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The Continental Army On June 16 they named Artemas Ward a major general, and second in command to General Washington. Over the next nine months he helped convert the assembled militia units into the Continental Army. After the British evacuation on March 17, 1776, Washington led the main army to New York City. Ward took command of the Eastern Department on April 4, 1776.

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