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The Van Alstyne's Regiment of Militia, also known as the 7th Albany County Militia Regiment, was called up in July, 1777 at Kinderhook, New York to reinforce Gen. Horatio Gates's Continental Army during the Saratoga Campaign. The regiment served in Brigadier General Abraham Ten Broeck's Brigade.
Van Rensselaer's 4th Regiment of Militia was a regiment of militia raised in Albany County, New York, during the American Revolutionary War.Raised by Colonel Kiliaen van Rensselaer in 1775, [1] and drawing men from the Manor of Rensselaerswyck, [2] the regiment was also known as the 2nd Rensselaerwyck Battalion and consisted of seven companies.
Regulation of the militia was codified by the Second Continental Congress with the Articles of Confederation. The revolutionaries also created a full-time regular army—the Continental Army —but because of manpower shortages the militia provided short-term support to the regulars in the field throughout the war.
The Albany County militia was the colonial militia of Albany County, New York. Drawn from the general male population, by law all male inhabitants from 15 to 55 had to be enrolled in militia companies, the later known by the name of their commanders.
Henry Kiliaen Van Rensselaer was born on July 25, 1744. He was the eldest son of nine children born to Col. Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (1717–1781) of the 4th Albany Regiment of Militia, by the former Ariaantie Schuyler (1720–1763). [1] Among his siblings were brothers Philip K. Van Rensselaer and Killian K. Van Rensselaer. [2]
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2nd Albany County Regiment New York Militia: Colonel Abraham Wemple; 17th Albany County Regiment New York Militia: Colonel William Whiting; Graham's Regiment of Dutchess & Ulster County New York Milittia: Colonel Morris Graham; Nixon's Brigade Brigadier General John Nixon. 3rd Massachusetts Regiment: Colonel John Greaton
From 1775 to 1777, he was a member of the New York Provincial Congress and a member of the New York State Assembly in 1777-78, 1778-79 and 1780-81. [1] In 1780, Van Rensselaer negotiated a mediation with the chiefs of the Oneida Nation, Native Americans who had been allied with the American colonists against the British. One of their members ...