The King's Royal Regiment of New York, also known as the Royal Yorkers, King's Royal Yorkers or Johnson's Greens, was one of the first Loyalist regiments, raised on 19 June 1776, in the British colony
Private of the King's Royal Regiment of New York, 1776 by Charles M. Lefferts
Sir John Johnson 1792
Encampment of the Loyalists at Johnstown, 1784 by James Peachey
Butler's Rangers
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Butler's Rangers was a Loyalist provincial military unit of the American Revolutionary War, raised by American loyalist John Butler. Most members of the regiment were Loyalists from upstate New York a
King's Royal Regiment of New York
…Brigadier General Barry St. Leger, and saw action at the Battle of Oriskany. Along with their Haudenosaunee allies and other provincial regiments such as Butler's Rangers, the regiment took part in a series of raids, mostly in the Mohawk Valley. The regiment played a major role in the 1780 large-scale raid on the Schoharie…
A soldier in Butler's Rangers during the American Revolutionary War, wearing a green wool coat, buff trousers, and a brass regimental plate on a round wool hat, from a 1910 painting by American artist Charles M. Lefferts.
A likeness of Sgt. Jacob Dittrick, in Butler's Rangers uniform, by Canadian artist, Garth Dittrick
Butler's Barracks in Niagara-on-the-Lake