Summary

The 2nd Connecticut Regiment (1775) was authorized in the Connecticut State Troops and was organized from ten companies of volunteers from Hartford county in the state of Connecticut between 1–20 May 1775. It was adopted on 14 June 1775 into the Main Continental Army

Continental Army

The Continental Army was formed after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States of America. Established by a resolution of the Continental Congress on June 14, 1775, it was created to coordinate the military efforts of the Thirteen Colonies in...

and assigned 22 July 1775 to Spencer's Brigade. The regiment was re-organized on 1 January 1776 to eight companies and re-designated as the 22nd Continental Regiment.