82nd Regiment of Foot (1777)

82nd Regiment of Foot
82nd Regiment of Foot
Active	16 December 1777 – 1784
Country	Kingdom of Great Britain (1777–1784)
Branch	Army
Type	Line Infantry

The 82nd Regiment of Foot was a British army regiment raised for service in the American Revolutionary War.

The regiment was raised in Lanarkshire, Scotland on 16 December 1777.^[1] It was sent to New York in August 1779 and then to establish and defend New Ireland in June 1779.^[1] It was sent to Wilmington, North Carolina in April 1781 and its light company was interned at Yorktown.^[1] It was disbanded in 1784.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "82nd Regiment of Foot". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 13 January 2006. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

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[regiments-1] "82nd Regiment of Foot". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 13 January 2006. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

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