List of United States militia units in the American Revolutionary War

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This is a list of American militia units that served on the Patriot side of the American Revolutionary War, listed by state.

Connecticut

• see also Connecticut militia
  • Foot Guards:
• 1st Company Governor's Foot Guard, 1771
• 2nd Company Governor's Foot Guard, 1775
  • Horse Guards:
• 1st Company Governor's Horse Guards,1778
• 2nd Connecticut Light Horse, 1777
• 5th Connecticut Light Horse, 1776–79
• Backus' Regiment of Light Horse, 1776
• Skinner's Regiment of Light Horse, 1776
• Starr's Regiment of Light Horse, 1779
• Seymour's Regiment of Light Dragoons
• 1st Battalion State Regiment, 1776–77
• 1st Regiment of Militia, 1778–79
• 2nd Regiment of Militia, 1776
• 3rd Regiment of Foot, 1775
• 3rd Regiment of Militia, 1776
• 4th Regiment of Militia, 1775–76
• 5th Regiment of Militia, 1775–76
• 7th Regiment of Militia, 1775–76
• 8th Regiment of Militia, 1775–76
• 8th Regiment of Militia, 1780
• 9th Regiment of Militia, 1776–81
• 10th Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
• 11th Regiment of Militia, 1774
• 12th Regiment of Militia, 1776
• 13th Regiment of Militia, 1776
• 16th Regiment of Militia, 1776
• 18th Regiment of Militia, 1776
• 20th Regiment of Militia, 1779–81
• 21st Regiment of Militia, 1778–81
• 22nd Regiment of Militia, 1776
• 25th Regiment of Militia, 1776–78
• 33rd Regiment of Militia, 1775
• Belding's Regiment, 1777
• Bradley's Regiment, 1776–77
• Burrell's Regiment, 1776–77
• Canfield's Regiment of Militia, 1781
• Chapman's Regiment of Militia, 1778
• Chester's Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
• Cook's Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Douglas' Regiment of Levies, 1776
• Douglas' Regiment, 1776
• Elmore's Battalion, 1776–77
• Ely's Regiment, 1777
• Enos' Regiment, 1776–77
• Gallup's Regiment, 1779
• Gay's Regiment, 1776
• Hooker's Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Johnson's Regiment of Militia, 1778
• Latimer's Regiment of Militia, 1777–78
• Lewis' Regiment, 1776
• Mason's Regiment of Militia, 1778
• McClellan's Regiment, 1777–82
• Mead's Regiment of Militia, 1779
• Mott's Regiment of Militia, 1776
• Newberry's Regiment, 1777
• Parker's Company of Teamsters, 1778
• Parson's Regiment, 1776
• Parson's Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Porter's Regiment, 1781
• Sage's Regiment, 1776–77
• Silliman's Regiment, 1776
• Talcott's Regiment, 1776
• Thompson's Company
• Thompson's Regiment, 1777
• Tyler's Regiment, 1777
• Ward's Regiment, 1777
• Waterbury's Regiment, 1776–78
• Whiting's Regiment, 1777
• Wells' Regiment of Militia, 1779
• Wells' Regiment, 1780–81
• Wolcott's Regiment, 1776

Delaware

• see also Delaware militia
• 1st Battalion, New Castle County, 1777
• 2nd Regiment, New Castle County, 1778–81
• 2nd Battalion of Militia, 1776
• 2nd Regiment of Militia, 1780
• 7th Regiment of Militia, 1782
• Flying Camp Battalion, 1776
• Kent County Militia
• Latimer's Independent Company, 1776

Georgia

• see also Georgia militia
• Emanuel's Regiment of Militia, 1781–82
• Georgia Hussars, 1736
• Liberty Independent Troop, 1776
• 1st Brigade Georgia Militia
• 1st Regiment Georgia Militia, Light Horse Troop

