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Continental Army

Army of the United States from 1775 to 1784
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Continental Army
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Summary

Continental Army is a regular army[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Founder: Second Continental Congress[4]
  • Commons category: Continental Army[5]
  • Inception: June 14, 1775[6]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: June 2, 1784[7]
  • Participated in conflict: American Revolutionary War[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Continental Army[9]
  • Replaced by: United States Army[10]
  • Nickname: Continentals[11]
  • Commanded by: George Washington[12]
  • P14541: 2ddiBy[13]

Why It Matters

Continental Army is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Aaron Burr Alexander Hamilton Benedict Arnold Casimir Pulaski Ethan Allen George Clinton Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette Henry Knox James Monroe John Marshall Nathanael Greene Tadeusz Kościuszko United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24d ago · Lieutcoluseng · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nickname → Continentals
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Nickname: Continentals"
  2. 24d ago · Lieutcoluseng · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → Army of the United States from 1775 to 1784
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Participated in conflict: American Revolutionary War"
  3. 24d ago · Lieutcoluseng · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United States
    Image → The American Soldier - Continental Army.jpg
    Replaces → —
    Inception → +1775-06-14T00:00:00Z
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: The American Soldier - Continental Army.jpg"
  4. 24d ago · Lieutcoluseng · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → regular army
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: armed forces"
  5. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → continental-army
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: continental-army, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289917210|continental army (#289917210)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  6. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Continental Army
    Commanded by → George Washington
    Founder → Second Continental Congress
    Dissolved → —
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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