| Detachment/Committee of the Connecticut Line CTSSAR |
| Colonel Charles Webb's Seventh Connecticut Regiment Captain Nathan Hale's Third Company Raised 1775 |
Raised March 2008
This Connecticut Line CTSSAR Detachment portrays Colonel Charles Webb's Seventh Connecticut Regiment during the
year 1775.
Raised by order of the Connecticut General Assemby at the July session, 1775. Recruited mainly in Fairfield, Litchfield,
and New Haven Counties. Its companies were stationed at various points along the sound until September 14, when on
requisition from Washington, the regiment was ordered to the Boston Camps. There it was assigned to General Sullivan's
Brigade on Winter Hill at the left of the besieging line, and remained until expiration of term of service in December,
1775. Adopted as Continental. Re-organized under Colonel Webb for service in 1776.
(Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution; Adj. Gen., Hartford, 1889)
The Branch's namesake, Captain Nathan Hale, was commissioned Lieutenant of the Third Company, July 6, 1775. He
was promoted to Captain on September 1, 1775.
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Colors or Standards associated with Webb's Regiment:
(Front) (Back)
The 7th Connecticut Regiment of 1775 (Colonel Webb’s) - Blue (?) standard bearing on one side the
Connecticut Arms and motto “Qui Transtulit Sustinet” and on the other side “An Appeal to Heaven”.
Uniforms associated with Webb's Regiment:
Fourth Company - Captain Joseph Hait:
Green short coat with brass buttons, black velvet jacket and breeches, shoes, white stockings, white linen shirt.
(- New York Gazette, September 4, 1775)
Seventh Company - Captain Isaac Bostwick:
Brown coat and jacket.
(- Connecticut Gazette, August 25, 1775)
Eighth Company - Captain William G. Hubbell:
Two suits: the one short blue, the other striped red; and a small castor hat, with a black ribbon and a carved silver buckle
around the crown.
(- New York Gazette, September 11, 1775)
This Connecticut Line CTSSAR Detachment is composed of members of the Connecticut Society of the Sons
of the American Revolution's Captain Nathan Hale Branch Number Six.
This Connecticut Line CTSSAR Detachment portrays Colonel Charles Webb's Seventh Connecticut Regiment during the
year 1775.
Raised by order of the Connecticut General Assemby at the July session, 1775. Recruited mainly in Fairfield, Litchfield,
and New Haven Counties. Its companies were stationed at various points along the sound until September 14, when on
requisition from Washington, the regiment was ordered to the Boston Camps. There it was assigned to General Sullivan's
Brigade on Winter Hill at the left of the besieging line, and remained until expiration of term of service in December,
1775. Adopted as Continental. Re-organized under Colonel Webb for service in 1776.
(Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution; Adj. Gen., Hartford, 1889)
The Branch's namesake, Captain Nathan Hale, was commissioned Lieutenant of the Third Company, July 6, 1775. He
was promoted to Captain on September 1, 1775.
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Colors or Standards associated with Webb's Regiment:
(Front) (Back)
The 7th Connecticut Regiment of 1775 (Colonel Webb’s) - Blue (?) standard bearing on one side the
Connecticut Arms and motto “Qui Transtulit Sustinet” and on the other side “An Appeal to Heaven”.
Uniforms associated with Webb's Regiment:
Fourth Company - Captain Joseph Hait:
Green short coat with brass buttons, black velvet jacket and breeches, shoes, white stockings, white linen shirt.
(- New York Gazette, September 4, 1775)
Seventh Company - Captain Isaac Bostwick:
Brown coat and jacket.
(- Connecticut Gazette, August 25, 1775)
Eighth Company - Captain William G. Hubbell:
Two suits: the one short blue, the other striped red; and a small castor hat, with a black ribbon and a carved silver buckle
around the crown.
(- New York Gazette, September 11, 1775)
This Connecticut Line CTSSAR Detachment is composed of members of the Connecticut Society of the Sons
of the American Revolution's Captain Nathan Hale Branch Number Six.
| Representing South Eastern Connecticut |
| An Appeal to Heaven |
| Patriot Grave Marking for Nathaniel and Lucretia Shaw, New London, Connecticut, October 2008 |
| SAR - DAR Patriot Flag Placement Ceremony Waterford, Connecticut November 2008 |
| Connecticut Line CTSSAR Detachment Membership Award - 2008 |
| Connecticut Line CTSSAR Detachment Captain of the Year Award - 2008 |
| Flag placement and musket salute for the Patriots in Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Connecticut. Captain Nathan Hale Branch Memorial Day Revolutionary War Patriot Flag Placement Ceremony Saturday May 23, 2009 |
| Patriot Grave Marking Ceremony for Captain Asa Lay, Westbrook, Connecticut, August 29, 2009 |
| Connecticut Line CTSSAR Detachment of the Year Award - 2009 |
| Connecticut Line CTSSAR Detachment Captain of the Year Award - 2009 |