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Loyalist Regiments

Following is a list of all known Loyalist regiments that served in the American Revolution between 1775 and 1784. The list is sorted alphabetically by regiment name and provides the dates of service and type of each regiment.

For a better understanding of the different types of regiments, or establishments, please see Not All Loyalist Regiments were Created Equal.

Our Provincial Regiment Organizational Chart will give you an idea of the command structure of a typical regiment. From this chart, you will be able to further explore the organizational structure of a grenadier company, a battalion company and a cavalry troop.

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Name of Corps Battalion Years of Service Type
Adams’ Company of Rangers   1777-1780 Local
American Legion   1780-1783 Provincial
American Volunteers   1779-1780 Provincial
Armed Boat Company   1781-1783 Provincial
Associated Loyalists   1780-1782 Associators
Barbadian Rangers   1781-1783 Provincial
Bay Fusiliers   1779-? Local
Black Dragoons (aka Black Pioneer Troop)   1782 Militia
Black Hussars
(aka Diemar’s Hussars)
  1779-1781 Provincial
Black Pioneers   1776-1783 Provincial
British Legion
(aka 5th American Regiment)
  1778-1783
1782-1783
Provincial
Regular*
                            *Cavalry only became a part of the Regular Establishment.
Bucks County Light Dragoons   1778-1779 Provincial
Bucks County Volunteers   1778-1783 Local
Butler’s Rangers   1777-1784 Provincial
Caledonian Volunteers   1778 Provincial
Canadian Companies   1777-1783 Provincial
Charlestown Militia 1st Battalion
2nd Battalion
1780-1782
1780-1782
Militia
Militia
Charlestown Volunteer Battalion   1780-1782 Militia
Collett’s Independent Company   1777 Provincial
DeLancey’s Brigade 1st Battalion
2nd Battalion
3rd Battalion
1776-1783
1776-1783
1776-1782
Provincial
Provincial
Provincial
Detroit Militia   1775-1784 Militia
Detroit Volunteers   1778-1783 Local
Duke of Cumberland’s Regt. 1st Battalion
2nd Battalion
1781-1783
1783
Provincial
Provincial
Dunlop’s Corps   1780-1781 Local
Dutchess County Company   1776-1777 Provincial
East Florida Militia 2 Regiments 1776-1783 Militia
East Florida Rangers   1776-1779 Local
East Florida Volunteers   1777-1780 Local
Emmerick’s Chasseurs   1777-1779 Provincial
Ethiopian Regiment   1775-1776 Local
Forshner’s Independent Company   1780-1781 Provincial
Garrison Battalion
(aka Royal Garrison Battalion)
  1778-1782
1782-1783
Provincial
Regular
Georgia Artillery   1781-1782 Militia
Georgia Light Dragoons   1779-1781 Provincial
Georgia Light Dragoons   1781-1782 Local
Georgia Loyalists   1779-1782 Provincial
Georgia Militia 5 Regiments 1779-1782 Militia
Georgia Rangers   1773-1776 Local
Georgia Rifle Dragoons   1779 Local
German Independent Company, New York City Militia   1776-? Militia
Governor Wentworth’s Volunteers   1777-1781 Provincial
Grenada Militia   1775-1779 Militia
Guides & Pioneers   1776-1783 Provincial
Harkimer's Batteau Company   1780-1783 Provincial
Hatfield's Company of Partisans   1779-1782 Associators
Hazard’s Corps of Refugees   1780-1782 Associators
Independent Companies
(aka Hierlihy’s Corps; 2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales American Volunteers)
  1777-1782 Provincial
Independent Companies (Jamaica)   1781-1783 Provincial
Jamaica Corps
(aka Amherst’s Corps)
  1781-1783 Provincial
Jamaica Legion   1780-1781 Local
Jamaica Light Dragoons   1780-1781 Local
Jamaica Militia   1775-1783 Militia
Jamaica Rangers   1779-1780
1782-1783
Local
Provincial
Jamaica Volunteers   1779-1781 Local
James Island Troop of Light Dragoons   1781-1782 Provincial
James Stewart's Company of Refugees   1780-1781 Associators
King’s American Dragoons   1781-1783 Provincial
King’s American Rangers 1st Battalion
2nd Battalion
1779-1783
1780-1783
Provincial
Provincial
King’s American Regiment
(aka 4th American Regiment)
  1776-1782
1782-1783
Provincial
Regular
King’s (Carolina) Rangers
(aka King’s Florida Rangers)
  1779-1783 Provincial
King’s Loyal Americans   1776-1781 Local
King’s Militia Volunteers   1779-1780 Associators
King’s Orange Rangers   1776-1783 Provincial
King’s Royal Regiment of New York 1st Battalion
