Loyal American Regiment
| Loyal American Regiment | |
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| Active | 1777-1783 |
| Country |
 Great Britain
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| Allegiance |
 British Army
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| Branch | British Provincial unit |
| Type | infantry, (auxiliary troops) |
| Size | detachment - regiment |
| Garrison/HQ | Kingsbridge, Province of New York |
| Nickname(s) | King’s American Rangers |
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The Loyal American Regiment was a British Provincial regiment, raised in 1777, for Loyalist service, during the American Revolutionary War. The regiment fought, in many engagements, throughout the war and the men were among the thousands of loyalists, who settled in Nova Scotia, who disbanded, the regiment, in 1783.
The "Loyal American Regiment" was raised in mid-March 1777, by wealthy, Loyalist, Beverley Robinson. Robinson, a childhood friend of George Washington, commanded the regiment, until it was disbanded, at the end of the war, in 1783. Several of, Beverley Robinson's sons were officers in the regiment. A number of the enlisted men, in the "Loyal Americans", were tenant farmers, who worked Robinson's estate, in lower Dutchess County and Westchester County, Province of New York.
The Loyal American Regiment served, in many, war-time engagements, often at detachment strength. The Loyal Americans spent many months, of the war, in the Province of New York, at Kingsbridge, defending British-occupied, New York City. The Loyal Americans are best known, for being the first British regiment, to enter Fort Montgomery, when it was captured, on October 6, 1777. A detachment of the regiment was captured, in July 1779, when the fort, at Stoney Point was taken, by the Continental Army. On September 6, 1781, the Loyal American Regiment participated, in the British raid on New London, Connecticut, commanded by Brigadier General Benedict Arnold.
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