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16 de jun. de 2009 · Archives Division : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. List of the revolutionary soldiers of Virginia. Special report of the Department of Archives and History for 1912. Virginia State Library.
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The Regiment was authorized on August 21, 1775 in the Virginia State Troops as the First Virginia Regiment.
Organized on October 21, 1775 at Williamsburg as a provincial defense unit composed of six musket and two rifle companies under the command of Patrick Henry. Each company was to consist of 68 enlisted men, with officers to include a captain, lieutenant and ensign (second lieutenant). Six of the companies were armed with muskets, and two with rifles...
Relieved on July 20, 1776 from the Southern Department and assigned to the Main Continental Army. It was assigned on Occtober 5, 1776 to Weedon's Brigade, an element of the Main Continental Army. Relieved on October 17, 1776 from Weedon's Brigade and assigned to Stirling's Brigade, an element of the Main Continental Army. Relieved on May 22, 1777 ...
On December 9, 1775, three companies from the First joined the 2nd Virginia Regiment in defeating Dunmore's troops at the Battle of Great Bridge near Norfolk. Dunmore made several more attempts to gain a stronghold on the colony but in August 1776 he abandoned Virginia. By the end of December 1776, Washington's immediate army had shrunk from casual...
On February 15, 1776, the Regiment was accepted into the new Continental Line authorized by Congress in Philadelphia. At this time, Patrick Henry, commander of all the Virginia forces, was given a Continental commission as a Colonel, commanding only the 1st Virginia. Recognizing this as a demotion, Henry refused the commission and resigned effectiv...
In order to avoid a full-scale engagement Washington continued to retreat from Howe's slow-moving British redcoats. On the night of October 21, 600 Continentals, with 160 men from the 1st and 3rd Virginia Regiments attacked a Tory force of about 500 men including Robert Roger's \"Queen's American Rangers.\" The Tories suffered 20 killed and 36 capt...
During the heavy fighting Lieutenant Yates was shot in the side, and as he lay on the ground, the British shot him again in the chest, bayoneted him 13 times and clubbed him in the head. He survived for a week before dying. A tribute to Capt. Fleming read: \"(he) behaved and died as bravely as a Caesar would have done, ordering his men to dress [fo...
Over the next two months, both Washington and Howe looked for favorable opportunities to renew the fighting but neither found one to his liking.
By the end of the afternoon, heat had also taken the lives of men on both sides of the field. Both armies rested overnight and Clinton moved the British on toward New York early the next morning. With the Americans standing up to and repulsing the British the battle was considered a great victory for Washington and his Army.
Hace 4 días · Eckenrode, Hamilton J. Virginia Soldiers in the American Revolution. Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1989. Gwathmey, John H. Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution.
Hace 4 días · Virginia troops fought from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River, and many Virginians provided some form of military or public service. There is no single source or index for Virginia Revolutionary War records, but a wide variety of records are covered in this guide.
19 de jul. de 2023 · Virginia in the Revolutionary War. Contents. 1 Organization. 1.1 History. 1.2 Virginia Military Units. 1.2.1 Regiments. 1.2.2 State Regiments. 1.2.3 Militia. 1.3 Virginia Districts. 2 Battles Fought in Virginia. 3 Resources. 3.1 Service Records. 3.2 Pension Records. 3.3 Bounty Land. 3.4 1840 Census. 3.5 Regimental Rosters. 3.6 Committees of Safety.
Eckenrode, H.J. Virginia Soldiers of the American Revolution. Richmond, VA: Virginia State Library and Archives, 1989. Ref. E 263.V8 E18 1989. Gwathmey, J.H. Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution: … 1775–1783. Richmond, VA: Dietz Press, 1938. Ref. E 263.V8 G9.
Governor Dunmore led the official British forces in Virginia at the start of the American Revolution. Local residents had appointed guards to watch the brick "magazine" in Williamsburg where the colony's muskets and gunpowder were stored, but on the very windy night of April 20, 1775 they abandoned their posts.
