Volunteers were recruited by town and the 11 companies of the regiment were organized by region: * Company A: Hudson, Ghent, Chatham, Austerlitz, New Lebanon, Canaan, Germantown and Claverack * Company B: Washington, Amenia, Dover, Pawling, North East, Stanford and Pine Plains * Company C: Rhinebeck, Milan, Red Hook, Clinton, Stanford, and Hyde Park * Company D: Poughkeepsie, Hyde Park, Beekman, Fishkill, Pine Plains, Pleasant Valley, Clinton, Livingston, Greenport and LaGrange * Company E: Kinderhook, Chatham, Valatie, Hillsdale and Austerlitz * Company F: Fishkill, Pawling, Pine Plains, North East, Washington, Amenia and Hudson * Company G: Stuyvesant, Hudson, Ancram, Clermont, Taghkanick, Gallatin, Claverack, New Lebanon, Stockport, Ghent and Hillsdale * Co