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Colonel Thomas Nixon - Brother of John Nixon. Served as lieutenant colonel of the 6th
Massachusetts from May 19, 1775, until he took command of the regiment on August 6, 1776, and was promoted to colonel. Retired January 1, 1781.
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Joseph
Thompson- Served as captain and major from January 1776 until he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in the 10th Massachusetts in December 1777.
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Calvin Smith- Served as lieutenant-colonel from
November 1776 to March 1779 and lieutenant-colonel commandant from January 1781 to June 1783.
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During the battle of Bunker Hill the 6th
Massachusetts Regiment, under the command of Colonel John Nixon, was positioned in the redoubt on
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Samuel Frost- Served as sergeant-major, ensign, 1st lieutenant, captain lieutenant and captain from
January 1776 to June 1783.
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Thomas Barnes- Served as captain from
January 1777 to March 1779, when he was promoted to major with the 12th Massachusetts.
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Smith, Edmund Banks, "Governor's Island: its military history under three flags, 1637-1913" (New York: self published, 1913)
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Lieutenant
Colonel Calvin Smith - Commanded the regiment as a lieutenant colonel from January 1, 1781, to January 1, 1783.
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Richard
Buckmaster- Served as lieutenant, 2d lieutenant and captain from December 1775 until his death in November 1779.
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William
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John Holden- Served as captain lieutenant and captain from January 1777 until he resigned April 1780.
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William Buckmaster- Served as lieutenant-colonel from December 1776 until his death in November 1776.
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Jabez Lane - Served as a captain in Col. Thomas Nixon's 6th MA Reg., Nixon's Brigade at Saratoga
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Peter Harwood- Served as captain and major from November 1776 until he resigned October 1780.
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Abel Holden- Served as lieutenant and captain from December 1775 until he resigned May 1781.
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John Spur- Served as captain and major from January 1777 until he retired January 1781.
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Benjamin Heywood- Served as lieutenant, captain from December 1775 until June 1783.
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The 6th Massachusetts participated in the New York campaign by helping fortify
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Japhet Daniels- Served as captain from January 1777 to June 1783.
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in New York Harbor in August 1776. They later fought in the
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The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill
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Bibliography of the Continental Army in Massachusetts
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1783
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569:6th Massachusetts Regiment (Spanish American War)
395:. The regiment was furloughed June 12, 1783, at
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676:. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1914.
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708:United States Army Center of Military History
661:Battles of the American Revolution, 1775-1781
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618:(New York: Promontory Press, 1877 ), 221.
596:(New York: Collier Books, 1960), 243-286.
411:near Captain Jonathan Brewer and Captain
1098:Henley's Additional Continental Regiment
571:, Unit in the Spanish American War 1898.
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375:. The regiment would see action at the
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1103:Lee's Additional Continental Regiment
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447:. The regiment reinforced General
399:and disbanded on November 3, 1783.
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1113:1st American Regiment (1783–1784)
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1093:Continental Artillery Regiment
647:References and further reading
305:Extra and Additional regiments
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361:6th Massachusetts Regiment
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30:6th Massachusetts Regiment
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208:List of Continental units
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902:1776 "Continental" units
654:The Story of Bunker Hill
594:The Story of Bunker Hill
535:Light Artillery Regiment
437:Battle of Harlem Heights
365:4th Continental Regiment
28:4th Continental Regiment
873:Glover's (Marblehead)
659:Carrington, Henry B.
614:Henry B. Carrington,
377:Battle of Bunker Hill
373:Boston, Massachusetts
108:Battle of Bunker Hill
666:Heitman, Francis B.
453:Stillwater, New York
417:General William Howe
397:West Point, New York
310:Armand's Legion
68:Continental Congress
747:and Militia in the
652:Fleming, Thomas J.
592:Thomas J. Fleming,
473:Commanding officers
461:Battles of Saratoga
419:'s first attack on
415:regiments. During
389:Battle of Princeton
348:List of state units
120:Battle of Princeton
1163:Brigadier generals
745:Massachusetts Line
393:Battle of Saratoga
363:also known as the
124:Battle of Saratoga
98:Massachusetts Line
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863:Heath's/Greaton's
686:Continental Line
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385:Battle of Trenton
381:New York Campaign
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315:Pulaski's Legion
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1170:Joseph Frye
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858:D. Brewer's
853:J. Brewer's
848:Doolittle's
798:Danielson's
793:Mansfield's
575:Peter Salem
539:War of 1812
467:Peter Salem
409:Breeds Hill
403:Bunker Hill
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1149:Henry Knox
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803:Prescott's
783:Whitcomb's
479:John Nixon
369:John Nixon
254:New Jersey
141:John Nixon
137:commanders
130:Commanders
64:Allegiance
1261:Johnson's
1241:Cushing's
1231:Bullard's
893:Sargent's
888:Phinney's
883:Gerrish's
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878:Little's
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778:Cotton's
773:Walker's
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259:New York
239:Maryland
229:Delaware
88:Infantry
838:Nixon's
537:in the
459:at the
284:Vermont
234:Georgia
135:Notable
1251:Gill's
1246:Gage's
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788:Read's
763:Ward's
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