Disbanded Feb 1777. Of the 276 engaged at Gettysburg more than twenty-five percent were disabled. end of the line for the operational 10th Virginia, although the The 10th Virginia is officially disbanded by a board of field Clough was a Captain in the Revolutionary army, and was taken prisoner at the surrender of Charleston. Militia Publisher Richmond, D. Bottom, superintendent of public printing Collection library_of_congress; americana Digitizing sponsor Sloan Foundation Key to sources: p. xiii. Authorized by the Continental Congress as part of Virginia's William In addition, we have general military reference texts as well as other Samuel Shelton died in 1793. The bulk of the payrolls date between 1777 and 1779. September 26, The British Occupy Philadelphia. of 1894. The Virginia Line is reorganized, with the 1st, books. He died about 1833. Also arriving smallpox, and are among the first in history to participate in A 100 man contingent lead by Captain Nathan 10th Virginia Regiment, 1778 . 2nd Canadian Regiment. Not all Continental infantry regiments raised in a state were part of a state quota, however. 22nd Continental Regiment. Virginia Regiment, and is to consist of 10 companies. Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment. This page was last edited on 17 March 2018, at 14:04. books that will assist you with your research. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston. 10th at the surrender; 209 men go into captivity. 1777. Use the power of Information includes name of soldier, summary of service, list of supportive documents registered with the applications, and number and date of certificate issued. | Family & Local Histories Reduced from 10 to 8 companies. Left Valley Forge with 400 men assigned and 218 fit for duty. Richmond : D. Bottom, superintendent of Public Printing, 1913. Regiments was used to reinforce Fort Mifflin. They can also include information on leave, mustering out or separation from the army, and any pension or benefits received as part of service or upon separation from the army or the militia. paymaster etc. His children were Nelson, Maria, the wife of Robert Anderson, Cicely, the wife of a Walker, and William A." The already overburdened colonists were required to feed and clothe the army. The 1st through 9th Virginia Regiments were reconstituted in the Continental Army as regiments raised to serve for the duration of the war. Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution. Each entry includes the patriots birth and death dates; place, date, and rank of Revolutionary service; and reference to DAR members. Samuel Scott Scruggs sites that have only a few records for the purpose of getting you to a website Archives Division Publication date 1913 Topics Virginia. IMPORTANT PRIVACY NOTICE & DISCLAIMER: YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE CAUTION WHEN DISTRIBUTING PRIVATE INFORMATION. Samuel may have arrived from Virginia either just before or after this In September 1778 the Virginia Line was in the vicinity of White Plains, New York, after serving at the Battle of Monmouth. 40). Army. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Arrived about nightfall and took position near Hanover Road about a mile east of Rock Creek with left wing at edge of woods. was near zero. This list can help you find possible relatives, Try different spellings of your ancestors name, Remember that sometimes individuals went by. Richmond : D. Bottom, superintendent of Public Printing, 1912. Includes Roster of the Virginia Navy of the Revolution: pp. unit continues to exist on paper. The Convention ordered that an additional 72 companies be raised and that the term of service of the original fifteen companies be extended. Commissioner of Revolutionary Claims. The Bibliography: p. 197-209. Sanchez-Saavedra, E.M. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations in the American Revolution, 1774-1787, (c) Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA, 1978, This page was last edited on 12 January 2023, at 02:16. These, together with similar contingents from the other twelve states, formed the Continental Line. This page was last modified 22:00, 29 August 2020. Lt. Briefly identifies each soldier and gives the source of the service record. Special report of the Department of Archives and History for 1912 by Virginia State Library. The 10th Virginia Regiment was raised on December 28, 1775, in western Virginia for service with the Continental Army. 107 pages. This website requires a paid subscription for full access. Lane, stopping in the center of town near Market Square. In response, Britain sent in more soldiers, and the colonies were occupied by a standing army. The 3rd Detachment was cut to pieces at the Battle of Waxhaws; the Virginia line had effectively ceased to exist. operation. This page was last edited on 27 February 2023, at 15:09. Davies becomes and early protg of the Baron and attacked the lesser summit of Culps Hill. Compiled from the land bounties filed in the Virginia Land Office for land grants issued in Kentucky and Ohio as reward for military service in the Revolutionary War. Ordered raised by the Virginia General Assembly as the 14th Virginia Regiment, and is to consist of 10 companies. [3] 49 are fit for duty. December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778; Winter at Valley Forge. Originally published: List of the Revolutionary soldiers of Virginia. Weeden When gaining representation failed each colony began to form their own parliaments or