Maryland

• see also Maryland militia
• Gale's Independent Company of Artillery, 1779–80
• Smith's Artillery, 2nd and 3rd Companies, 1783
• 34th Battalion of Militia, 1776
• 37th Battalion of Militia, 1777
• Extraordinary Regiment, 1780
• Flying Camp Regiment (Ewing's), 1776
• Flying Camp Regiment (Griffith's), 1776
• Flying Camp Regiment (Richardson's), 1776
• Lansdale's Detachment, 1783
• Marbury's Detachment, 1784
• Washington County Militia Company, 1777

Massachusetts

• see also Massachusetts militia
• 1st Regiment of Militia, 1776
• First Bristol Regiment, 1776–80 – Commanded by Col. Thomas Carpenter III 1776–1780, Regiment under Gen. Lincoln's command Nov. 1776, Brig. General Godfrey's Brigade 1779–1780
• 1st Regiment of Guards, 1778
• 3rd Regiment of Militia, 1779
• 4th Regiment of Militia, 17787–80
• 18th Regiment of Militia, 1775
• 30th Regiment of Foot Massachusetts militia' 1775–1781
• 25th Regiment of Foot Massachusetts Militia, 1775
• 32nd Regiment of Militia, 1775
• Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, 1638
• Ashley's Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
• Bailey's Regiment of Militia
• Brewer's Regiment, 1776
• Brooks' Regiment of Militia, 1778
• Bucks of America, 1781
• Bullards' Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Burt's Company of Militia, 1776–77
• Cady's Regiment, 1776
• Carpenter's Regiment of Militia, See First Bristol Regiment
• Cary's Regiment of Militia, 1780
• Cary's Regiment, 1776
• Cogswell's Regiment of Militia, 1775–77
• Cushing's Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Denny's Regiment of Militia
• Fellows' Regiment, 1775
• French's Regiment, 1777
• Frye's Regiment, 1775
• Gage's Regiment of Militia, 1777 a.k.a. the 4th Essex County Militia Regiment
• Gerrish's Regiment, 1778
• Gill's Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Holman's Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Independent Company of Cadets, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, 1741 a.k.a. "First Corps of Cadets"
• Jacob's Regiment, 1778–79
• Johnson's Regiment of Militia, 1775–1777
• Hyde's Detachment of Militia, 1777
• Keyes' Regiment, 1777
• Leonard's Regiment of Militia
• May's Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Murray's Regiment of Militia, 1780
• Perce's Battalion of Militia, 1779
• Plymouth Artillery Company organized January 7, 1777
• Poor's Regiment of Militia, 1778
• Porter's Regiment of Militia, 1776
• Rand's Regiment of Levies, 1776
• Reed's Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Robinson Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Simonds' Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
• Smith's Regiment of Foot, 1776
• Sparhawk's Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Stearns' Regiment of Militia, 1778
• Storer's Regiment of Militia' 1777
• Turner's Regiment, 1781
• Wells' Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Whitney's Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Williams' Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Wood's Regiment of Militia, 1778–79
• Woodbridge's Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Wright's Regiment of Militia, 1777

New Hampshire

• see also New Hampshire militia
• Baker's Company of Volunteer, 1777
• Baldwin's Regiment, 1776
• Bartlett's Regiment of Militia, 1780
• Bedel's Militia Regiment, 1777–79
• Bell's Regiment of Militia, 1781
• Bellow's Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
• Chase's Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
• Dame's Regiment, 1779–80
• Drake's Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Evans' Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Fogg's Regiment, 1776–77
• Gale's Regiment of Volunteers, 1778
• Gilman's Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
• Hale's Regiment of Militia, 1776–78
• Hobart's Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Kelley's Regiment of Volunteers, 1777–78
• Langdon's Company of Light Horse Volunteers, 1777–78
• Lovewell's Regiment, 1778–81
• McClary's Regiment of Militia, 1777–81
• Mooney's Regiment of Militia, 1779–80
• Moore's Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Morey's Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Moulton's Regiment of Militia, 1775–83
• Nichols' Regiment of Militia, 1777–80
• Peabody's New Hampshire State Regiment, 1778–79
• Poor's Regiment, 1775
• Reed's Regiment, 1775
• Reynold's Regiment of Militia, 1781
• Scott's Battalion, 1783
• Senter's Regiment, 1777–78
• Stickney's Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Tash's Regiment, 1776
• Waldron's Regiment, 1776
• Webster's Regiment, 1777–82
• Welch's Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Wingate's Regiment, 1776–78
• Wyman's Regiment, 1776

