Long Island order of battle
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The following units and commanders of the British and American armies fought in the Battle of Long Island of the American Revolution.
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[edit] 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)
- 2nd Brigade
- Maj. Gen. Robert Pigot
- 5th Brigade
- Brig. Gen. Francis Smith
- 6th Brigade
- Maj. Gen. James Agnew
- Maj. Gen. Edward Mathews
- 1st Battalion Guards
- 2nd Battalion Guards
- Cavalry
- Maj. Gen. George Preston
Second Line
Lt. Gen. Hugh Earl Percy, later Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland
- 3rd Brigade
- Maj. Gen. Valentine Jones
- 4th Brigade
- Maj. Gen. James Grant
- 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)
[edit] 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
[edit] 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 Sterling
- 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
[edit] Source
- Gallagher, John J. The Battle of Brooklyn 1776. Edison, New Jersey: Castle Books, 1995. ISBN 0-7858-1663-1
