, 9 Sept. 1778)

found: General Orders, 1 August 1779, Founders Online, National Archives, viewed Jan. 20, 2023(Bailey's Regiment henceforth to be numbered as 2nd Massachusetts Regiment) - https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-22-02-0001

[The term "Infantry" did not appear in official designations of foot soldier units of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, with very few exceptions such as in the case of light infantry units.]
[During some periods of the Revolutionary War in the Continental Army a battalion was a tactical formation and a regiment was an administrative formation. During some periods a Continental Army infantry regiment consisted of only one battalion. During other periods of the war, an infantry regiment, although authorized to consist of two battalions, had enough troops present at any one time to form only one battalion. In all these circumstances, the battalion and regiment were functionally identical and the unit often referred to in contemporary documents as a "battalion". Despite this, however, the formal name of the unit in such cases remained that of the regiment.]