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Lineage and Honors Information as of 30 January 2015

182d Infantry Regiment
(North Regiment)

  • Organized 13 December 1636 in the Massachusetts Militia from existing Train Bands as the North Regiment
  • Redesignated 7 September 1643 as the Middlesex Regiment
  • Expanded 13 October 1680 to form the 1st (or Lower) Middlesex Regiment (consisting of companies from Charlestown, Cambridge, Watertown, Woburn, Malden, and Reading) and the 2d (or Upper) Middlesex Regiment (2d Middlesex Regiment—hereafter separate lineage)
  • While remaining in Massachusetts service during the Revolutionary War, the 1st Middlesex Regiment (expanded by 1774 to form the 1st, 2d, and 3d Middlesex Regiments and assigned 8 February 1776 Middlesex Brigade) additionally formed the following Continental Army units:
  • Heath’s Regiment authorized 23 April 1775 and organized at Roxbury
    Redesignated 1 July 1775 as Greaton’s Regiment
    Redesignated 1 January 1776 as the 24th Continental Regiment
    Consolidated 1 January 1777 with the 25th Continental Regiment (authorized 23 April 1775 as Gardner’s Regiment and organized at Cambridge; redesignated 1 January 1776 as the 25th Continental Regiment) and consolidated regiment reorganized and redesignated as Greaton’s Regiment
    Redesignated 1 August 1779 as the 3d Massachusetts Regiment
    Disbanded 3 November 1783 at West Point, New York
  • Alden’s Regiment constituted 16 September 1776 and organized in the spring of 1777 at Boston
    Redesignated 1 August 1779 as the 7th Massachusetts Regiment
    Disbanded 15 November 1783
  • 1st and 2d Middlesex Regiments reorganized 29 November 1785 in the Massachusetts Militia as the 1st Brigade, 3d Division
  • (Flank [Volunteer Militia] companies mustered into Federal service September-October 1814 as elements of the Elite Brigade)
  • 1st Brigade, 3d Division, reorganized 1 July 1834 to consist of the Regiment of Light Infantry (Volunteer Militia), the Regiment of Artillery (Volunteer Militia), and the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th Regiments (Standing Militia)
  • Regiment of Light Infantry and Regiment of Artillery reorganized 17 April 1840 in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia as the 4th Regiment of Light Infantry and the 1st Regiment of Artillery (Standing Militia elements concurrently disbanded)
  • 4th Regiment of Light Infantry and 1st Regiment of Artillery consolidated 26 February 1855 to form the 5th Regiment of Infantry
  • Mustered into Federal service 1 May 1861 at Washington, D.C., as the 5th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment; mustered out of Federal service 30 July 1861 at Boston
  • Mustered into Federal service 16 September-8 October 1862 at Wenham; mustered out of Federal service 2 July 1863 at Boston
  • Mustered into Federal service 28 July 1864 at Readville; mustered out of Federal service 16 November 1864 at Readville, and reorganized in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia as the 5th Regiment of Infantry
  • Mustered into Federal service 30 June – 2 July 1898 at South Framingham as the 5th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 31 March 1899 at Greenville, South Carolina, and reorganized in state service as the 5th Regiment of Infantry
  • (Massachusetts Volunteer Militia redesignated 15 November 1907 as the Massachusetts National Guard)
  • Mustered into Federal service 25 June 1916 at Framingham; mustered out of Federal service 10-15 November 1916 at home stations
  • Called into Federal service 25 July 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
  • Reorganized and redesignated 11 February 1918 as the 3d Pioneer Infantry
  • Demobilized 25-31 July 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts
  • Reorganized 31 March 1923 in the Massachusetts National Guard as the 182d Infantry and assigned to the 26th Division; Headquarters Federally recognized 11 April 1923 at Charlestown
  • Inducted into Federal service 16 January 1941 at home stations
  • Relieved 12 February 1942 from assignment to the 26th Division
  • Assigned 24 May 1942 to the Americal Division
  • (2d Battalion inactivated 29 November 1945 at Fort Lewis, Washington)
  • Inactivated (less 2d Battalion) 2 December 1945 at Fort Lewis, Washington
  • Relieved 8 July 1946 from assignment to the Americal Division
  • Reorganized and Federally recognized 5 December 1946 in the Massachusetts National Guard as the 182d Infantry, with Headquarters at Charlestown
  • (Location of Headquarters changed 30 September 1955 to Melrose)
  • Reorganized 1 May 1959 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 26th Infantry Division
  • Reorganized 1 May 1963 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 26th Infantry Division
  • Withdrawn 1 May 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System with Headquarters at Melrose
  • Consolidated 1 September 1992 with the 101st Infantry (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit designated as the 182d Infantry, with Headquarters at Melrose, to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 26th Infantry Division
  • (182d Infantry relieved from assignment to the 26th Infantry Division 1 September 1993 and assigned to the 42d Infantry Division)
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1994 as the 182d Infantry, an element of the 42d Infantry Division
  • (182d Infantry relieved from assignment to the 42d Infantry Division 1 September 2004 and assigned to the 29th Infantry Division)
  • Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 182d Infantry Regiment
  • Ordered into active Federal service 8 August 2006 at home stations
  • Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 September 2006 as the 182d Cavalry Regiment, an element of the 26th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, to consist of the 1st Squadron with Headquarters at Melrose
  • Released from active Federal service 3 February 2008 and reverted to state control
  • Relieved from assignment 1 September 2008 to the 26th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
  • Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 September 2009 as the 182d Infantry Regiment to consist of the 1st Battalion
  • Ordered into active Federal service 26 March 2011 at home stations; released from active Federal service 28 April 2012 and reverted to state control
  • ANNEX
  • Organized 26 October 1798 in the Massachusetts Militia at Boston as the Columbian Artillery, Sublegion of Artillery, Legionary Brigade, 1st Division, Captain Robert Gardner commanding
  • Reorganized 12 March 1810 as the Columbian Artillery, Battalion of Artillery, 3d Brigade, 1st Division
  • Reorganized 1 July 1834 as the Regiment of Artillery, 3d Brigade, 1st Division; on 2 July 1836 as the Battalion of Artillery, 3d Brigade, 1st Division
  • Reorganized 24 April 1840 in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia as Company B (Columbian Artillery), 1st Battalion of Artillery, 1st Brigade, 1st Division
  • Redesignated 4 June 1844 as Company B (Columbian Artillery), 5th Regiment of Artillery, 1st Division
  • Disbanded 12 January 1855 (concurrently, Columbian Artillery reorganized as the Columbian Association, a civil organization)
  • Columbian Association authorized to form the 13th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia; regiment organized 3 May 1861 with Company A designated as the Columbian Guards
  • Mustered into Federal service 11 June 1861 at Boston as the 9th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment; mustered out of Federal service 21 June 1864 at Boston
  • Reorganized 18 May 1866 in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia at Boston as the 9th Regiment of Infantry
  • Reorganized and redesignated 9 July 1876 as the 9th Battalion of Infantry
  • Expanded and redesignated 3 December 1878 as the 9th Regiment of Infantry
  • Mustered into Federal service 11 May 1898 at Camp Dewey, Massachusetts, as the 9th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment; mustered out of Federal service 26 November 1898 and reorganized in state service as the 9th Regiment of Infantry
  • (Massachusetts Volunteer Militia redesignated 15 November 1907 as the Massachusetts National Guard)
  • Mustered into Federal service 25 June 1916; mustered out of Federal service 23 November 1916
  • Called into Federal service 25 July 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
  • Reorganized and redesignated 22 August 1917 as the 101st Infantry and assigned to the 26th Division
  • Demobilized 28 April 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts
  • Reorganized 15 March 1920 in the Massachusetts National Guard as the 101st Infantry
  • Redesignated 30 November 1920 as the 9th Infantry; Headquarters Federally recognized 20 January 1921 at Boston
  • Redesignated 13 September 1921 as the 101st Infantry and assigned to the 26th Division (later redesignated as the 26th Infantry Division)
  • Inducted into Federal service 16 January 1941 at Boston
  • Inactivated 29 December 1945-3 February 1946 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia, and Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
  • Reorganized and Federally recognized 29 November 1946 in the Massachusetts National Guard as the 101st Infantry, with Headquarters at Boston
  • Reorganized 1 May 1959 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 26th Infantry Division
  • Reorganized 1 March 1963 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 26th Infantry Division
  • Withdrawn 1 May 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System with Headquarters at Dorchester

