Long Island order of battle

Long Island order of battle

The following units and commanders of the British and American armies fought in the Battle of Long Island of the American Revolution.

British Army

Sir William Howe, commanding

Clinton’s Division
Lt. Gen. Sir Henry Clinton:3rd Brigade light Infantry:1st Battalion Light Infantry:2nd Battalion Light Infantry

Cleveland’s Division
Brig. Gen. Samuel Cleveland:1st Artillery Brigade:2nd Artillery Brigade:3rd Artillery Brigade

First Line

:"1st Brigade":Brig. Gen. James Robertson (loyalist)::4th Regiment of Foot (The King’s Own)::15th Regiment of Foot::27th Regiment of Foot::45th Regiment of Foot

:"2nd Brigade":Maj. Gen. Robert Pigot::5th Regiment of Foot::28th Regiment of Foot::35th Regiment of Foot::49th Regiment of Foot

:"5th Brigade":Brig. Gen. Francis Smith::22nd Regiment of Foot::43rd Regiment of Foot::54th Regiment of Foot::63rd Regiment of Foot

:"6th Brigade":Maj. Gen. James Agnew::23rd Regiment of Foot::44th Regiment of Foot::57th Regiment of Foot::64th Regiment of Foot

:Maj. Gen. Edward Mathews::1st Battalion Guards::2nd Battalion Guards

:"Cavalry":Maj. Gen. George Preston::17th Light Dragoons

Second Line
Lt. Gen. Hugh Earl Percy, later Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland

:"3rd Brigade":Maj. Gen. Valentine Jones::10th Regiment of Foot::37th Regiment of Foot::38th Regiment of Foot::52nd Regiment of Foot

:"4th Brigade":Maj. Gen. James Grant::17th Regiment of Foot::40th Regiment of Foot::46th Regiment of Foot::5th Regiment of Foot

:Brig. Gen. William Erskine::1st Battalion, 71st Fraser Highlanders::2nd Battalion, 71st Fraser Highlanders::3rd Battalion, 71st Fraser Highlanders

Reserves
Lt. Gen. Charles Earl Cornwallis:1st Battalion Grenadiers:2nd Battalion Grenadiers:3rd Battalion Grenadiers:4th Battalion Grenadiers:33rd Regiment of Foot:42nd The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)

Hessian Division

Lt. Gen. Leopold Philip de Heister
Baron Wilhelm von Knyphausen, second in command

Maj. Gen. von Mirbach:Fusilier Regiment von Knyphausen:Fusilier Regiment von Lossberg:Grenadiere Regiment von Rall

Maj. Gen. J.D. von Stirn:Musketeer Regiment von Donop:Musketeer Regiment von Mirback:Fusilier Regiment Erbprinz (Hereditary Prince)

Col. Count Carl von Donop:Grenadier Battalion von Linsing:Grenadier Battalion von Block:Grenadier Battalion von Minnegerode:Jaeger Corps

Col. F.W. von Lossberg:Fusilier Regiment von Ditfurth:Musketeer Regiment von Trumbach:Musketeer Regiment Leib

American Army

Gen George Washington, commanding

Commander of Artillery: Col. Henry Knox

Commanding in Brooklyn: Maj. Gen. Israel Putnam

Putnam’s Division
Maj. Gen. Israel Putnam

:Brig. Gen. James Clinton::3rd Cont. (Mass.)::13th Cont. (Mass.)::23rd Cont. (Mass.)::26th Cont. (Mass.)

:Brig. Gen. John Morin Scott::1st New York Independent Battalion::2nd New York County Battalion::New York Militia Regiment::New York Militia Regiment

:Brig. Gen. John Fellows::Worcester County (Mass.) Militia::Plymouth and Bristol County (Mass.)::Berkshire County (Mass.) Militia::14th Cont. (Mass.) “The Marblehead Regiment”

Heath’s Division
Maj. Gen. William Heath

:Brig. Gen. Thomas Mifflin::3rd Pennsylvania Battalion::5th Pennsylvania Battalion::16th Cont. (Mass.)::27th Cont. (Mass.)::Ward’s (Conn.) Battalion

:Brig. Gen. George Clinton::New York Militia Regiment::New York Militia Regiment::New York Militia Regiment::New York Militia Regiment::New York Militia Regiment

Spencer’s Division
Maj. Gen. Joseph Spencer

:Brig. Gen. Samuel Holden Parsons::10th Cont. (Conn.)::17th Cont. (Conn.)::20th Cont. (Conn.)::21st Cont. (Mass.)::22nd Cont. (Conn.)

:Brig. Gen. James Wadsworth::Connecticut Levies::Connecticut Levies::Connecticut Levies::Connecticut Levies::Connecticut Levies::Connecticut Levies::Connecticut Levies

Sullivan’s Division
Maj. Gen. John Sullivan

:Brig. Gen. William Alexander, Lord Stirling::5th Maryland Regiment::1st Delaware Regiment::Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment::Pennsylvania Musketeers::Pennsylvania Militia Regiment::Lancaster County (Pennsylvania) Militia

:Brig. Gen. Alexander McDougall::1st New York Regiment::3rd New York Regiment::19th Cont. (Conn.)

Greene’s Division
Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene

:Brig. Gen. John Nixon::1st Cont. (Penn.)::9th Cont. (R.I.)::11th Cont. (R.I.)::4th Colonial Infantry (Mass. Battalion)::7th Colonial Infantry (Mass. Battalion)::13th Cont. (Mass.)

:Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Heard::New Levies (New Jersey)::New Levies (New Jersey)::New Levies (New Jersey)::New Levies (New Jersey)::New Jersey Militia Regiment

Connecticut Militia:Connecticut Militia Regiment:Connecticut Militia Regiment:Connecticut Militia Regiment:Connecticut Militia Regiment:Connecticut Militia Regiment:Connecticut Militia Regiment:Connecticut Militia Regiment:Connecticut Militia Regiment:Connecticut Militia Regiment:Connecticut Militia Regiment:Connecticut Militia Regiment:Connecticut Militia Regiment

Long Island Militia
Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull:Suffolk County (N.Y.) Militia:King’s and Queen’s County (N.Y.) Militia

ource

*Gallagher, John J. "The Battle of Brooklyn 1776". Edison, New Jersey: Castle Books, 1995. ISBN 0-7858-1663-1


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