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2nd New York Regiment

Field	Value
unit_name	2nd New York Regiment
allegiance	Continental Congress of the United States
type	Infantry
dates	25 May 1775–31 December 1775
19 January 1776–15 November 1783
command_structure	New York Line
battles	American Revolutionary War
notable_commanders	Goose Van Schaick
James Clinton
Philip Van Cortlandt
Frederick, Baron de Weissenfels

19 January 1776–15 November 1783

Invasion of Quebec
Battle of Valcour Island
Saratoga Campaign
Battle of Monmouth
Sullivan Expedition
Battle of Yorktown James Clinton Philip Van Cortlandt Frederick, Baron de Weissenfels The 2nd New York Regiment was authorized on May 25, 1775, and formed at Albany from June 28 to August 4 for service with the Continental Army under the command of Colonel Goose Van Schaick. The enlistments of the first establishment ended on December 31, 1775.

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

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

Footnotes

References

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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