14th Massachusetts Regiment

14th Massachusetts Regiment was raised on September 16, 1776, under Colonel Gamaliel Bradford at Boston, Massachusetts. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Saratoga and the Battle of Monmouth. before encamping with the army for its final cantonment at New Windsor, New York.

When the number of Massachusetts regiments was reduced in 1781, the men of the 14th were folded into the 7th Massachusetts Regiment. The 14th regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1781, at West Point, New York.

Officers

 * Gamaliel Bradford (1731-1807) - (Duxbury MA) commanding officer

Privates

 * Gamaliel Bradford (1763-1824) - enlisted at age 13 in his father's regiment, for several years before switching service to be a naval privateer. Commanded the Industry, a US Privateer fighting the French in the Quasi-War of 1800.  Namesake of  the 1943 destroyer USS Bradford (DD-545).

=External links==
 * Bibliography of the Continental Army in Massachusetts compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History