4th New York Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=4th New York Regiment


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allegiance=Continental Congress of the United States
type= Infantry
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dates=1775-1781
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command_structure=New York Line
size=720 Men
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battles=New York Campaign,
Battle of Saratoga,
Battle of Monmouth,
the Sullivan Expedition.
notable_commanders=Colonel James Holmes
Colonel Cornelius Wynkoop
Colonel Henry Beekman Livingston
anniversaries=Campaign
name=New York and New Jersey, 1776–1777
battles=Long Island – Kip's Bay – Harlem Heights – Pell's Point – White Plains – Fort Washington – 1st Trenton – 2nd Trenton – Princeton – Forage War – Bound BrookCampaign
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 HeightsThe 4th New York Regiment was authorized on May 25, 1775 and organized from June 28 to August 4 from Westchester, Dutchess, Kings, Queens, and Richmond counties for service with the Continental Army under the command of James Holmes. [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, New York Campaign, Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Monmouth and the Sullivan Expedition. The regiment would be merged into the 2nd NY on January 1, 1781.

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

External links

* [http://membersites.namezero.com/lmax.cheerful.com/id6.html 4th New York Regiment] - Reenactment Group from Putnam County, NY