2ND MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT

De Kalb’s Division | Learned’s Brigade | 2nd Massachusetts Regiment

History

Organized in 1775 at Roxbury from Plymouth County.

Entered Valley Forge with 459 men assigned, 297 fit for duty.

Left Valley Forge with 392 assigned, 226 fit for duty.

Previous engagements: Siege of Boston, Defense of Canada, Lake Champlain, Trenton-Princeton, Saratoga, Defense Of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

• Colonel John Bailey
• Lt. Colonel John Bailey
• Major Andrew Peters

Company Commanders

• Captain Judah Alden
• 1st Lieutenant Jacob Allen
• Captain Ephraim Burr
• Captain Samuel Darby
• Captain George Dunham
• Captain Hugh Maxwell
• Captain Isaac Warren
• Captain Seth Drew

Regimental Staff

• Chaplain Joshua Totman
• Chaplain Robert Bradford
• Surgeon John Hart
• Surgeon’s Mate Timothy Smith
• Quartermaster Sergeant Henry Nelson
• Fife Major Jacob Leonard