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In September 1778 the Virginia Line was in the vicinity of White Plains, New York, after serving at the Battle of Monmouth. New commissions issued at this time were dated September 14, 1778. [2] In the White Plains rearrangement the Virginia Line was reorganized thus: The 1st Virginia Regiment absorbed the 9th Virginia Regiment of 1777.
The Virginia elements of the Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment were consolidated after 16 November 1776 as Captain Gabriel Long’s Detachment and transferred in 12 February 1777 to the 11th Virginia Regiment, Colonel Daniel Morgan commanding; disbanded in May 1778 with personnel transferred to other elements of the 11th (later 7th) Virginia ...
Fort Worth was a timber and earthwork fortification constructed west of Alexandria, Virginia as part of the defenses of Washington, D.C. during the American Civil War. Built in the weeks following the Union defeat at Bull Run , Fort Worth was situated on a hill north of Hunting Creek , and Cameron Run, (which feeds into it).
The 14th Virginia Regiment was raised on September 16, 1776, in western Virginia for service with the Continental Army. [1] The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine , Battle of Germantown , Battle of Monmouth , and Siege of Charleston . [ 2 ]
Capt. Goldsborough's Company, Talbot County 1776 [82] [83] Richardson's Caroline County Company, 1776 [84] Capt. Fiddeman's Company [85] Burk's Dorchester County Company, 1776 [86] Creager's Frederick County-Middle District, 1776 [87] Rawling's Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment (six companies, 1778) [88]
The regiment originated from the Charles City-Henrico County Regiment of Militia founded in 1652. During the French and Indian War, the Virginia Regiment was organized and was the only colonial regiment incorporated into the British line (1754-1763) and saw action at the Battle of Jumonville Glen, Fort Necessity, and the Braddock and Forbes expeditions.
The 15th Virginia Regiment was authorized on September 16, 1776, as a part of the Virginia Line for service with the Continental Army under the command of Col. David Mason of Sussex County. All or part of the regiment saw action at Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and the Siege of Charleston where all of the Regiment was captured in the last ...
Gist's Additional Continental Regiment was an American infantry unit that served for four years in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.Authorized in January 1777, the unit was intended to be made up of four companies of light infantry and 500 Indian scouts.