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The 6th Virginia Regiment was raised on December 28, 1775, at Williamsburg, Virginia, for service with the Continental Army.The regiment would see action at the Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston.
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 4th Virginia Regiment absorbed the 8th Virginia Regiment of 1777. (The 5th Virginia Regiment was consolidated with the 3rd Virginia Regiment). (The 6th Virginia Regiment was consolidated with the 2nd Virginia Regiment). The 7th Virginia Regiment of 1777 was redesignated the 5th Virginia Regiment of 1779. (The 8th Virginia Regiment was ...
4th Virginia Regiment (1776). Colonel Adam Stephen: February 13, 1776; Colonel Thomas Elliott: September 3, 1776. (Assigned to the Main Army on September 3, 1776). 5th Virginia Regiment (1776). Colonel William Peachy: February 13, 1776; Colonel Charles Scott: May 7, 1776. (Assigned to the Main Army on September 3, 1776). 6th Virginia Regiment ...
Sixth Company of the First Battalion Of ... Rawling's Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment (six companies, 1778 ... (2nd Albany County Militia Regiment), 1777–80;
Mordecai Buckner (ca. 1735 – 1787) [1] was born in colonial Virginia and served as an officer in the French and Indian War. After the start of the American Revolutionary War he was appointed colonel of the 6th Virginia Regiment. He served in this capacity for about one year before he was cashiered and dismissed from the Continental Army.
On 13 August 1776, Parker became a major in the 6th Virginia Regiment. [6] This regiment was transferred to Adam Stephen's brigade in George Washington's main army on 3 September 1776. [7] The 6th Virginia, only 191 men strong, under Colonel Mordecai Buckner is noted in the order of battle for the Battle of Trenton on 26 December 1776. [8]
By 11 September 1777, he was transferred of the 1st Virginia Regiment, Virginia Continental Line, serving in the regiment during the Battle of Brandywine and on 29 September 1777, Hendricks was promoted as its Colonel. Unfortunately, Hendricks leadership was again tested when he was wounded at the Battle of Germantown on 4 October 1777 and ...