Continental Artillery

E9311
artillery branch military unit

The Continental Artillery was the artillery branch of the American Revolutionary forces, responsible for operating cannons and heavy guns under leaders like Henry Knox in the fight for independence from Britain.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Continental Artillery canonical 4
Continental Armed Forces 1
Continental Army artillery (captured guns) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artillery branch ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
activeDuring American Revolutionary War ⓘ
surface form: American Revolution
allegiance Second Continental Congress ⓘ
surface form: Continental Congress

Patriot forces ⓘ
associatedWith Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

Ticonderoga ⓘ
surface form: Fort Ticonderoga

New York ⓘ
Yorktown ⓘ
branch artillery ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
engagement Battle of Monmouth ⓘ
Battle of Princeton ⓘ
Battle of Trenton ⓘ
New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
British occupation of Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia campaign

Saratoga campaign ⓘ
Siege of Boston ⓘ
Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
equipment cannons ⓘ
howitzers ⓘ
mortars ⓘ
formedAs Continental Artillery self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Continental Regiment of Artillery
function operation of heavy guns ⓘ
support of infantry and cavalry ⓘ
garrison West Point, New York ⓘ
surface form: West Point
governedBy Second Continental Congress ⓘ
surface form: Continental Congress
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
militaryBranchOf United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States (historical)
notableCommander Charles Harrison ⓘ
Edward Carrington ⓘ
Henry Knox ⓘ
John Crane ⓘ
John Lamb ⓘ
notableEvent transport of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston ⓘ
notableMember Alexander Hamilton ⓘ
opposedTo British Army ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
partOf Continental Army ⓘ
precededBy Massachusetts Provincial Artillery Regiment ⓘ
role artillery support ⓘ
field artillery operations ⓘ
siege warfare ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
usedAmmunition canister shot ⓘ
grapeshot ⓘ
round shot ⓘ
shells ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Continental Army → hasPart → Continental Artillery ⓘ
Continental Navy → partOf → Continental Artillery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Continental Armed Forces
Continental Artillery → formedAs → Continental Artillery self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Continental Regiment of Artillery
George Armistead → militaryUnit → Continental Artillery ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Corps of Artillery
Edward Carrington → partOf → Continental Artillery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Continental Army artillery corps
Massachusetts Provincial Artillery Regiment → predecessorOf → Continental Artillery ⓘ
Massachusetts Provincial Artillery Regiment → successor → Continental Artillery ⓘ
John Lamb → servedIn → Continental Artillery ⓘ
Green Mountain Boys → usedBy → Continental Artillery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Continental Army artillery (captured guns)