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The 79th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, also known as the Liverpool Blues, which served in the Americas during the American War of Independence.
The regular army of the British Army is listed according to an order of precedence for the purposes of parading. This is the order in which the various corps of the army parade, from right to left, with the unit at the extreme right being highest. Under ordinary circumstances, the Household Cavalry parades at the extreme right of the line. Militia and Army Reserve units take precedence after Regular units with the exception of The Honourable Artillery Company and The Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers.
The 16th Massachusetts Regiment, also known as Henry Jackson's Additional Continental Regiment, was a unit of the American Massachusetts Line, raised on January 12, 1777, under Colonel Henry Jackson at Boston, Massachusetts. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Monmouth and the Battle of Rhode Island. The regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1781, at New Windsor, New York.
The Virginia Line was a formation within the Continental Army. The term "Virginia Line" referred to the quota of numbered infantry regiments assigned to Virginia at various times by the Continental Congress. These, together with similar contingents from the other twelve states, formed the Continental Line. The concept was particularly important in relation to the promotion of commissioned officers. Officers of the Continental Army below the rank of brigadier general were ordinarily ineligible for promotion except in the line of their own state.
The 86th Regiment of Foot was a regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793 and amalgamated into the Royal Irish Rifles in 1881.
The 101st Regiment of Foot, or Johnston's Highlanders, was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1760 and disbanded in 1763.The regiment was raised in 1760 by the regimentation of independent companies of infantry raised in Argyll and Ross-shire; in 1761 it was moved into England, and its other ranks drafted to the 87th and 88th Foot.
The 99th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1780 by Charles Rainsforth and disbanded in 1783.
The 82nd Regiment of Foot was a British army regiment raised for service in the American Revolutionary War.
The 86th Regiment of Foot was a British regiment raised for service in the American Revolutionary War.
The 74th Regiment of (Highland) Foot or 74th Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment from 1777 to 1784 which was raised to fight in the American Revolutionary War.
The 95th Regiment of Foot (Reid's) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army.
The 75th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1778 to 1783.
The 91st Regiment of Foot had a brief existence as a British Army infantry regiment between 1779 and 1784. It was raised in Shropshire, posted to the West Indies, where much property was destroyed in a hurricane, and disbanded in 1784.
The 88th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment in the British Army from 1779 to 1783, formed to help protect the West Indies during the American Revolutionary War.
The 89th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment in the British Army from 1779 to 1783.
The 90th Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army during the American Revolutionary War.
The 92nd Regiment of Foot was a short-lived infantry regiment in the British Army which was raised in 1779 to provide garrison troops for the West Indies during the American Revolutionary War.
