New York Volunteers

New York Volunteers
Active	1776-1783
Country	dragoons (mounted infantry)
Type	British provincial unit, (auxiliary troops)
Size	regiment (400)
Nickname(s)	New York Companies, 1st Dutchess County Company, 3rd American Regiment
Engagements	American Revolutionary War New York Campaign (1776) Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery (1777) Capture of Savannah (1779) Siege of Charleston (1780) Battle of Camden (1780) Battle of Hobkirk's Hill (1781)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Lieutenant General Charles Grey Lieutenant Colonel George Turnbull

The New York Volunteers, also known as the New York Companies and 1st Dutchess County Company, was a British

Regiment formed

The "New York Volunteers" were raised in Halifax, Province of Nova Scotia, in January, 1776. Two companies, in the 1776 New York Campaign. In March 1777 a detachment of the Volunteers along with soldiers of the Queen's Rangers were sent out to West Farms to fend off an insurgent raiding party in the act of rustling cattle and horses. The rebels were tracked to the home of Steven Bridge, leading to an evening siege in which as many as 50 were killed and another 27 taken prisoner. During surrender negotiations, Captain Archibald Campbell was shot in the heart and killed.^[1] The Volunteers later participated in the 1777 Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery. In October, 1778 they were sent to East Florida and were present, at the 1779 capture of Savannah and the 1780 Charleston. The Volunteers were at the 1780 Battle of Camden and the 1781 Hobkirk's Hill.

On May 2, 1779 New York Volunteers were placed on the

• Nelson, Paul David. Sir Charles Grey, First Earl Grey: Royal Soldier, Family Patriarch. Associated University Presses, 1996.