| 1KRR | 1st Battalion, King’s Royal Regiment of New York |
| 2KRR | 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Regiment of New York |
| 1NH | 1st Regiment, New Hampshire Continental Line |
| 2NH | 2nd Regiment, New Hampshire Continental Line |
| 1NY | First Regiment, New York Continental Line |
| 1–5NY | First to Fifth Regiments, New York Continental Line |
| 1RI | 1st Regiment, Rhode Island Continental Line |
| 2RI | 2nd Regiment, Rhode Island Continental Line |
| 2-I-C | Second-in-Command |
| 6NID | Six Nations’ Indian Department |
| 84RHE | 84th Regiment, Royal Highland Emigrants |
| 1/84RHE | 1st battalion, 84th Regiment |
| ACM | Albany County Militia |
| 1–17ACM | 1st to 17th ACM Regiments |
| BR | (John Butler’s regiment) Butler’s Rangers |
| C-in-C | Commander-in-Chief |
| CO | Commanding Officer |
| CT | Connecticut |
| DQMG | Deputy Quartermaster General |
| GO | General Orders |
| HQ | Headquarters |
| KLA | (Eben Jessup’s) King’s Loyal Americans |
| KR | (James Rogers’s) 2nd Battalion, King’s Rangers |
| KRR | (Sir John Johnson’s) King’s Royal Regiment of New York |
| LR | (Edward Jessup’s) Loyal Rangers |
| MA | Massachusetts |
| OC | Officer Commanding |
| pdr | pounder (weight of solid shot capable of being fired from a gun) |
| QID | Quebec Indian Department |
| QM | Quartermaster |
| QMG | Quartermaster General |
| QLR | (John Peters’s) Queen’s Loyal Rangers |
| RHE | (Allan Maclean’s) Royal Highland Emigrants |
| RIR | The Rhode Island Continental Regiment |
| Royal Yorkers | King’s Royal Regiment of New York |
| RN | Royal Navy |
| TCM | Tryon County Militia |
| 1–4TCM | First to Fourth TCM Regiments |
| WL | Willett’s Levies |