2nd Battalion
1776-1783
1780-1784
Provincial
Provincial
Kinloch’s Light Dragoons   1778 Provincial
Locke's Independent Company   1779 Provincial
Loyal American Association   1775-1776 Associators
Loyal American Rangers   1780-1783 Provincial
Loyal American Regiment   1777-1783 Provincial
Loyal Associated Refugees   1779 Associators
Loyal Commissariat Volunteers   1779-1782 Militia
(New York)
Loyal Foresters   1781-1782 Provincial
Loyal Irish Volunteers   1775-1776 Associators
Loyal New Englanders   1777-1781 Provincial
Loyal Newport Associators   1777-1779 Associators
Loyal Ordnance Volunteers   1780 Militia
(New York)
Loyal Rangers   1781-1783 Provincial
Loyal Refugee Volunteers   1779-1782 Associators
Loyal Rhode Islanders   1777 Provincial
Loyal Volunteers of the City of New York   1777-1783 Militia
Mackay’s Corps of Royalists (aka Pfister's Corps of Royalists, aka Leake's Corps of Royalists)   1777-1781 Local
Maryland Loyalists   1778-1783 Provincial
Maryland Royal Retaliators   1780-1781 Associators
Massachusetts Militia Bagaduce
Boston
1779-1783
1775
Militia
Militia
Massachusetts Volunteers   1777-1783 Militia
(New York)
McAlpin’s Corps of Royalists   1777-1781 Local
McDonald's Company of Volunteers   1778 Militia
(New York)
Minorca Volunteer Company, East Florida Militia   1777-? Militia
Mosquito Shore Volunteers   1779-? Local
Nassau Blues   1779 Provincial
Natchez Volunteers   1781 Local
Negroe Volunteers   1779 Local
Newfoundland Regiment   1780-1782
1782-1783
Provincial
Regular
Newfoundland Volunteers   1779-1780 Local
New Hampshire Volunteers (aka Stark's Corps)   1777 Provincial
New Jersey Militia Monmouth County 1776-1777 Militia
New Jersey Volunteers 1st Battalion
2nd Battalion
3rd Battalion
4th Battalion
5th Battalion
6th Battalion
1776-1783
1776-1783
1776-1783
1776-1781
1776-1778
1776-1778
Provincial
Provincial
Provincial
Provincial
Provincial
Provincial
New York City Militia  
1st Battalion
2nd Battalion
3rd Battalion
4th Battalion
Old Volunteer Company
1776-1783
1780-1783
1780-1783
1780-1783
1780-1783
1780-1783
Militia
Militia
Militia
Militia
Militia
Militia
New York Independent Highland Volunteers   1776-1783 Militia
New York Marine Artillery Company   1780-1783 Militia
New York Militia King’s County
Queens County
Richmond County
Suffolk County
Westchester County
1776-1783
1776-1783
1776-1783
1776-1783
1776-1783
Militia
Militia
Militia
Militia
Militia
New York Rangers   1776-1783 Militia
New York Volunteers
(aka New York Companies; 3rd American Regiment)
  1775-1783 Provincial
North Carolina Highlanders   1780-1782 Provincial
North Carolina Independent Company   1781-1783 Provincial
North Carolina Independent Dragoons   1781-1782 Provincial
North Carolina Militia
(multiple regiments, by county)
  1781-1782 Militia
North Carolina Provincials   1776 Local
North Carolina Volunteers   1780-1782 Local
Nova Scotia Militia
(multiple regiments, by county)
  1775-1784 Militia
Nova Scotia Volunteer Militia Regiment   1776-1781 Militia
Nova Scotia Volunteers
(aka Royal Nova Scotia Volunteer Regiment; Loyal Nova Scotia Volunteers)
  1775-1783 Provincial
Pennsylvania Loyalists   1777-1783 Provincial
Pepperell's Corps   1779-? Associators
Philadelphia Light Dragoons 1st Troop
2nd Troop
1777-1778
1777-1778
Provincial
Provincial
Prince of Wales American Volunteers
(aka Prince of Wales American Regiment)
  1776-1783 Provincial
Provincial Light Infantry   1780-1782 Provincial
Quebec City Militia British Regiment
French Regiment
1775-1783
1775-1783
Militia
Militia
Quebec Militia
(multiple regiments, by parish)
  1775-1783 Militia
Queen’s American Rangers
(aka Queen’s Rangers; 1st American Regiment)
  1776-1782
1782-1783
Provincial
Regular
Queen’s Own Loyal Virginia Regiment   1775-1776 Local
Queen’s Loyal Rangers   1777-1781 Local
Queen’s Royal Rangers   1775-1776 Local
Rattan & Black River Volunteers   1780-1781 Local
Robins' Company of Partisans   1780-1782 (?) Associators
Roman Catholic Volunteers   1777-1778 Provincial
Royal American Reformees   1778 Provincial
Royal Batteaux Volunteers   1779-1781 Local
Royal Fencible Americans   1775-1783 Provincial
Royal Georgia Volunteers   1779 Provincial
Royal Highland Emigrants
(aka 84th Regiment of Foot)
1st Battalion

