4th New York Regiment

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 Frederick, Baron de Weissenfels Frederick Heinrich von Weissenfels

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

American Revolutionary War units of the United States

Continental Army List of Continental units

Units by state	Connecticut Delaware Georgia Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Vermont Virginia

Non-state units	Extra and Additional regiments Armand's Legion Pulaski's Legion Lee's Legion Ottendorf's Corps Commander-in-Chief's Guard

State militia List of state units

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]

Frederick von Weissenfels Frederick, Baron de Weissenfels became Lt. Colonel Commanding of the 4th New York on January 13, 1779 and remained in that post until the unit was reduced by the State of New York on January 1, 1780. The 4th New York was known during the war as Weissenfel's Regiment.

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.

Footnotes

↑ Wright, pg. 41
↑ Fernow, pg. 11
↑ Wright, pg. 60

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

External links

4th New York Regiment - Reenactment Group from Putnam County, NY
Bibliography of the Continental Army in New York compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History