New Jersey

• see also New Jersey militia
• 1st Regiment, Bergen County Militia, 1777–78
• 1st Regiment, Essex County, 1777
• 1st Battalion of Monmouth, 1777–82
• 1st Battalion of Somerset, 1777–81
• 2nd Regiment of Essex County Troop, 1778
• 2nd Battalion of Hunterdon, 1777
• 2nd Battalion of Middlesex, 1777
• 2nd Battalion of Somerset, 1777–80
• 3rd Battalion of Gloucester, 1777
• 3rd Battalion of Middlesex, 1781
• Borden' Regiment, Burlington County, 1776
• Chambers' Regiment, Burlington County, 1776
• Crane's Troops of Horse, 1780
• Eastern Battalion, Morris County, 1777–78
• Forman's Regiment of Militia, 1776–80
• Hankinson's Regiment of Militia, 1777–79
• Holmes' Battalion of Militia, Salem County, 1778
• Hunt's Regiment, Burlington County, 1776
• Martin's Regiment of Militia, 1776
• Mehelm's Regiment, Burlington County, 1776
• Newcomb's Regiment of Foot, 1776
• Smith's Regiment, Burlington County, 1776
• Shreve's Battalion, Burlington Militia
• Randolph's Company, 1782
• Reynolds' Regiment, Burlington County, 1776
• Philip's Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Seely's Regiment of Militia, 1777–81
• Summer's Battalion of Militia, 1776
• Thomas' Battalion of Essex Militia, 1776
• Van Courtlandt's Battalion, 1776–80

New York

• see also New York militia
• 1st Battalion Grenadiers and Light Infantry, 1776
• 1st Regiment of Levies, 1780–81
• 2nd Regiment of Levies, 1776
• 3rd Regiment of Levies, 1780–83
• Albany County militia
• Allison's Regiment of Militia, 1775–78
• Benedict's Regiment of Militia, 1780–81
• Brinckerhoff's Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Budd's Regiment of Militia, 1776
• Campbell's Battalion of Militia, 1776–82
• Cantine's Regiment of Militia Levies, 1778–79
• Church's Regiment of Militia 1776
• Clyde's Regiment of Militia, 1779–83
• Cooper's Regiment
• Crane's Regiment of Militia, 1779–81
• Cuyler's Regiment of Militia, 1781–83
• Drake's (Joseph) Regiment of Militia, 1776
• Drake's (Samuel) Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
• DuBois' Regiment of Levies, 1780
• Field's Regiment of Militia, 1777–80
• Fisher's Regiment of Militia (Third Tryon County militia), 1775–81
• Freer's Regiment of Militia, 1777–79
• Golden's Company of Militia, 1776
• Graham's Regiment of Militia, 1777–79
• Hamman's Regiment of Militia, 1777–82
• Hardenburgh's Regiment of Militia, 1776
• Harper's Regiment of Militia, 1779
• Hasbrouck's Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Hathorn's Regiment of Militia, 1777–81
• Hay's Regiment of Militia, 1778–80
• Hearts of Oak (New York militia), 1775
• Hopkins' Regiment of Militia, 1779
• Humphrey's Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
• Jansen's Regiment of Militia, 1779–82
• Lansing's Detachment of Militia, 1777
• Livingston's Regiment of Militia, 1777–81
• Ludington's Regiment of Militia, 1777–80
• McClaughrey's Regiment of (Ulster County) Militia, 1776–81
• McCrea's Regiment of Levies, 1779
• Morrison co. Militia,1776
• New York Provincial Company of Artillery, 1776
• Nicholson's Regiment, 1776
• Nicoll's Regiment of Levies, 1776
• Palmer's Regiment of Militia, 1776
• Pawling's Regiment of Levies and Militia, 1779–81
• Pawling's Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
• Poughkeepsie Invincibles, {4th Duchess County regiment, New York Militia}
• Quackenbos' Regiment of Militia, 1779–80
• Sacket's Westchester County Regiment, 1776
• Schuyler's Regiment of Militia, 1781–82
• Schuyler's Regiment of Albany County Militia, (Fifth Regiment of Albany County Militia)1777
• Snyder's Regiment of Militia, (First Regiment of Ulster County Militia) 1776–82
• Swartwout's Regiment of Militia, 1776
• Thomas' Battalion or Regiment of Militia, 1776–79
• Tryon County militia
• Van Alstyne's Regiment of Militia, 1777–81
• Van Bergen's Regiment of Militia, 1777–80
• Van Brunt's Regiment of Militia, 1776
• Van Cortlandt's Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Vandenbergh's Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Vandenbergh's Regiment of Militia, 1778
• Van Ness' Regiment of Militia, 1777–80
• Van Rensselaer's Regiment, 1779–81
• Van Schaick's Battalion, 1776
• Van Schoonhoven's Regiment of Militia, 1778–82
• Van Veghten's Regiment of Militia, 1779–80
• Van Woert's Regiment of Militia, 1779–80
• Vrooman's Regiment of Militia, 1779–83
• Webster's Regiment of Militia, 1780–82
• Weissenfels' Regiment of Levies, 1781–82
• Wemple's Regiment of Militia, (2nd Albany County Militia Regiment) 1777–80
• Whiting's Regiment of Militia, 1777–81
• Willett's Regiment of Levies, 1781–83
• Williams' Regiment of Militia, 1778–81
• Woodhull's Regiment, 1776
• Yate's Regiment of Militia, 1779–80

