representing the soldiers and sailors unified as the armed forces of the United Colonies, was raised by George Washington's army on January 2, 1776, at Prospect Hill in Charlestown (present-day Somerville), near his headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Establishments

The Continental Army's forces included several successive armies or establishments:
* The Continental Army of 1775, comprising the initial New England Army, was organized

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