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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 21: military History. (search)
o command their respective companies; and that the officers so chosen assemble as soon as may be .... and proceed to elect field officers to command the respective regiments. Journals of each Provincial Congress, p. 33. In accordance with this recommendation, Captain Gardner having been reelected or retained in office, was elected Colonel, Nov. 29, 1774, at a meeting of the officers of the several companies of militia in the first Regiment in the County of Middlesex. Boston Gazette, Dec. 5, 1774. The other field officers were Capt. William Bond, Lieut.-col.; Capt. William Conant, 2d Lieut.-col.; Capt. Abijah Brown, Major; Capt. Benjamin Hammond, 2d Major. Soon after the Battle of Lexington, in which he was actively engaged, The Council Records, March 14, 1776, show that a warrant was drawn to pay Col. Thomas Gardner's Field Alarm Roll, on the 19th of April last. he enlisted a Regiment for the Continental Army, of which he was commissioned as Colonel, June 2, 1775. Journals