DE, USA
Delaware Regiment ("Delaware Blues") Organized
January 1, 1776
DateJanuary 1, 1776
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The First Delaware Regiment was organized under Colonel John Haslet with administrative support from Dover, recruiting from Kent and Sussex counties. The regiment became one of Washington's most reliable Continental units, fighting at Long Island, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, and Camden.
People Involved
Colonel John Haslet(Continental Army Officer)
Irish-born physician who organized the First Delaware Regiment — the "Delaware Blues" — in 1776. Led them through Long Island and Trenton. Killed at Princeton on January 3, 1777. Washington called the Delaware regiment one of the finest in the Continental Army.