Continental Army

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historical army military organization

The Continental Army was the unified colonial military force established by the Second Continental Congress during the American Revolutionary War to fight for independence from Great Britain.

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All labels observed (32)

Label	Occurrences
Continental Army canonical	469
Continental Army infantry	3
George Washington’s army	3
United States (Continental forces)	3
American Continental Army	2
Continental Army light infantry corps	2
Continental Army officer corps	2
Continental Army troops	2
Continental Army under George Washington	2
United States (Continental Army)	2
Continental Army (civilian and supply roles)	1
Continental Army (early support)	1
Continental Army (in part, as a regiment)	1
Continental Army (logistical service)	1
Continental Army (through her husband)	1
Continental Army at Yorktown	1
Continental Army command structure	1
Continental Army detachments	1
Continental Army engineers	1
Continental Army field musicians	1
Continental Army forces in the invasion of Canada (1775)	1
Continental Army garrison	1
Continental Army land forces	1
Continental Army main army	1
Continental Army officers	1
Continental Army regulars	1
Continental Army staff	1
Continental Army units	1
Continental Army winter encampments	1
George Washington’s Continental Army	1
George Washington’s main army at Yorktown	1
United States (Patriot forces)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical army ⓘ military organization ⓘ
alliedWith	French Army ⓘ French Navy ⓘ
commanderInChief	George Washington ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ surface form: United States (historical Thirteen Colonies)
dissolved	1783-11-03 ⓘ
foundedBy	Second Continental Congress ⓘ
hasPart	Continental Artillery ⓘ Continental Navy ⓘ surface form: Continental Navy (cooperating service) state militias (attached units) ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Philadelphia ⓘ
inception	1775-06-14 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	Middle Colonies ⓘ New England ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ surface form: Southern Colonies Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
militaryBranch	artillery ⓘ cavalry ⓘ infantry ⓘ
notableCommander	Anthony Wayne ⓘ Benedict Arnold ⓘ Horatio Gates ⓘ surface form: Charles Lee Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben ⓘ George Washington ⓘ Henry Knox ⓘ Horatio Gates ⓘ Israel Putnam ⓘ John Sullivan ⓘ Marquis de Lafayette ⓘ Nathanael Greene ⓘ
opposedBy	British Army ⓘ Hessian troops ⓘ
partOf	Patriot forces ⓘ
purpose	defense of the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ fight for independence from Great Britain ⓘ
replacedBy	United States Army ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Bunker Hill ⓘ Battle of Monmouth ⓘ Battle of Princeton ⓘ Battle of Trenton ⓘ Battle of Trenton ⓘ surface form: Crossing of the Delaware New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ Saratoga campaign ⓘ Siege of Boston ⓘ Siege of Yorktown ⓘ Valley Forge winter encampment ⓘ
significantPlace	Morristown encampments ⓘ Valley Forge winter encampment ⓘ surface form: Valley Forge

Referenced by (512)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pierre Charles L’Enfant → employer → Continental Army ⓘ

Pierre Charles L’Enfant → militaryBranch → Continental Army ⓘ

United States Army → precededBy → Continental Army ⓘ

Grand Union Flag → usedBy → Continental Army ⓘ

Grand Union Flag → firstRaisedBy → Continental Army ⓘ

Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze → depictsMilitaryUnit → Continental Army ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington Crossing the Delaware (Leutze)

George Washington → allegiance → Continental Army ⓘ

Second Continental Congress → authorized → Continental Army ⓘ

Minutemen → associatedWith → Continental Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Continental Army (early support)

Minuteman companies → replacedBy → Continental Army ⓘ

Continental Colors → usedBy → Continental Army ⓘ

Valley Forge winter encampment → hasParticipant → Continental Army ⓘ

Invasion of Quebec (1775) → belligerent → Continental Army ⓘ

Infantry Branch → historicalPredecessor → Continental Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Continental Army infantry

Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site → associatedWith → Continental Army ⓘ

United States Armed Forces → historicalPrecursor → Continental Army ⓘ

Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army → appliesTo → Continental Army ⓘ

Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army → partOf → Continental Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Continental Army command structure

Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War → opponent → Continental Army ⓘ

Siege of Boston → involvedMilitaryUnit → Continental Army ⓘ

Boston campaign → belligerent → Continental Army ⓘ

Boston campaign → involves → Continental Army ⓘ

Patriot (American Revolution) → supportedBy → Continental Army ⓘ

Battle of Bunker Hill → combatant → Continental Army ⓘ

L’Enfant → militaryBranch → Continental Army ⓘ

subject surface form: Pierre Charles L’Enfant

Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War → hasMainParticipants → Continental Army ⓘ

New York and New Jersey campaign → belligerent → Continental Army ⓘ

Loyalist militias → opposedBy → Continental Army ⓘ

Prospect Hill, Charlestown, Massachusetts → associatedWith → Continental Army ⓘ

Prospect Hill, Charlestown, Massachusetts → usedBy → Continental Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Continental Army troops

Battle of Trenton → belligerent → Continental Army ⓘ

Henry Knox → militaryBranch → Continental Army ⓘ

Henry Knox → memberOf → Continental Army ⓘ

French Army → supported → Continental Army ⓘ

Hessian troops → opposed → Continental Army ⓘ

Martha Washington → supported → Continental Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Continental Army winter encampments

Nathanael Greene → militaryBranch → Continental Army ⓘ

Morristown encampments → usedBy → Continental Army ⓘ

Morristown encampments → garrison → Continental Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Continental Army main army

Alexander Hamilton → servedIn → Continental Army ⓘ

Horatio Gates → militaryBranch → Continental Army ⓘ

French Navy → alliedWith → Continental Army ⓘ

Continental Artillery → partOf → Continental Army ⓘ

Benedict Arnold → militaryBranch → Continental Army ⓘ

Articles of War → appliesTo → Continental Army ⓘ

subject surface form: Articles of War (Continental Army)

Articles of War → usedBy → Continental Army ⓘ

subject surface form: Articles of War (Continental Army)

this entity surface form: George Washington’s army

Anthony Wayne → militaryBranch → Continental Army ⓘ

Monmouth campaign → opponent → Continental Army ⓘ

Samuel Smith → militaryBranch → Continental Army ⓘ

Marquis de Lafayette → militaryBranch → Continental Army ⓘ