New York Volunteers

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The New York Volunteers was a British provincial regiment which was raised and served in the American Revolutionary War.

It was raised in Halifax, January 1776. Two companies were in the 1776 New York campaign. It was at the raids on Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery. In October, 1778 it was sent to East Florida and it was present at the defence of Savannah and the siege of Charleston. It was at the Battles of Camden and Hobkirk's Hill.

On May 2, 1779 it was placed on the American Establishment as the 3rd American Regiment. It was disbanded in Canada in 1783.