Fredricksburgh February 20th 1778.
To His Excelency George Clinton Esqr. Governor.
P. S. Sir, if there Be a late act past in Regard of Raising the men and a Bounty for them, please to Convey the Same as I have Had no opportunity of acquainting my Self with it. The Returns of the Regment you Shall Have next week, which Should Have Had Before now, Had it not Been for the neglect of sum of the Captains not sending in their Returns.
Colonel Ludington had, however, rather better success in holding his own regiment together than did some other colonels of militia, as the following return shows:
Return of the Regiment of Militia of the County of Dutchess and State of New York. Command’d by Collonel Henry Ludinton.
Fredricksburgh Precinct March 23rd 1778.
| Field Officers. | Comm’d Officers. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMPANIES | Collonel. | Lieut’t Coll’l. | Major. | Capt’ns. | Lieut’s. | Ensigns. |
| John Crane’s | 1 | 2 | — | |||
| David Waterbury’s | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| John Haight’s | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Hezekiah Meed’s | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| George Lane’s | 1 | — | 1 | |||
| Nathaniel Scribner’s | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Joel Meed’s | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Total Strength of the Regiment | 7 | 12 | 6 | |||
| Staff Officers. | Non Comm’d. | |||||
| COMPANIES | Adjutant. | Surgeon. | Quart’r Master. | Serg’ts. | Drum’rs. | Rank and File. |
| John Crane’s | 4 | 1 | 60 | |||
| David Waterbury’s | 4 | 1 | 57 | |||
| John Haight’s | 4 | 0 | 51 | |||
| Hezekiah Meed’s | 4 | 1 | 74 | |||
| George Lane’s | 4 | 0 | 49 | |||
| Nathaniel Scribner’s | 4 | 2 | 58 | |||
| Joel Meed’s | 3 | 1 | 72 | |||
| Total Strength of the Regiment | 26 | 6 | 421 | |||
Colonel Ludington and his regiment were again called to the defense of the Hudson at Fishkill in June, 1779, on the alarm caused by the British seizure of Verplanck’s Point, and a few days later returned to the vicinity of Crom Pond to resume the local police work which formed so large a part of their duties. There, before daylight of June 24, they were surprised by an attack of about two hundred British cavalry, which had made a dash all the way up from New York. Nearly thirty of the militia were killed and wounded in the sharp skirmish which ensued. At the same time 130 British light infantry came across from Verplanck’s Point and made a demonstration in aid of the cavalry. On another occasion a similar attack was made while the Americans were at breakfast, close by the church, which at the time was used as an arsenal.
After these services the regiment was marched home to Fredericksburgh and for a time disbanded. On this occasion Colonel Ludington wrote to Clinton as follows: