Continental Artillery

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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.

Aliases (4)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artillery branch → military unit →
activeDuring	American Revolution →
allegiance	Continental Congress → Patriot forces →
associatedWith	Boston → Fort Ticonderoga → New York → Yorktown →
branch	artillery →
conflict	American Revolutionary War →
country	United States →
engagement	Battle of Monmouth → Battle of Princeton → Battle of Trenton → New York and New Jersey campaign → Philadelphia campaign → Saratoga campaign → Siege of Boston → Siege of Yorktown →
equipment	cannons → howitzers → mortars →
formedAs	Continental Regiment of Artillery →
function	operation of heavy guns → support of infantry and cavalry →
garrison	West Point →
governedBy	Continental Congress →
languageOfCommand	English →
militaryBranchOf	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 (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Continental Navy ("Continental Armed Forces") → Edward Carrington ("Continental Army artillery corps") →	partOf
Continental Artillery ("Continental Regiment of Artillery") →	formedAs
Continental Army →	hasPart
George Armistead ("United States Corps of Artillery") →	militaryUnit
Massachusetts Provincial Artillery Regiment →	predecessorOf
John Lamb →	servedIn
Massachusetts Provincial Artillery Regiment →	successor