![]() ![]() With great difficulty Knox transported 60 tons of artillery from the captured British Fort Ticonderoga across Massachusetts to Boston in the winter of 1776. Knox proved to be energetic and resourceful and just the man Washington needed. He was retained as Chief Engineer of the Eastern Department once replaced by Knox. Although an experienced artillerist and military engineer, Colonel Gridley was 65 years-old and not equal to prolonged field service. The Massachusetts Regiment was consolidated with the Rhode Island Train of Artillery as the new Continental Artillery Regiment on January, 1 1776. The nucleus of the regiment was Massachusetts State Train of Artillery that was established on and commanded by Colonel Richard Gridley. The Artillery branch of the Continental Army was established by the Continental Congress on November 17, 1775, with the appointment of Henry Knox as the colonel of the Regiment of Artillery. Charles McBarron Artillery Officer's Uniform 1827 Lanham c.2011 Evolution of United States Army Artillery Insignia Artillery Officer's Uniform 1786īy H. Army Artillery Insignia American Military Patches, Other Insignia and Decorations of World War Two by Dr. ![]()
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