NY MILITIA

The militia normally provided support in skirmishes and battles in their area and controlled areas that would of otherwise have fallen to the British. They could be called upon at any time, for any length of time, but could be required to serve only three months out of state.

Any able-bodied man had to serve when "warned" unless he was incapacitated. If incapacitated he had to contribute toward furnishing and equipping another man.

Albany County Militia

ASSOCIATED EXEMPTS

In 1778 the Associated Exempts were created. This group consisted of all persons who were under the age of sixty who had held a military or civil commission and all others between fifty and sixty. They were a reserve to be called out only in time of invasion by the enemy.

FERNOW, Berthold, and Edmond B. O'Callaghan, ed. New York State Archives: "Documents Relating to the
Colonial History of the State of New York, Vol XV, New York in the Revolution, vol I." Albany, NY State Library University: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1887.

New York Comptroller's Office. "New York in the Revolution as Colony and State: A Compilation of Documents and Records from the Office of the Comptroller." 2 vols. Albany, NY: J.B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1901-1904. vol I is edited by James A. Roberts, vol II is edited by Erastus Knight.

ROBERTS, James A. "New York in the Revolution as Colony and State." Second Ed. Albany, NY: Press of Brandown Printing Company, 1898.