The 2nd Connecticut Regiment was raised in Spring of 1777 for the new army or Continental Line and was made up of men and slaves from throughout the state of Connecticut. Ordered to assemble in Danbury, Connecticut to prepare to take the field, they went into camp in Peekskill, New York soon after. They served during the summer and fall of 1777 along the Hudson River under the command of General Israel Putnam. On November 14, 1777, they were ordered to join General Washington's main army in Pennsylvania where they engaged in the sharp action of the Battle of White Marsh on December 8, 1777. The unit lost a number of officers and men, killed and wounded in the battle.
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