Woodbridge's Regiment of Militia, also known as the "1st Hampshire County Militia Regiment" and "Woodbridge's (25th) Regiment" and "The 25th Regiment of Foot". On April 20, 1775, the day immediately following the Battles of Lexington and Concord

Battles of Lexington and Concord

The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy , and Cambridge, near Boston...

, Woodbridge's regiment was formed and marched to Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge, Massachusetts

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 near Boston, and participated in the Siege of Boston

Siege of Boston

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 and the Battle of Bunker Hill

Battle of Bunker Hill

The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War...

.

The regiment spent part of the summer and the fall of 1776 as part of the Fort Ticonderoga

Fort Ticonderoga

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 garrison

Garrison

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. The next year the regiment was called up at South Hadley, Massachusetts

South Hadley, Massachusetts

South Hadley is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 17,514 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....

 on August 16, 1777 as reinforcements for the Continental Army

Continental Army

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 during the Saratoga Campaign

Saratoga campaign

The Saratoga Campaign was an attempt by Great Britain to gain military control of the strategically important Hudson River valley in 1777 during the American Revolutionary War...

. The regiment marched quickly to join the gathering forces of General Horatio Gates

Horatio Gates

Horatio Lloyd Gates was a retired British soldier who served as an American general during the Revolutionary War. He took credit for the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga – Benedict Arnold, who led the attack, was finally forced from the field when he was shot in the leg – and...

 as he faced British

Kingdom of Great Britain

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 General John Burgoyne

John Burgoyne

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 in northern New York

New York

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. The regiment served in General Warner's brigade

Brigade

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. With the surrender of Burgoyne's Army

Convention Army

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on October 17, the regiment was disbanded on November 29, 1777.