Volunteers of Ireland

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The Volunteers of Ireland (aka 1st American Regiment and the 105th Regiment of Foot) was a British provincial military unit during the American Revolutionary War which was added to the British regular army.

The unit was raised in Philadelphia in the fall of 1777 and went to New York with the army in April 1778. It was sent to Charleston in December 1779 and placed on the American establishment as the 2nd American Regiment on May 2, 1779. The unit was put on the British establishment as the 105th Regiment of Foot on December 25, 1782.

The Volunteers left for England in April 1783 and were disbanded there.