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Orderly Book of the Three Battalions of Loyalists
Here you'll find an Orderly Book (or military diary) for three battalions of Loyalists raised for the defense of Long Island and commanded by General Oliver De Lancey. This military diary is followed by a valuable list of 1,500 New York Loyalists compiled from contemporary manuscripts and newspapers covering the period 1776-1784 and alphabetically arranged.
The Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut
Following the Battle of Long Island (August 27, 1776), more than 5,000 refugees fled Long Island and New York City for Connecticut. These book images document the history of New York in the Revolution and contains a series of biographies and genealogies on those refugees. Nearly 900 illustrations are included within the more than 1200 expertly sourced pages.
Index of Awards On Claims of the Soldiers of the War of 1812
Here you'll find an index to claims presented to the State of New York on behalf of New York residents who served in the War of 1812. The claims were filed to receive payment for military clothing and equipment. The following information can generally be found for each of the 17,000 applicants: Full name, Town and county of residence, Claim number, Details of pension.
Muster and Pay Rolls of the War of the Revolution
This is a reprint of a little-known work originally published in two volumes by the New York Historical Society as part of their Collections for the years 19l4 and 1915. While the majority of the muster and pay rolls cover New York State, the following states are also covered: Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia. When paging through the images of this book, please note that the rolls are arranged by military lines — first the Artillery, then the Continental Regiments, Line and Militia of the respective state. Generally, you'll learn the following information about each of the 8,000 men:
- Name, Rank, Dates of enlistment and discharge
- Pay period and amount
- Equipment furnished (muskets, powder, balls, flint, bayonets, cutlasses, knapsacks, etc.)
- Length of service
- Town of residence
- Remarks on service (for example, whether killed, taken prisoner, wounded, deserted, furloughed, or sick)
- Personal information such as occupation, age, height, and complexion.
New York in the Revolution as Colony and State
Compiled from original muster rolls and payrolls in the State Comptroller's Office, as well as records on file in the old War Department in Washington, this two-volume book identifies the nearly 52,000 men from New York who fought in the Revolution. Three years after the publication of the second edition of New York in the Revolution, the State Comptroller's Office published a supplement that was a compilation of the documents and records used to establish the rolls and rosters in the first volume. Here, you'll find the indexed images of both volumes.
New York Colonial Muster Rolls, 1664-1775 (2 Volumes)
Volume I was originally published as Second Annual Report of the State Historian of the State of New York, Appendix 'H' (pp. 373-956) in 1897. Volume II was originally published as Third Annual Report of the State Historian of the State of New York, Appendix 'M' (pp. 439-1130) in 1898. This comprehensive resource is especially valuable because nearly all of the original muster rolls for colonial wars were destroyed in a 1911 fire at the state library. The following military campaigns are among those whose muster rolls are compiled here: The capture of New Netherlands by the English (September 1664), The recapture of New York by the Dutch (August 1673), The restoration of New York to the English by the Dutch (February and March, 1674), The English revolution of 1688, The war between England and France, 1689, War of the "Austrian Succession" between England and France, 1744.