2nd New York Regiment
Lee’s Division |
Poor’s Brigade |
2nd New York Regiment
History
Organized August 1775 from Westchester, Dutchess, Kings, Queens and Richmond counties.
Entered Valley Forge with 255 men assigned and 144 fit for duty.
Left Valley Forge with 421 assigned and 251 fit for duty.
Previous engagements: Invasion of Canada, Defense of Canada, New York City, Saratoga, Philadelphia-Monmouth.
Field Officers
- Colonel Philip Van Cortland
- Lt. Colonel Frederick Weisenfels
- Major Nicholas Fish
Company Commanders
- Captain Charles Graham
- Captain Jonathan Hallett
- Captain Edward Lounsbery
- Captain Samuel Pell
- Captain Benjamin Pelton
- Captain Abraham Riker
- Captain Barent J. Ten Eyck
- Captain Jacob Wright
Regimental Staff
- Chaplain Israel Evans
- Quartermaster William Munday
- Quartermaster Levi Dewitt
- Adjutant Elihu Marshall
- Paymaster Levi Dewitt
- Paymaster Robert Provost
- Surgeon Ebenezer Haviland
- Surgeon’s Mate Isaac Smith
- Quartermaster Sergeant Alexander Dunn
- Sergeant Major John Brown
- Drum Major David Mitchell
- Fife Major Peter Mcclusky
