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The 7th Virginia Regiment was raised on January 11, ... James Patton, The Life of Andrew Jackson (New York: Mason Bros., 1869), 89. ... Tarleton was reprimanded by ...
The 7th continued the fight in the Petersburg trenches south of the James River and around Appomattox. The regiment sustained 47 casualties at First Manassas, 77 at Williamsburg, 111 at Frayser's Farm, 59 at Second Manassas, and 4 at Fredericksburg. About 40% of the 335 engaged at Gettysburg were disabled.
3rd Virginia Brigade: Brigadier General William Woodford (absent) [25] [26] 3rd Virginia Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel T. Will Heth [27] 7th Virginia Regiment, Colonel Alexander McClanachan [24] 11th Virginia Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Christian Febiger; 15th Virginia Regiment; 4th Virginia Brigade: Brigadier General Charles Scott. 4th ...
The 7th Virginia Regiment (1781) (Constituted by redesignation of the 9th Virginia Regiment of 1779). The 8th Virginia Regiment (1779). (The 9th Virginia Regiment of 1779 was redesignated the 7th Virginia Regiment of 1781). (The 10th Virginia Regiment of 1779 was disbanded). (The 11th Virginia Regiment of 1779 was disbanded).
Turner Ashby Private David Bowman of Company I, 7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment. The 7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment also known as Ashby's Cavalry [1] was a Confederate cavalry regiment raised in the spring of 1861 by Colonel Angus William McDonald [2] The regiment was composed primarily of men from the counties of the Shenandoah Valley as well as from the counties of Fauquier and Loudoun.
4th American Regiment (formerly the King's American Regiment, placed on British establishment, in 1782, possibly as the 110th Regiment of Foot) (1776-1783) 5th American Regiment (formerly the British Legion , placed on British establishment, in 1782, as Tarleton's Dragoons ) (1777-1782)
Tarleton commanded the British Legion, a primarily Loyalist provincial regiment. The force he took in pursuit of Buford consisted of 170 Legion and British Army dragoons, 100 mounted British Legion infantry, and a three-pounder cannon. [1] [7] Tarleton reached Camden late on May 28, and set off in pursuit of Buford around midnight early the ...
Williams was alerted to Tarleton's approach, and managed to withdraw most of his men across the ford, where they established a defensive line. Tarleton's men then drove the last of Williams' light infantry across the river. Tarleton sent a company of men from the 23rd Regiment under James Webster to storm across the ford.