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1st New York Regiment

Field	Value
unit_name	1st New York Regiment
allegiance	Continental Congress of the United States
type	Infantry
dates	1775–1783
command_structure	New York Line
battles	Invasion of Canada,
Battle of Valcour Island,
Battle of Saratoga,
Battle of Monmouth,
the Sullivan Expedition
Battle of Yorktown.
notable_commanders	Colonel Alexander McDougall
Colonel Rudolphus Ritzema
Colonel Goose Van Schaick

Battle of Valcour Island, Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Monmouth, the Sullivan Expedition Battle of Yorktown. Colonel Rudolphus Ritzema Colonel Goose Van Schaick

The 1st New York Regiment was authorized on 25 May 1775 and organized at New York City from 28 June to 4 August, for service with the Continental Army under the command of Colonel Alexander McDougall. The enlistments of the first establishment ended on 31 December 1775.

The second establishment of the regiment was authorized on 19 January 1776.

The regiment was involved in the Invasion of Canada, the Battle of Valcour Island, the Battle of Saratoga, the Battle of Monmouth, the Sullivan Expedition, and the Battle of Yorktown. The regiment was furloughed 2 June 1783 at Newburgh, New York and disbanded 15 November 1783.

References

Sources

Égly, T. W., History of the First New York Regiment, 1775-1783, Hampton, NH: P.E. Randall, 1981
Fernow, Berthold, New York in the Revolution, 1887
Heitman, Francis B., Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution. New, enlarged, and revised edition., Washington, D.C.: Rare Book Shop Publishing Company, 1914
Wright, Robert, The Continental Army, 1983

References

Wright, pg. 41
Fernow, pg. 11
Wright, pg. 60

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