North Carolina

• see also North Carolina militia
• Collier's Regiment of Militia, 1780
• Graham's Tryon County Regiment, 1776
• Hillsborough District militia, 1776–1783
• Lytle's Regiment of Levies (Caswell County), 1778
• 1st Mecklenburg County Regiment
• 2nd Mecklenburg County Regiment
• Seawell's Regiment of Militia, Pitt County, 1780

Pennsylvania

• see also Pennsylvania militia
• Artillery Battalion, Pennsylvania Militia 1747 {Artillery Batteries of the Associated Regiment of Foot of Philadelphia}
• 1st Battalion Flying Camp, 1776
• 1st Battalion of Bedford County Militia, 1777
• 1st Battalion of Chester County Militia, 1776–77
• 1st Battalion of Cumberland County Militia, 1776–77
• 1st Regiment Flying Camp of Lancaster County, 1776
• 1st Battalion of Philadelphia County Militia, 1776
• 1st Battalion of Riflemen, Philadelphia County Militia, 1776
• 1st Battalion of Westmoreland County Militia, 1777
• 1st Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, 1774
• 2nd Regiment Flying Camp, 1776
• 2nd Battalion of Cumberland County Militia, 1776
• 2nd Battalion of Cumberland County Militia, 1777
• 2nd Battalion of Northampton County Miliia, 1778
• 2nd Battalion of Riflemen, Lancaster County, 1776–77
• 2nd Battalion of Westmoreland County Militia, 1777
• 3rd Battalion of Chester County Militia, 1776–77
• 3rd Battalion of Cumberland County Militia, 1776
• 3rd Battalion of Lancaster County Militia, 1776
• 3rd Battalion of the Northhampton County Militia, 1777–84
• 3rd Battalion of Northumberland County Militia, 1779
• 3rd Battalion of Washington County Militia, 1779–83
• 4th Battalion of Chester County Militia, 1776
• 4th Battalion of Philadelphia County Militia, 1776 (a.k.a. 4th Battalion of Associators ?)
• 5th Battalion of Chester County Militia, 1776
• 5th Battalion of Cumberland County Militia, 1776
• 5th Battalion of Philadelphia County Militia, 1776
• 5th Battalion of York County Militia, 1777
• Andrews' Battalion of York County Militia, 1777–78
• Atlee's Musket Battalion, 1777
• Baxter's Battalion Flying Camp, 1776
• Barr's Detachment of Westmoreland County Militia, 1778
• Clugage's Battalion, 1778
• Burd's Battalion, 1776
• Clotz' Battalion Flying Camp, Lancaster County, 1776
• Duncan's Company of Volunteers (Pittsburgh), 1778
• Enslow's Company of Bedford County Militia, 1782–83
• Ferreis' Battalion of Militia (Lancaster County), 1776
• Haller's Battalion Flying Camp, 1776
• Hart's Battalion of Bucks County Militia, 1776
• Matlack's Rifle Battalion, 1777
• Miles' Rifle Regiment, 1776
• Lochny's Battalion
• Moorhead's Independent Company, 1777–79
• Philadelphia Brigade of Militia, 1747 {Associated Regiment of Foot of Philadelphia/Associators of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia}
• Philadelphia Light Horse Troop, 1780
• Quaker Blues
• Militia of York County
• Rankin's Regiment of York County Militia, 1777
• Reed's Volunteer, 1780–81
• Schott's Corps (Independent), 1778
• Swope's Regiment Flying Camp, 1776–80
• Watt's Regiment Flying Camp, 1776

