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The 7th Virginia Regiment was raised on January 11, 1776, at Gloucester, Virginia, for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine , Battle of Germantown (after which it wintered at Valley Forge [ 1 ] ), Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston .
The legislature authorized an additional 500 acres (2 km 2) per soldier, using land from 25 Military Tract Townships to be established in central New York State. Each of the townships was to comprise 100 lots of 600 acres (2.4 km 2) each. Three more such townships, Junius, Galen, and Sterling, were later added to accommodate additional claims ...
The Van Alstyne's Regiment of Militia, also known as the 7th Albany County Militia Regiment, was called up in July, 1777 at Kinderhook, New York to reinforce Gen. Horatio Gates's Continental Army during the Saratoga Campaign. The regiment served in Brigadier General Abraham Ten Broeck's Brigade.
Vermont did not become a state until 1791, after the American Revolution. New York asserted that Vermont was part of New York. [109] Revolutionary War units: 6th Regiment of militia, 1780–1781 [8] 7th Regiment of militia, 1782 [8] Abbott's Regiment of militia, 1781 [8] Clark's Company of militia, 1778–1780 [8] Durkee's Company of militia ...
The 7th Regiment of the New York Militia, aka the "Silk Stocking" regiment, was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Also known as the "Blue-Bloods" due to the disproportionate number of its members who were part of New York City's social elite, [1] the 7th Militia was a pre-war New York Militia unit that was mustered into federal service for the Civil War.
1st New York Regiment (1775–1776). Colonel Alexander McDougall (McDougall appointed brigadier general, Continental Army, August 9, 1776). 2nd New York Regiment (1775). Colonel Goose Van Schaick. (Designated Van Schaick's Regiment in 1776, then the 1st New York Regiment in 1777). 3rd New York Regiment (1775). Colonel James Clinton.
The 7th continued the fight in the Petersburg trenches south of the James River and around Appomattox. The regiment sustained 47 casualties at First Manassas, 77 at Williamsburg, 111 at Frayser's Farm, 59 at Second Manassas, and 4 at Fredericksburg. About 40% of the 335 engaged at Gettysburg were disabled.
The Albany County militia was the colonial militia of Albany County, New York.Drawn from the general male population, by law all male inhabitants from 15 to 55 had to be enrolled in militia companies, the later known by the name of their commanders.