 The 2nd Canadian Regiment , also known as Congress ' Own or Hazen 's Regiment , was authorized on January 20 , 1776 , as an Extra Continental regiment and raised in the province of Quebec for service with the Continental Army under the command of Colonel Moses Hazen . All or part of the regiment saw action at Staten Island , Brandywine , Monmouth , Rhode Island , and Yorktown .
 nobody knows exactly what happened to the regiment after the war. It is known that the regiment was still in existence in 1783 , and that it was re-designated as the 2nd Canadian Regiment of Foot in 1789