Malcolm's Additional Continental Regiment was one of the sixteen Additional Continental regiments authorized by the

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for the

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. The regiment's

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was William Malcolm, a wealthy

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merchant, and its lieutenant colonel was

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History

The regiment was authorized January 7, 1777 for service in the

; earlier independent companies established by Malcolm saw service at the 1776

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. The regiment was assigned June 27, 1777 to the Highlands Department, where it participated in the defense of the Hudson River. On September 23, 1777 it was assigned to the Main Army, and spent the winter at

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. One of its lieutenants, Frederick Gotthold Enslin, was drummed out of the army in February 1778 for allegedly attempting

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.
The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources 1745-1799, Vol. 11
', John C. Fitzpatrick, Ed., United States Government Printing Office, 1934. The regiment next saw action in the 1778

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, and then spent its remaining time in the Highlands Department, where Colonel Malcolm was at times commander at

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. The regiment was broken up as follows: the Pennsylvania companies on January 13, 1779 were assigned to the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment, and the New York companies on April 1, 1779 were assigned to Spencer's Additional Continental Regiment.

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, url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608052749/http://www.history.army.mil/reference/revbib/addit.htm , archivedate=2010-06-08 Military units and formations of the Continental Army