2nd Battalion
1775-1778
1779-1783
1775-1778
1779-1783
Provincial
Regular
Provincial
Regular
Royal North British Volunteers   1775-1776 Associators
Royal North Carolina Regt 1st Battalion
2nd Battalion
1779-1783
1779-1780
Provincial
Provincial
Saint Johns County Volunteers (South Carolina)   1781 Militia
Saint John’s Volunteers   1777-1783 Provincial
Sharp's Refugee Marines   1779 Associators
South Carolina Light Dragoons (Campbell’s)   1781 Provincial
South Carolina Light Dragoons (Fenwick’s)   1781 Provincial
South Carolina Light Dragoons (Starcloff's)   1781 Provincial
South Carolina Militia
(multiple regiments & independent companies/troops)
  1775; 1780-1782 Militia
South Carolina Rangers   1780-1781 Provincial
South Carolina Royalists 1st Battalion
2nd Battalion
1778-1783
1779-1780
Provincial
Provincial
South Carolina Volunteers   1781-1782 Militia
Stewart’s Troop of Light Dragoons   1778-1781 Provincial
Turks Island Company   1781-1783 Provincial
United Corps of Pennsylvania and Maryland Loyalists
(see Maryland Loyalists and Pennsylvania Loyalists)
  1780 Provincial
Uzal Ward's Company of Refugees   1780-1783 Associators
Van Alstine's Batteau Company   1777-1778
1778-1780(?)
Local
Provincial
Virginia Light Horse   1776 Local
Virginia Volunteers   1781 Local
Volunteers of Augusta   1781-1782 Local
Volunteers of Ireland
(aka 2nd American Regiment; 105th Regiment)
  1778-1782

1782-1784
Provincial

Regular
Volunteers of New England   1781-1782 Provincial
Westchester Chasseurs   1777 Militia
West Florida Militia   1778-1781 Militia
West Florida Provincials   1778-1781 Local
West Florida Refugees   1777-1781 Local
West Florida Royal Foresters   1780-1782 Provincial
West Jersey Volunteers   1778 Provincial

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