King's American Regiment

King's American Regiment
Active 1776-1783
Country  Great Britain
Allegiance  British Army
Branch associators, then British provincial unit, then renamed 4th American Regiment, then American Establishment, and then British Establishment
Type infantry, artillery, (auxiliary troops)
Size regiment (1,000)
Nickname(s) 4th American Regiment
Engagements

American Revolutionary War

Commanders
Notable
commanders

Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton

Colonel Edmund Fanning

The King's American Regiment was a British provincial regiment which was raised for Loyalist service, during the American Revolutionary War.[1]

Regiment formed

The "King's American Regiment" was raised, in the Province of New York, in December, 1776, by Colonel Edmund Fanning, as the "Associated Refugees".

Campaigns

The King's American Regiment served in the 1777 attacks on Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery, the Southern Campaign 1780-1781, the 1780 Siege of Charleston,[2] the 1781 raids on Newport and Richmond, Virginia, and the 1781 Campaigns in Province of Georgia and East Florida.

Regiment disbanded and resettled in British Canada

The King's American Regiment was brought into the American Establishment, on March 7, 1781 and renamed the "4th American Regiment". The regiment later, joined the British Establishment, on December 25, 1782, possibly as the "110th Regiment of Foot" and disbanded, in British Canada, in 1783.

References

  1. ↑ "Loyalist Institute: A History of the King's American Regiment - Part 3 of 8". The On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Siege of Charlestown". Retrieved 18 July 2016.

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