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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.
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).
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.
Surprised, the 9th was driven farther into the British camp where it was beset by the brigade of Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey and the 2nd British Light Infantry Battalion. After being attacked on all sides and Mathews wounded, the regiment surrendered near Kelly's Hill together with part of the 6th Virginia Regiment. [2]
1st Virginia Regiment; 2nd Virginia Regiment; 3rd Virginia Regiment; 4th Virginia Regiment; 5th Virginia Regiment; 6th Virginia Regiment; 7th Virginia Regiment; 8th Virginia Regiment; 9th Virginia Regiment; 10th Virginia Regiment; 11th Virginia Regiment; 12th Virginia Regiment; 13th Virginia Regiment; 14th Virginia Regiment; 15th Virginia Regiment
1st Virginia Brigade: Brigadier General Peter Muhlenberg [23] 1st Virginia Regiment, Colonel James Hendricks [24] 5th Virginia Regiment, Colonel Josiah Parker [24] 9th Virginia Regiment, Colonel George Mathews (Lt. Col. John Sayres killed in action; Major Levin Joynes captured) [24] 13th Virginia Regiment, Colonel William Russell [24]
The flag of Virginia during the American Civil War An unidentified soldier in a Confederate States Army uniform with state of Virginia buttons. Virginia provided the following units to the Virginia Militia and the Provisional Army of the Confederate States (PACS), part of the Confederate States Army, during the American Civil War.
The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Virginia Brigades were led by Peter Muhlenberg, George Weedon, and William Woodford, respectively. [7] The other units in Scott's Brigade were the 4th, 8th, and 12th Virginia Regiments [8] and Patton's Additional Continental Regiment. [9]