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Rensselaer County Soldiers and Sailors This page was last updated 3 Sep 2016 |
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Rensselaer County Soldiers and Sailors This page was last updated 3 Sep 2016 |
The US Department of Veterans' Affairs maintains 120 national cemeteries, and their website's Nationwide Gravesite Locator now makes these 120 national cemeteries searchable online! To search for the US veterans on your family tree, click here.
Loyalist records: At the time of the American Revolution, quite a few residents of what later, in 1791, would become Rensselaer County, NY remained loyal to Great Britain. You may learn more information about Loyalist records by clicking on the Loyalist link below.
| For Loyalist records, click here. |
Rensselaer County Soldiers and Sailors
| Albany County Militia, 1715: | This militia
included men who lived in what in 1791 was to become Rensselaer County, NY; click here for a list of their names. |
| Colonial Militia, 1767: | Van Aernam's Militia |
| American Revolution 1775-1783: |
Lansingburgh Declaration of Independence and its signatories |
| American Revolution 1775-1783: |
See Rensselaer County pension rolls of 1835, below; Rensselaer County was not created until 1791, eight years after the end of the Revolutionary War; most of the information available about Revolutionary War service by residents of what became Rensselaer County comes from pension records; from military service records for New York state; and from Albany County, NY records. |
| American Revolution 1775-1783: |
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) DAR Patriot Lookup Service |
| American Revolution 1775-1783: |
DAR Fort Crailo Chapter, Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, NY (The DAR's Philip Schuyler Chapter, active for many years in Troy, Rensselaer County, NY, is no longer in existence; but while it was active, its members over the decades made priceless contributions in the recording of our county's crumbling cemeteries and in the preservation of other Revolutionary War-related records.) |
| American Revolution 1775-1783: | Excerpts from Revolutionary War pension application files with a Rensselaer County, NY connection |
| American Revolution 1775-1783: | Index of death notices of Revolutionary War soldiers appearing in Troy newspapers 1797-1860 (at the Troy Irish Genealogy Society website) |
| Wars Other Than the Revolutionary War | Death notices of other soldiers appearing in Troy newspapers (at the Troy Irish Genealogical Society website) |
| 1799: | Return of the Recruiting Party at Troy |
| War of 1812 1812-1814: | War of 1812 soldiers from Rensselaer County, NY |
| War of 1812 1812-1814: | Rensselaer County index of awards on claims of the soldiers of the War of 1812 |
| 1835: | Rensselaer County pension rolls of 1835 |
| 1840: | 1840 US Census Revolutionary War pensioners for NY state; searchable |
| US Civil War 1861-1865: |
Full Detailed Roster of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of NY State Volunteers, Officers and Enlisted Men |
| US Civil War 1861-1865: |
2nd Infantry Regiment of NY State Volunteers, roster of officers |
| US Civil War 1861-1865: |
30th Infantry Regiment of NY State Volunteers, roster of officers |
| US Civil War 1861-1865: |
125th Infantry Regiment of NY State Volunteers, roster of officers |
| US Civil War 1861-1865: |
Full Detailed Roster of the 169th Infantry Regiment of NY State Volunteers, Officers and Enlisted Men |
| US Civil War 1861-1865: |
169th Infantry Regiment of NY State Volunteers, roster of officers |
| US Civil War 1861-1865: |
Newspaper articles about the 169th Infantry Regiment of NY State Volunteers |
| US Civil War 1861-1865: | 169th NY Infantry Newsletter (at the New York State Military Museum website). See also the 169th NY Infantry Facebook page! |
| US Civil War 1861-1865: | Miscellaneous Rensselaer County Civil War Soldiers, extracted from the book Troy and Rensselaer County, N. Y. by Rutherford Hayner, 1925. |
| 1885: | Rensselaer County pension rolls of 1885 |
| Spanish-American War, 1898 | Servicemen from Rensselaer County, NY |
| First World War, 1914-1918 (US involvement 1917-1918): | Roll of Honored Dead from Rensselaer County, NY |
| Second World War, 1939-1945 (US involvement 1941-1945): | Rensselaer County casualties of the Second World War (at the Troy Irish Genealogical Society website) |
| Second World War, 1939-1945 (US involvement 1941-1945): | World War II Honor Roll, Sixth Ward - South Troy  (at the Troy Irish Genealogical Society website) |
| Korean War 1950-1953: | Rensselaer County casualties of the Korean War (1950-1957) |
| Vietnam War 1964-1975: | Rensselaer County casualties of the Vietnam War (1964-1975) |
| Gulf War, 1991: | Rensselaer County casualties of the 1991 Gulf War |
| Afghanistan War, 2001: | Rensselaer County casualties of the 2001 Afghanistan War |
| Iraq War, 2003: | Rensselaer County casualties of the 2003 Iraq War |
The names of Rensselaer County soldiers who participated in the American Revolution (1775-1783), the War of 1812 (1812-1814) and the American Civil War (1861-1865) are included as part of town histories in Cities, Towns & Villages. Information about each soldier includes his rank and his regiment and company, where available.