Rhode Island

• see also Rhode Island militia
• 1st Battalion Providence County Militia, 1781
• 2nd Battalion Providence County Militia, 1781
• 15th Regiment of Rhode Island Militia, 1775
• Arnold's Regiment of Pawtuxet Rangers, 1774
• Artillery Company of Westerly, Charleston and Hopkinton, 1755
• Babcock's Regiment of Militia, 1776–77
• Bowen's Regiment of Militia, 1778
• Bristol Train of Artillery, February 12, 1776
• Cook's Regiment of Militia (Rhode Island), 1777
• Crary's Regiment, 1777–79
• Elliott's Regiment of Artillery, 1776–78
• Kentish Guards, 1774
• Kimball's Regiment of Militia, 1781
• Lippitt's Regiment, 1776
• Mathewson's Regiment, 1778
• Miller's Regiment of Militia, 1778
• Newport Artillery Company, 1741
• North Providence Rangers, 1775
• Noyes' Regiment of Militia, 1777–78
• Olney's Regiment of Militia, 1781
• Pawtuxet Rangers, 1774
• Peck's Regiment, 1780–81
• Porter's Regiment of Militia, 1781
• Col. William Richmond's Regiment of State Troops in Continental service 1775–1777
• Tillinghast's Regiment, 1781
• Topham's Regiment, 1778–80
• Waterman's Regiment, 1776–88

South Carolina

• see also South Carolina militia
• Charleston Battalion of Artillery, 1775–80
• Casey's Regiment, 1782
• Dutch Fork Militia, 1781–82
• German Fusiliers of Charleston, 1775
• Horse Guards, 1753

Vermont

• see also Vermont militia
• Green Mountain Boys, 1777
• Herrick's Regiment, 1775–83
• Marsh's Regiment, 1777

Virginia

• see also Virginia militia
• Culpeper Minutemen of 1775–1776
• Dabney's State Legion
• Frederick County Militia, 1777
• Fluvanna County militia, 1781
• Gaskin's Virginia Battalion, 1781
• Illinois Regiment of Virginia Volunteers, 1783–84
• Captain Johnson's Company of Mounted Militia of Augusta County 1780
• Monongalia County Militia, 1777
• Pendleton's Regiment of Militia, 1777
• Taylor's Regiment of Militia (Albemarle County), 1779
• Virginia Legion
• Virginia State Regiment, 1775–83
• Western Battalion, 1781–82