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The New York and New Jersey campaign in 1776 and the winter months of 1777 was a series of American Revolutionary War battles for control of the Port of New York and the state of New Jersey, fought between British forces under General Sir William Howe and the Continental Army under General George Washington.
The Van Woert's Regiment of Militia, also known as the 16th Albany County Militia Regiment, [1] was called up in July, 1777 at Hoosick, New York, United States, to reinforce General Horatio Gates's Continental Army during the Saratoga Campaign. The regiment served in Brigadier General Abraham Ten Broeck's Brigade.
On November 30, 1776, Howe—the British commander-in-chief in North America—wrote to Germain, outlining an ambitious plan for the 1777 campaign. Howe said that if Germain sent him substantial reinforcements, he could launch multiple offensives, including sending 10,000 men up the Hudson River to take Albany, New York.
July 8, 1777: New York: British victory Siege of Fort Stanwix: August 2–23, 1777: New York: American victory: British fail to take Fort Stanwix Battle of Oriskany: August 6, 1777: New York: British victory Second Battle of Machias: August 13–14, 1777: Massachusetts (present-day Maine) British victory Battle of Bennington: August 16, 1777 ...
Organized in New York City from December 1775 to May 1776, it was assigned to Washington's main army on 13 April 1776. Bauman's company became part of Lamb's Regiment on 1 January 1777. Doughty's company was authorized on 6 January 1776 as the New York Provincial Company of Artillery. Assembled at New York City in the late winter of 1776, it ...
A stone cairn, erected in 1927 near where the Allen farmhouse stood, is believed to be the final resting spot for those killed. Two nearby New York State historical markers on Allen Road, off of County Road 49, note the event, and a memorial was dedicated in July 2017 on the 240th anniversary in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Argyle. [3]
The Battle of Long Island was a significant British victory in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War over American forces under the command of General George Washington, and the opening battle in a successful British campaign to gain control of New York City in 1776.
Vaughan attacked and burned Kingston, New York, then the capital of New York State, destroying more than 300 buildings. The state government fled to Hurley, New York . Records of Ulster County, the county in which Kingston was located, were moved to a safe stone house in Kerhonkson to the southwest when it became evident that the British were ...