The youngster chugging the pint of Guinness was inducted into the 6th Connecticut Regiment this afternoon in a ceremony at the homestead of General Nathanael Greene. The Regiment is a historical infantry unit raised on May 1, 1775 as a provincial regiment for the Continental Army. During the American Revolution, it saw combat at the siege of Boston, the Battle of Long Island, and it served General Washington's New York Campaign before being merged into the 1st Connecticut Regiment in 1783. It was officially disbanded as an actual combat unit on November 16, 1783.
The historical unit was in Rhode Island this weekend participating in a two-day encampment at the General Nathanael Greene Homestead in Coventry. General Greene served as Commander of all troops from Delaware to Georgia "subject only to the control of the Commander in Chief" from December 2nd, 1780 through the conclusion of the war. This effectively made General Greene second in command to George Washington for the duration of the war. He is considered by historians to be Washington's most gifted and dependable general. His homestead in Coventry is open to the public and still contains furnishings owned by the Greene family.
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