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The regiment spent most of 1779 in Rhode Island, but was sent to winter quarters at Morristown, New Jersey. In the spring of 1780, the remnants of Sherburne's Additional Continental Regiment were merged into the unit, and it was formally added to the Connecticut Line as the 9th Connecticut Regiment.
The Battle of Setauket (August 22, 1777) was a failed attack during the American Revolutionary War on a fortified Loyalist outpost in Setauket, Long Island, New York, by a force of Continental Army troops from Connecticut under the command of Brigadier General Samuel Holden Parsons.
Lieutenant colonel, Pennsylvania Militia (American Revolutionary War); member, Pennsylvania General Assembly Nicholas Lotz , also spelled Lutz , (February 20, 1740 – November 28, 1807) was a Pennsylvania militia officer during the American Revolutionary War and later served in the Pennsylvania General Assembly as a representative of Berks ...
The regiment saw action at the siege of Boston, the Battle of Long Island, the New York Campaign, and its colonel and company of light infantry served in the Corps of Light Infantry at the Battle of Stony Point. The regiment was merged into the 1st Connecticut Regiment on January 1, 1783, at West Point, New York, and disbanded on November 16, 1783
Some soldiers served in the Continental Army and the state militia; they should be listed in both categories. People in this category should not also be placed in Category:People of New York (state) in the American Revolution , unless they were notable in New York during the Revolution for reasons other than their service in the militia.
Final Civil War soldiers honored Many area residents who fought in the "war between the states" have been recognized on the pages of the Repository as the last of their kind.