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The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (often abbreviated as DAR or NSDAR) is a lineage-based membership service organization for women who are directly descended from a patriot of the American Revolutionary War. [1] A non-profit group, the organization promotes education and patriotism.
Virginia was called upon to contribute fifteen of these regiments. The 1st through 9th Virginia Regiments were reconstituted in the Continental Army as regiments raised to serve for the duration of the war. The cadres for these regiments were drawn from the regiments which Virginia had sent to the field in 1775 and 1776.
This is a category of officers and soldiers who served as Patriots in the Virginia militia during the American Revolutionary War. People from Virginia who fought in units on the British side are categorized under Category:Loyalists in the American Revolution .
Statue dedicated to the First Virginia Regiment, Meadow Park, Richmond, VA. The First Virginia Regiment is memorialized in a statue in Meadow Park, a triangular park in Richmond’s (VA) Fan District by sculptor Ferruccio Legnaioli. Dedicated on 1 May 1930, to commemorate the regiment for fighting in seven American Wars, including the Civil War ...
George Rogers Clark, led Virginia militia on 1778-79 Illinois campaign, promoted to brigadier general in 1781 by Governor Thomas Jefferson. Robert Lawson; Joseph Martin (Brigadier General of Virginia Militia) Sampson Mathews, lieutenant colonel called on by Thomas Jefferson to resist Benedict Arnold's 1781 invasion of Virginia. [66] [67]
The 5th Virginia Regiment was raised on December 28, 1775, at Richmond, Virginia, for service with the U.S. Continental Army. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Trenton , Battle of Princeton , Battle of Brandywine , Battle of Germantown , Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston .
This does not include officers born in Virginia who served in the regiments of other states. Officers are categorized under the state from which they served, not their place of birth. Virginia militiamen are located in Category:Virginia militiamen in the American Revolution rather than this category. However, officers who held rank in both the ...
The 12th Virginia Regiment was raised on September 16, 1776, at Williamsburg, Virginia, for service with the Continental Army. The regiment saw action in the Battle of Brandywine , Battle of Germantown , Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston .