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The British called these "provincial" regiments. Loyalist militia patrolled the streets of New York. Loyalist spies were extensively used to get information about Washington's dispositions. By the end of 1776, about eighteen hundred Loyalist soldiers had been recruited, most from Long Island, Staten Island, and Westchester County.
James De Lancey (1746–1804), of Westchester County, New York, led a Loyalist unit known as "De Lancey's Cowboys" and was known as the "Outlaw of the Bronx" Brigadier General Oliver De Lancey (1718–1785), commanded De Lancey's Brigade 1776 [16] Stephen De Lancey (1738–1809), Loyalist lawyer and political figure in New York state and Nova ...
John Singleton Copley painted many prominent Loyalists and produced an oil-on-canvas depiction of a soldier wearing the uniform of the Royal Ethiopian Regiment (a regiment composed of black Loyalist soldiers) in The Death of Major Pierson (1784).
This category is for provincial units and formations of Great Britain which served in the American Revolutionary War. It does not include Native American units not under British command, nor militia units. Note: Not all of the provincial units were loyalists units, and not all of the members of the provincial units were loyalists or Americans.
Many Loyalist refugees resettled in Canada after losing their place, property, and security during the Revolution. The Loyalists, some of whose ancestors helped found America, [ citation needed ] left a well-armed population hostile to the king and his loyalist subjects to build the new nation of Canada.
During the American Revolution, these persons became known primarily as Loyalists. Afterward, some 15% of Loyalists emigrated north to the remaining British territories in the Canadas. There they called themselves the United Empire Loyalists. 85% of the Loyalists decided to stay in the new United States and were granted American citizenship.
The King's Ranger: Thomas Brown and the American Revolution on the Southern Frontier. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 0-8203-1093-X. Jasanoff, Maya (2011). Liberty's Exiles - American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World. Knopf. ISBN 978-1-4000-4168-8. Reynolds, Jr., William R. (2012). Andrew Pickens: South Carolina Patriot in the ...
Butler's Rangers (1777–1784) was a Loyalist provincial military unit of the American Revolutionary War, raised by American loyalist John Butler.Most members of the regiment were Loyalists from upstate New York and northeastern Pennsylvania.