Several key US Civil War regiments mustered in and around Troy included men from Troy as well as many men from the surrounding towns of Rensselaer County:
| Regiment | Category | Company | Where recruited |
|---|---|---|---|
| Third | Infantry | C | Troy |
| Third | Infantry | G | Greenbush, Sand Lake, Troy |
| Tenth | Infantry | B | Troy |
| 30th | Infantry | A | Lansingburgh |
| 30th | Infantry | B | Troy |
| 30th | Infantry | H | Eagle Bridge, Hoosick Falls |
| 30th | Infantry | I | Troy |
| 65th | Infantry | B | "the Hudson River counties" |
| 65th | Infantry | D | Troy |
| 91st | Infantry | I | Castleton |
| 93rd | Infantry | K | Troy |
| 104th | Infantry | H, I, K | Troy |
| 125th | Infantry | A | Hoosick Falls |
| 125th | Infantry | B | Troy |
| 125th | Infantry | C | Lansingburgh, Pittstown, Sand Lake, Schaghticoke, Troy |
| 125th | Infantry | D | Troy |
| 125th | Infantry | E | Hoag's Corner, Nassau, Sand Lake, Stephentown |
| 125th | Infantry | F | Poestenkill, Troy |
| 125th | Infantry | G, H, I | Troy |
| 125th | Infantry | K | Schaghticoke, Troy |
| 169th | Infantry | A | Nassau, Poestenkill, Schodack, Troy |
| 169th | Infantry | B | Troy |
| 169th | Infantry | C | Brunswick, Hoosick, Pittstown, Poestenkill, Troy |
| 169th | Infantry | G, H | Troy |
| 169th | Infantry | I | "Nail Factory Company", Troy |
| 169th | Infantry | K | Lansingburgh, Troy |
| 175th | Infantry | -- | Castleton, Troy |
| 177th | Infantry | -- | Lansingburgh |
| 192nd | Infantry | C, E, F, G, H, I, K | Troy |
| Second | Cavalry | B, E, F, K, L | Troy |
| 11th | Cavalry | G | Troy |
| 12th | Cavalry | 2nd Co G | Troy |
| 12th | Cavalry | 2nd Co I | Troy |
| 12th | Cavalry | M | Troy |
| 16th | Cavalry | F, K | Troy |
| 18th | Cavalry | G | Troy |
| 21st | Cavalry | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K | Troy |
| 25th | Cavalry | I, L, M | Troy |
| 1st Mounted Rifles | Cavalry | E, F, G, H | Troy |
| 1st Mounted Rifles | Cavalry | I, M | Castleton |
| 4th NY | Heavy Artillery | 2nd Co B | Troy |
| 4th NY | Heavy Artillery | 2nd Co D | Troy |
We offer links here to the every-name rosters of four of these regiments.
| Steve Wiezbicki publishes, free of charge, the 169th NY Infantry Newsletter hosted by the New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center website. Steve writes: "I started the newsletter in February 2012, and ever since the October 2012 issue, the focus has been on a serial history of the regiment in commemoration of the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War. The newsletters contain extensive personal information about individual soldiers in the regiment (as well as information about the regiment as a whole), including correspondence, newspaper articles, reports, etc. Many letters include references to other men in the regiment, each of whom is clearly identified. The newsletter also contains images from my ever-growing archive of photographs of soldiers from the regiment, is heavily illustrated, and averages over 100 pages per issue." |  |
Other US Civil War Links for Rensselaer County
| Flag that was presented to Company E, 2nd New York Cavalry in August 1861 by the citizens of Troy, at Jim Loudon's website |
| Views of this flag, which is now at the Troy Public Library |
| Company E of the 2nd NY Cavalry was recruited in the Troy area in August 1861. More information on the regiment, including some Troy-related material and a complete regimental roster, is online at Jim Loudon's website. |
| Which NY regiments were mustered where? - covers infantry, cavalry and artillery and gives details of each company |
New York State Soldiers and Sailors
To learn how to obtain copies of veterans' records (military service records, pension application files or bounty-land warrant application files), click here.
| Battle of Bennington - Although it takes its name from a nearby town in Vermont, the Battle of Bennington was fought in the town of Hoosick, Rensselaer County, NY. You can read about this battle from the American perspective as well as from the British perspective. |
| A Revolutionary Week Along the Historic Champlain Canal - outlines an itinerary for visiting Revolutionary War sites in eastern New York state |
| Day-Long Revolutionary War Road Trips |
