1st New York Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=1st New York Regiment


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allegiance=Continental Congress of the United States
type= Infantry
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dates=1775-1783
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command_structure=New York Line
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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
anniversaries=Campaign
name=Canadian theater, 1775–1776
battles=Ticonderoga – Crown Point – Longue-Pointe – Fort St. Jean – Quebec – Les Cèdres – Vaudreuil – Trois-Rivières – Valcour Bay – Fort CumberlandCampaign
name=Saratoga campaign, 1777
battles=Ticonderoga – Hubbardton – Fort Ann – Oriskany – Bennington – 1st Saratoga (Freeman's Farm) – 2nd Saratoga (Bemis Heights)Campaign
name=Philadelphia campaign, 1777–1778
battles=Brandywine – Paoli – Germantown – White Marsh – Matson's Ford – Crooked Billet – MonmouthCampaign
name=Northern theater after Saratoga, 1778–1781
battles=Rhode Island – Wyoming Valley – Carleton's Raid – Cherry Valley – Stony Point – Penobscot expedition – Sullivan expedition – Newtown – Springfield – Groton HeightsCampaign
name=Southern theater Participation, 1781
battles=Yorktown

The 1st New York Regiment was authorized on May 25, 1775 and organized at New York City from June 28 to August 4, for service with the Continental Army under the command of Colonel Alexander McDougall. [Wright, pg. 41] The enlistments of the first establishment ended on December 31, 1775. [Fernow, pg. 11]

The second establishment of the regiment was authorized on January 19, 1776. [Wright, pg. 60]

The regiment would see 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 would be 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