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== Battles Fought in New York ==
== Battles Fought in New York ==
*{{FSC|2574564|item|disp= Ellen Hardin Walworth, ''Battles of Saratoga, 1777 : the Saratoga Monument Association, 1856-1891'' Albany, New York : J. Munsell's Sons, 1891}}
*{{FSC|2574564|item|disp= Ellen Hardin Walworth, ''Battles of Saratoga, 1777 : the Saratoga Monument Association, 1856-1891'' Albany, New York : J. Munsell's Sons, 1891}}
*Thomas W. Field. ''The battle of Long Island : with connected preceding events, and the subsequent American retreat'' Brooklyn, New York: Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1869 {{FSDL|485600}}


== Resources ==
== Resources ==
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=== 1840 Census ===
=== 1840 Census ===
*''A census of pensioners for Revolutionary or military services : with their names, ages, and places of residence, as returned by the marshals of the several judicial districts, under the act for taking the sixth census'' Washington: Printed by Blair and Rives, 1841. {{FSDL|857237}}


=== Regimental Rosters ===
=== Regimental Rosters ===
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=== Committees of Safety ===
=== Committees of Safety ===
*''Minutes of the Albany Committee of Correspondence, 1775 - 1778'' 2 volumes. Albany, [New York]: University of the State of New York, 1923-1925  v. 1. Minutes of the Albany Committee -- v. 2. Minutes of the Schenectady Committee and index {{FSC|324549|item|disp=FS Library}} vol. 1 images 469 - 982 {{FSDL|61903}}; vol. 2 images 988 - 1128 {{FSDL|61903}}


=== Guides to Military Units ===
=== Guides to Military Units ===

Revision as of 11:57, 20 June 2025

Organization[edit | edit source]

History[edit | edit source]

  • Thomas Jones ; edited by Edward Floyd De Lancey. History of New York during the Revolutionary War, and of the leading events in the other colonies at that period : with notes, contemporary documents, maps, and portraits New York, New York: New York Historical Society, 1879. vol. 1 FamilySearch Digital Library; vol. 2 FamilySearch Digital Library

New York Military Units[edit | edit source]

Most units were numbered. Some were named. See the list below for links to more detailed information.

New York regiments typically consisted of # companies recruited from specific areas of New York.

New York Regiments[edit | edit source]

New York Districts[edit | edit source]

Battles Fought in New York[edit | edit source]

Resources[edit | edit source]

Service Records[edit | edit source]

The FamilySearch Library and the National Archives have the:

Pension Records[edit | edit source]

1840 Census[edit | edit source]

Regimental Rosters[edit | edit source]

Regimental rosters with biographical information of New York soldiers are published in:

Committees of Safety[edit | edit source]

Guides to Military Units[edit | edit source]

For guidebooks to New York's military units for the Revolutionary War, the following sources are helpful:

Internet Sites[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

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