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|unit_name=Sargent's Regiment<br>16th Continental Regiment<br>8th Massachusetts Regiment
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|allegiance=[[Continental Congress]] of the [[United States]]
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|dates=1775-1783
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|command_structure=[[Massachusetts Line]]
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|battles=[[American Revolutionary War]]<br>[[Battle of Bunker Hill]]<br>[[New York and New Jersey Campaign]]<br>[[Battle of Trenton]]<br>[[Battle of Princeton]]<br>[[Battle of Saratoga]]
|notable_commanders=Colonel [[Paul Dudley Sargent]]<br>Colonel [[Michael Jackson (American Revolution)|Michael Jackson]]
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The '''8th Massachusetts Regiment''', also known as '''16th Continental Regiment''' and '''Sargent's Regiment''', was raised on April 23, 1775, under Colonel [[Paul Dudley Sargent]] at [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]. The regiment would see action at the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]], [[New York and New Jersey Campaign]], [[Battle of Trenton]], [[Battle of Princeton]] and the [[Battle of Saratoga]]. The regiment was furloughed June 12, 1783, at [[West Point, New York]] and disbanded on November 3, 1783.

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100608052735/http://www.history.army.mil/reference/revbib/mass.htm Bibliography of the Continental Army in Massachusetts] compiled by the [[United States Army Center of Military History]]

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[[Category:Massachusetts regiments of the Continental Army]]
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[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1783]]


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