Campaign Participation Credit

  • Revolutionary War
  • Lexington
  • Boston
  • Quebec
  • Saratoga
  • New York 1778
  • New York 1779
  • War of 1812
  • Streamer without inscription
  • Civil War
  • Bull Run
  • Peninsula
  • Manassas
  • Antietam
  • Fredericksburg
  • Chancellorsville
  • Gettysburg
  • Wilderness
  • Spotsylvania
  • Cold Harbor
  • North Carolina 1862
  • North Carolina 1863
  • Virginia 1863
  • War with Spain
  • Santiago
  • World War I
  • Champagne-Marne
  • Aisne-Marne
  • St. Mihiel
  • Meuse-Argonne
  • Ile de France 1918
  • Lorraine 1918
  • World War II
  • Guadalcanal
  • Northern Solomons
  • Leyte
  • Southern Philippines
  • (with arrowhead)
  • Northern France
  • Rhineland
  • Ardennes-Alsace
  • Central Europe
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Company B (Melrose), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:

  • Civil War
  • Mississippi River
  • War with Spain
  • Puerto Rico

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered GUADALCANAL
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011-2012
  • Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
  • Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
  • Headquarters Company (Melrose), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LORRAINE
  • Company C (Braintree), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
  • Company B (Melrose), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BOUGAINVILLE

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

RICHARD W. STEWART, PH.D.
Chief of Military History


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