4TH NEW YORK REGIMENT

Lee’s Division | Poor’s Brigade | 4th New York Regiment

History

Organized August 1775 from Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, and Suffolk Counties.

Entered Valley Forge with 287 men assigned and 171 fit for duty.

Left Valley Forge with 383 assigned, 182 fit for duty.

Previous engagements: Invasion of Canada, Defense of Canada, New York 1777, Saratoga, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

• Colonel Henry Livingston
• Lt. Colonel Pierre Regnie
• Major Benjamin Ledyard
• Major Joseph McCracken

Company Commanders

• Captain Nathan Strong
• Captain Jonathan Pearsoe
• Captain Israel Smith
• Captain Samuel Sackett
• Captain John Davis
• Captain Jonathan Titus
• Captain Benjamin Marvin
• Captain Benjamin Walker

Regimental Staff

• Chaplain John Tetard
• Quartermaster Peter Vonck
• Adjutant Peter Sackett
• Paymaster John Franks
• Surgeon John F. Vascher
• Surgeon’s Mate William Wood
• Quartermaster Sergeant Andrew Hartness
• Sergeant Major Ararial Tuthill
• Drum Major Laurence Fletchneer
• Drum Major Robert Ward