 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - The 5th Connecticut Regiment yakatangwa musi waApril 27, 1775, paDanbury, Connecticut, ichitungamirirwa naDavid Waterbury. Regiment yaiva imwe yezvitanhatu yakaumbwa neConnecticut Legislature mukupindura kuhondo dzeLexingtonuye Concord, Massachusetts. Yechishanu yaizoona chiito chayo chokutanga mukati meKupinda kweCanada. Sezvakanga zviri tsika mukati memakore mashomanana okutanga ehondo, mauto eNew England akabatanidzwa chete kusvikira pakupera kwegore uye yekutanga Fifth Connecticut Regiment yakaparadzwa musi waDecember 13, 1775. Harina kuona basa reNyika mukati ma1776, asi State Regiment, yakarongwa naColonel Philip Burr Bradley, yakashanda muNew York neNew Jersey mushandirapamwe. Yechishanu yakadzokera kubasa reContinental pakutanga kwa 1777. The Regiment akapfuurira kurwa paHondo yeRidgefield, Hondo yeGermantown uye Hondo yeMonmouth. Rejimendi racho rakabatanidzwa pamwe chete ne7th Conn. mu2nd Conn. musi waJanuary 1, 1781. Boka reChishanu rakaregedzwa musi waJune 15, 1783, paWest Point, New York uye rakaparadzwa musi waNovember 15, 1783. 