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The 7th Virginia Regiment was raised on January 11, 1776, at Gloucester, Virginia, for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine , Battle of Germantown (after which it wintered at Valley Forge [ 1 ] ), Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston .
The department was the organizing unit for regiments raised in Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia. Virginia infantry. 1st Virginia Regiment (1776). Colonel James Read. (Assigned to the Main Army on July 20, 1776). 2nd Virginia Regiment (1776). Colonel William Woodford. (assigned to the Main Army on December 27, 1776). 3rd Virginia ...
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).
8th Virginia Regiment (1779) (Constituted in Virginia Line by redesignation of 12th Virginia Regiment of 1777. Captured in Siege of Charleston, May 12, 1780. Disbanded January 1, 1783). 9th Virginia Regiment (1779) (Constituted in Virginia Line by redesignation of 13th Virginia Regiment of 1777. Redesignated 7th Virginia Regiment, January 1, 1781).
Revolutionary War units: 6th Regiment of militia, 1780–1781 [8] 7th Regiment of militia, 1782 [8] Abbott's Regiment of militia, 1781 [8] Clark's Company of militia, 1778–1780 [8] Durkee's Company of militia, 1780–1781 [8] Green Mountain Boys, 1777; Herrick's Regiment, 1775–83; Hoar's Company of militia, 1780 [8] Marsh's Regiment, 1777
Infantry units which remained in the British Isles during the war included the 2nd Foot (Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)), the 11th Foot (Devonshires), the 12th Foot (Suffolk), the 25th Foot (King's Own Scottish Borderers) at Sussex, the 32nd Foot at Cornwall, the 36th Foot at Herefordshire, the 39th Foot at East Middlesex, the 41st Foot ...
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.
7th Royal Tank Regiment - World War II British army unit; 7th Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery - World War II Canadian army unit; 2/7th Armoured Regiment (Australia) - World War II unit; 7th Hariana Lancers - British Indian army unit; 7th Light Cavalry - British Indian army unit; 7th Regiment of Foot, later known as the Royal Fusiliers