Saratoga-Yorktown 1777-1781 by Izabella Rusinowa

During this raid, the regiment did not lose a single man. This raid that destroyed the main loyalist and Indian camps, resulted in the further capture of a great deal of equipment and severely cooled the Indian's desire for further fighting. Cannon fire from the fort, combined with the detachment's own 3 pound gun, finally drove the British off. On the detachment's return to the fort, they skirmished with British troops attempting to cut off their retreat.

Willett took part in a raid on the main loyalist and Indian camps to the south and east of the fort. During this time, a detachment of the regiment under Lt.Col. In August of 1777, the 3rd NY helped to successfully defend the fort in a 21 day siege by a British force of 2,000 regulars, Germans, loyalists, and allied Indians. The regiment was engaged in the constant work of repairing and rebuilding the fort from May through August. Dewitt's Company posted to Fort Dayton at German Flatts (this company remained at Ft. Willett's detachment reached the fort on May 26, after having Capt. Schuyler, escorting the regiment's baggage train of seven wagons up to the post. Willett's detachment traveled up to Albany on three sloops, then marched from Schenectady to Ft. Willett, departed Constitution Island for Ft. Gansevoort took command of the fort on May 3, and the remainder of the regiment (200 men) under Lt.Col. The first detachment of the 3rd NY, under Major Robert Cochran, reached Ft. This skirmish also gave the regiment its first battle casualties, with two killed and four or five wounded. The 3rd NY had its first taste of battle on Mawhen it helped drive off a raiding party of 600 British troops at Peekskill. The Regiment was mustered at Fishkill and first posted on Constitution Island, opposite West Point.

The regiment initially consisted of eight companies, with the men primarily drawn from Duchess and Ulster Counties and the New York City area. The 3rd New York Regiment that defended Fort Schuyler (Stanwix) against the British in 1777 had been reorganized and established from other New York Regiments on January 26, 1777. Courtesy of Albany Institute of History & Art Gift of the estate of Catherine Gansevoort (Mrs. It was donated to the Albany Institute of History & Art by Peter Gansevoort's granddaughter, Catherine.

This flag is said to be the regimental flag of the Third New York.

Saratoga-Yorktown 1777-1781 by Izabella Rusinowa