4th New York Regiment

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4th New York Regiment
Active	1775-1781
Allegiance	Continental Congress of the United States
Type	Infantry
Size	720 Men
Part of	New York Line
Engagements	New York Campaign, Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Monmouth, the Sullivan Expedition.
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel James Holmes Colonel Cornelius Wynkoop Colonel Henry Beekman Livingston

New York and New Jersey, 1776–1777 Long Island – Kip's Bay – Harlem Heights – Pell's Point – White Plains – Fort Washington – 1st Trenton – 2nd Trenton – Princeton – Forage War – Bound Brook

Saratoga campaign, 1777 Ticonderoga – Hubbardton – Fort Ann – Oriskany – Bennington – 1st Saratoga (Freeman's Farm) – 2nd Saratoga (Bemis Heights)

Philadelphia campaign, 1777–1778 Brandywine – Paoli – Germantown – White Marsh – Matson's Ford – Crooked Billet – Monmouth

Northern theater after Saratoga, 1778–1781 Rhode Island – Wyoming Valley – Carleton's Raid – Cherry Valley – Stony Point – Penobscot expedition – Sullivan expedition – Newtown – Springfield – Groton Heights

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The 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.^[1] The enlistments of the first establishment ended on December 31, 1775.^[2]

The second establishment of the regiment was authorized on January 19, 1776.^[3]

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.

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] 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

[edit] External links

• 4th New York Regiment - Reenactment Group from Putnam County, NY