Riedesel Freiherr zu Eisenbach (Brunswicker) 1st (Brunswick) Brigade, commanded by Brigadegeneral Johann Friedrich von Specht Musketeerregiment von Rhetz (Brunswick) Musketeerregiment von Specht (Brunswick) Musketeerregiment von Riedesel (Brunswick) 2nd Brigade, commanded by Brigadegeneral Wilhelm von Gall (Hesse-Hanau) Musketeerregiment von Prinz Fiederich (Brunswick) Musketeerregiment von Erbprinz (Hesse-Hanau) Reserve (Germans), commanded by Oberstleutnant Heinrich von Breymann Brunswickdragoonregiment von Ludwig Grenadierbataillon von Breymann (Brunswick) Füsilierbataillon von Barner (Brunswick) Jägerbataillon von Schottelius Campaigns On May 10, 1775, Fort Ticonderoga was captured from the British. Major General Philip Schuyler was appointed department commander on June 25, 1775. On June 28, 1775 the New York Provincial Congress authorized the raising of the four regiments of the New York Line. The major campaigns are divided as follows: New York and New Jersey campaign Saratoga campaign Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War after Saratoga After War years This department was the only one to remain after the war. The last elements of the Continental Army were kept to guard the western frontier outposts. See also List of American Revolutionary War battles Departments of the Continental Army References Wright, Robert K. The Continental Army. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, 1983. Available, in part, online.