page_title: Nicholas Fish
section_title: American Revolutionary War
hierarchical_section_title: Nicholas Fish / American Revolutionary War
context_page_description: Nicholas Fish was an American Revolutionary War soldier. He was the first Adjutant General of New York.
context_section_description: In 1776 he was appointed by then brigadier general Scott aide-de-camp on his staff.  On August 21, 1776 Fish was appointed major of the 2nd New York Regiment.
  He served as a division inspector under Major General von Steuben in 1778.  He participated in the battles of Saratoga and Monmouth, in Sullivan's expedition against the Native Americans in 1779, and in the Virginia and Yorktown campaigns, in which he served for a time on the staff of the Marquis de La Fayette.  Along with Alexander Hamilton, he served in New York Militia Hearts of Oak (1st Battalion/5th Field Artillery Regiment).  Nicholas Fish's portrait can be seen at far right bottom row of John Trumbull's Surrender of Lord Cornwallis painting.
  Fish was an original member of the New York Society of the Cincinnati and served as its president from 1797 to 1804, and from 1805 to 1806.  His son, Hamilton Fish, would serve as the Society's President General from 1854 to 1893.
caption: The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, October 19, 1781, by John Trumbull
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