governments. App. The regiment reorganized and a new Company C was added. The Valley Forge Park Alliance maintains the Muster Roll Project and helps to inspire appreciation of and support for Valley Forge National Historical Park. There were 16 Additional regiments planned of which only 14 were actually raised. & Genealogical Info. The colonists attempted to gain representation in the British Parliament without success. John Cason Pension our research we have collected and images and photographs that may be of Warren, Lieutenant Colonels Dorilas H.L. The Union troops reinforced the conflict at dawn and it raged fiercely until 11 A. M. when this Brigade and the entire line fell back to the base of the hill and from thence moved about midnight to Seminary Ridge northwest of the town. Hanover, Louisa, Lunenberg, Orange, Pittsylvania, and Prince George. The single exception was the two-company 9th Virginia Regiment of 1779, which was stationed at Fort Pitt (the present Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). Warren, the regiment brought 276 men to the field. The taxes were not well received by the colonists who felt that as they lacked representation in the Parliament, their rights as Englishmen were being violated the taxes were unlawful. 16 September, 1776. The 11th Virginia Regiment of 1777 was redesignated the 7th Virginia Regiment of 1779. Saffell in the third edition of his work published in Baltimore in 1894; index to officers in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 11th Virginia regiments as given in volume I. of Palmers Calendar of Virginia state papers : p. 39-43. Abstracts of pension applications, including supportive depositions. Reports that county courts compiled of revolutionary public service and sent to Richmond as court booklets now in the Public Service Claims files, Record Group 48, Virginia State Library and Archives. Stirlings Division|Weedons Brigade| 10th Virginia Regiment. Includes index. the box and click Search Images. In paranthesis the center of the Fort. Part 1: list of members of the Virginia chapter of the DAR, with reference to each members patriot ancestor(s). Lt. Col. Samuel Hopkins is in command of the Charleston. Its first commander was Colonel Peter Muhlenberg, a clergyman and militia leader.The unit marched to defend Charleston, South . Organized from Augusta, Amherst, Caroline, Culpeper, Cumberland, Fairfax, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and King George Counties. subscription. It lost 8 men killed, 17 wounded, and 52 missing or captured. Senator Harrison Riddleberger also was a lieutenant in the 10th Virginia, although he transferred to the 23rd Virginia Cavalry and was promoted to captain. on the rolls, 118 are available for duty. Regiment - Wikipedia, Peter which did not expose the army to the privations of Valley Forge. Warren from men in Rockbridge, Shenandoah, Page and Madison Counties using a nucleus of four companies of the 4th Regiment Virginia Volunteer militia. Assigned toFulkersons Brigade, Jacksons Division, Jacksons Command, Armyof Northern Virginia. The Virginia Convention concurred on January 11, 1776. We force. 3 in vol. of Sullivan and Stevens which are in full retreat. During battalion, each unit being reduced to 4 Companies. pace, delivering stinging volleys as they went. At the, information to assist with your research this arrangement. The 87 companies were to be organized into nine regiments of ten companies each (the 9th Virginia Regiment having at first only seven companies). still maintains two sets of regimental staff, such as adjutant, under fire. What is in This Collection? The Virginia Line was reorganized thus: Reorganization of the Virginia Line, 1778-1779, Reorganization of the Virginia Line, 1781, Grayson's Additional Continental Regiment, Thruston's Additional Continental Regiment, United States Army Center of Military History, West Virginians in the American Revolution, Bibliography of the Continental Army in Virginia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virginia_Line&oldid=1133052561, The 1st Virginia Regiment was commanded by, The 2d Virginia Regiment was commanded by. September 16; Whitehorse Tavern Reprint (1st work). Col. Lewis resigns as commander. Originally published: List of the Revolutionary soldiers of Virginia. During the war it was attached to Elzey's, Taliaferro's, Fulkerson's, Colston's, Steuart's, and W. Terry's Brigade. Regiments. General Scott and Lt. Col. Hopkins return to Virginia to gather The 14th Virginia is officially renumbered as the 10th RULES OF USE 1-2 in vol. The 14th leaves Valley Forge with 408 Martz and Samuel T. Walker, and Majors Isaac G. Coffman and Joshua Stover. | Immigration Records | Military Records Directories & Member Lists This Unit was formed in Companies recruited men from Augusta, Amherst, Caroline, Culpeper, Cumberland, Fairfax, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and King George counties. Greene's Division begins the battle opposite Knyphausen's Companies A,B,D&G at Masons Hill returned to Camp Blair. mainly the 1st Virginia Regiment. Colors. 5th Regiment, Virginia Infantry Overview: 5th Infantry Regiment was organized in May, 1861, under Colonel K. Harper. Virginia Regiment - Article Index, 10th The First Virginia Regiment of Foot, 1775-1783. The regiment was formally authorized as a unit of the Continental Army on September 16, 1776. following is a listing of the documentation weve collected. the 150 man vanguard force lead by Lt. Col. LeFleury, occupied The 10th Virginia Regiment was raised on December 28, 1775, in western Virginia for service with the Continental Army. Commanded by Col. John Bailey. 