Men of the Armies

Order of Battle

Source: Gallagher, John J. The Battle of Brooklyn 1776. Edison, New Jersey: Castle Books, 1995. ISBN 0-7858-1663-1

British Army American Army

Sir William Howe, commanding

Clinton’s Division
Lt. Gen. Sir Henry Clinton

3rd Brigade light Infantry
1st Battalion Light Infantry
2nd Battalion Light Infantry

Cleveland’s Division
Brig. Gen. Samuel Cleveland

1st Artillery Brigade
2nd Artillery Brigade
3rd Artillery Brigade

First Line

1st Brigade
Brig. Gen. James Robertson

4th Regiment of Foot (The King’s Own)
15th Regiment of Foot
27th Regiment of Foot
45th Regiment of Foot


2nd Brigade
Maj. Gen. Robert Pigot

5th Regiment of Foot

3rd Brigade
Maj. Gen. Valentine Jones

10th Regiment of Foot
37th Regiment of Foot
38th Regiment of Foot
52nd Regiment of Foot

4th Brigade
Maj. Gen. James Grant

17th Regiment of Foot
40th Regiment of Foot
46th Regiment of Foot
5th Regiment of Foot

Brig. Gen. William Ershine

1st Battalion, 71st Fraser Highlanders
2nd Battalion, 71st Fraser Highlanders
3rd Battalion, 71st Fraser Highlanders

Reserves
Lt. Gen. Charles Earl Cornwallis

1st Battalion Grenadiers
2nd Battalion Grenadiers
3rd Battalion Grenadiers
4th Battalion Grenadiers
33rd Regiment of Foot
42nd The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)

[edit] Hessian Division

Lt. Gen. Leopold Philip de Heister
Baron Wilhelm von Knyphausen, second in command

Maj. Gen. von Mirbach

Fusilier Regiment von Knyphausen
Fusilier Regiment von Lossberg
Grenadiere Regiment von Rall

28th Regiment of Foot
35th Regiment of Foot
49th Regiment of Foot

5th Brigade
Brig. Gen. Francis Smith

22nd Regiment of Foot
43rd Regiment of Foot
54th Regiment of Foot
63rd Regiment of Foot

6th Brigade
Maj. Gen. James Agnew

23rd Regiment of Foot
44th Regiment of Foot
57th Regiment of Foot
64th Regiment of Foot

Maj. Gen. Edward Mathews

1st Battalion Guards
2nd Battalion Guards

Cavalry
Maj. Gen. George Preston

17th Light Dragoons

Second Line
Lt. Gen. Hugh Earl Percy

Maj. Gen. J.D. von Stirn

Musketeer Regiment von Donop
Musketeer Regiment von Mirback
Fusilier Regiment Erbprinz (Hereditary Prince)

Col. Count Carl von Donop

Grenadier Battalion von Linsing
Grenadier Battalion von Block
Grenadier Battalion von Minnegerode
Jaeger Corps

Col. F.W. von Lossberg

Fusilier Regiment von Ditfurth
Musketeer Regiment von Trumbach
Musketeer Regiment Leib

 


Gen George Washington, commanding

Commander of Artillery: Col. Henry Knox

Commanding in Brooklyn: Maj. Gen. Israel Putnam

Putnam’s Division
Maj. Gen. Israel Putnam

Brig. Gen. James Clinton

3rd Cont. (Mass.)
13th Cont. (Mass.)
23rd Cont. (Mass.)
26th Cont. (Mass.)

Brig. Gen. John Morin Scott

1st New York Independent Battalion
2nd New York County Battalion
New York Militia Regiment
New York Militia Regiment

Brig. Gen. John Fellows

Worcester County (Mass.) Militia
Plymouth and Bristol County (Mass.)
Berkshire County (Mass.) Militia
14th Cont. (Mass.) “The Marblehead Regiment”

Heath’s Division
Maj. Gen. William Heath

Brig. Gen. Thomas Mifflin

3rd Pennsylvania Battalion
5th Pennsylvania Battalion
16th Cont. (Mass.)
27th Cont. (Mass.)
Ward’s (Conn.) Battalion

Brig. Gen. George Clinton

New York Militia Regiment
New York Militia Regiment
New York Militia Regiment
New York Militia Regiment
New York Militia Regiment

Spencer’s Division
Maj. Gen. Joseph Spencer

Brig. Gen. Samuel Holden Parsons

10th Cont. (Conn.)
17th Cont. (Conn.)
20th Cont. (Conn.)
21st Cont. (Mass.)
22nd Cont. (Conn.)

Brig. Gen. James Wadsworth

Connecticut Levies
Connecticut Levies
Connecticut Levies
Connecticut Levies
Connecticut Levies
Connecticut Levies
Connecticut Levies

Sullivan’s Division
Maj. Gen. John Sullivan

Brig. Gen. William Alexander, Lord Sterling

5th Maryland Regiment
1st Delaware Regiment
Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment
Pennsylvania Musketeers
Pennsylvania Militia Regiment
Lancaster County (Pennsylvania) Militia

Brig. Gen. Alexander McDougall

1st New York Regiment
3rd New York Regiment
19th Cont. (Conn.)

Greene’s Division
Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene

Brig. Gen. John Nixon

1st Cont. (Penn.)
9th Cont. (R.I.)
11th Cont. (R.I.)
4th Colonial Infantry (Mass. Battalion)
7th Colonial Infantry (Mass. Battalion)
13th Cont. (Mass.)

Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Heard

New Levies (New Jersey)
New Levies (New Jersey)
New Levies (New Jersey)
New Levies (New Jersey)
New Jersey Militia Regiment

Connecticut Militia

Connecticut Militia Regiment
Connecticut Militia Regiment
Connecticut Militia Regiment
Connecticut Militia Regiment
Connecticut Militia Regiment
Connecticut Militia Regiment
Connecticut Militia Regiment
Connecticut Militia Regiment
Connecticut Militia Regiment
Connecticut Militia Regiment
Connecticut Militia Regiment
Connecticut Militia Regiment

Long Island Militia
Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Wood hull

Suffolk County (N.Y.) Militia
King’s and Queen’s County (N.Y.) Militia