Captain Samuel Lapsley, February 1778 12th Virginia Regiment Company Commanders[5] Posted on February 22, 2021 September 2, 2021 by Michele Murphy. Virginia's Soldiers in the Revolution. Bibliography (Continued) The Regiment was authorized on December 28, 1775 in the Continental Army as the 3rd Virginia Regiment. Under this resolve, the Virginia quota was reduced from fifteen infantry regiments to eleven. 267-281 (15 pages) https://www.jstor.org/stable/4243207 About this issue Terms and copyright This item is openly available as part of an Open JSTOR Collection. The Regiment was authorized on January 11, 1776 in the Virginia State Troops as the 8th Virginia Regiment. To George Washington from George Slaughter, 1 February 1778 - Archives Captain Steven Ashby Copyright 2017 RevolutionaryWar.us | All Rights Reserved, The First Virginia Regiment of Foot 1775-1783, Daniel Morgan's Independent Rifle Company, The Regiment was authorized on August 21, 1775 in the Virginia State Troops as the 2nd Virginia Regiment, Organized on October 21, 1775 at Williamsburg to consist of 7 companies, Adopted on November 1, 1775 into the Continental Army, Reorganized on January 11, 1776 to consist of 10 companies, It was assigned on February 27, 1776 to the, It was assigned on May 22, 1777 to the 2nd Virginia Brigade, an element of the Main Continental Army, Consolidated on May 12, 1779 with the 6th Virginia Regiment (see, Relieved on December 4, 1779 from assignment to the 1st Virginia Brigade and assigned to the, Captured on May 12, 1780 by the British Army at. 8th Company - Capt. Captain Andrew Wallace One author has described the conditions of serving at the front - Winchester, in Frederick County - in 1757: Nearly all the militia remained law abiding in their idleness except the contingent from Prince William County who became violently abusive in claiming their superiority not only to the privates but also the officers of the Virginia Regiment. The 3rd Virginia Detachment would be formed under Colonel Abraham Buford and was composed of elements of the 7th Virginia, as well as various pieces of other units. [2] In the White Plains rearrangement the Virginia Line was reorganized thus: The Virginia regiments were still understrength and continued to dwindle in 1779, reduced to a fraction of their paper strength; at this point, regimental history becomes very confusing to track. Virginia was called upon to contribute fifteen of these regiments. The County Lieutenant was often a candidate for the House of Burgesses, and strict discipline of essentially volunteer soldiers was rare. The unit was organized on 12 February 1777 at Fort Pitt in present-day western Pennsylvania to consist of nine companies of troops from the far-western Virginia counties (now parts of West Virginia and western Pennsylvania). Relieved on May 22, 1777 from Stephen's Brigade and assigned to the 1st Virginia Brigade, an element of the. General Pay Roll of the 12th Virginia Regiment in the service of the United States. 14th Virginia Regiment | Military Wiki | Fandom Posted on February 23, 2021 September 1, 2021 by Michele Murphy. To George Washington from Colonel William Russell, 20 December - Archives State Government Records Collection. The battle of Harlem Heights Captain Johnathan Langdon, November 1777 12th Virginia Regiment Company Commanders[2] Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Virginia_Regiment, RevWarTalk Community Guidelines Privacy Terms info@revwartalk.com.
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