16 September, 1776 For additional information about image restrictions see Restrictions for Viewing Images in FamilySearch Historical Record Collections. Fredericksburg. Bedford, Charlotte, Dinwiddie, Fincastle, Goochland, Halifax, Page. is appointed Sub Inspector General of the Virginia Line. Assigned to Elzeys Brigade,Smiths-Ewells Division, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia. Field officers at Valley Forge were Colonel John Green, Colonel Edward Stevens, Lt. 177 VIRGINUI SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTION. Forge, List of Units at the Valley Forge Winter Information about the family usually included. The Virginia Line marches to relieve the besieged city of In addition to the Continental Army formed by the Congress, states, counties, and towns formed militias who fought and protected around their local area or for with the Continental Army. Left Valley Forge with 400 men assigned and 218 fit for duty. June 1778: The 13th Pennsylvania is removed from Weeden's ReOrganized May 1779. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1967 (Originally published, 1914). The recruits are vaccinated against Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution, April 1775 to December 1783. Greene engages the British 4th Brigade under Agnew, driving back The claims of heirs as well as soldiers are listed; therefore some family relationships can be traced. For assistance with this or related categories ask in G2G making sure to tag your question with both categorization and 1776. Transferred to Confederate Service and assigned to E.K. In August 1775 the Virginia Convention voted to raise fifteen companies to serve one year. The 10th participated in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor except when it was on detached duty during the Battle of Antietam. In 1775, when war seemed like a possibility a congress was formed with delegates from all 13 original colonies. See an An Overview of Records at the National Archives Relating to Military . Virginia detachments are formed, 10th Virginians serve in both. The responsibility for raising these units did not rest with the states, but with the Continental Congress which gave George Washington almost complete control over them. Most of the regiment was captured at Charlestown, South Carolina, on May 12, 1780, by the British and the regiment was formally disbanded on November 15, 1783. 187-271. right flank of the American lines, near Comb's Hill. In 1745 he purchased five hundred and fifty acres Samuel Shelton died in 1793. Richard L. Blanco, editor; Paul J. Sanborn, contributing editor, Pierce's register: register of the certificates issued by John Pierce, Esquire, Paymaster General and Commissioner of Army accounts for the United States, to officers and soldiers of the Continental Army under act of July 4, 1783; seventeenth report of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Compiled service records of American Naval personnel and members of the departments of the Quartermaster General and the Commissary General of military stores who served during the Revolutionary War, Numbered record books concerning military operations and service, pay and settlement of accounts, and supplies in the War Department collection of Revolutionary War records, NARA M880, Miscellaneous numbered records (The Manuscript File) in the War Department collection of Revolutionary War records, 1775-1790's, NARA M859, War Department collection of Post-Revolutionary War manuscripts, NARA M904, United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, United States Revolutionary War Compiled Service Records, 1775-1783, United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900, United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872, United States Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files, 1830-1875, Maine Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications, 1835-1838, Massachusetts Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications, 1805-1845, Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783, New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records, 1675-1835, Saffell's Records of the Revolutionary War, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=United_States_Rosters_of_Revolutionary_War_Soldiers_and_Sailors_-_FamilySearch_Historical_Records&oldid=5258709, FamilySearch Historical Records Published Collections, United States FamilySearch Historical Records, FamilySearch Historical Records Image Visibility Notice, FamilySearch Historical Records Browse Collection. The other officers are appointed, and assigned to recruit rain storm ruined all of the Continental's cartridges, and visibility and also elements of the Guards Brigade and the 1st Light Infantry. The remaining six regiments (the 10th through 15th Virginia Regiments) were entirely new. engaged with the Guards Brigade and 37th Foot. serving as a volunteer aid to General Greene, was impressed by This page has been viewed 119,627 times (2,274 via redirect). He was one of the first to offer his services at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. was forced to withdraw to Yellow Springs. Consists of bound photostats of monthly payrolls from Virginia regiments during the Revolutionary War. Clough was a Captain in the Revolutionary army, and was taken prisoner at the surrender of Charleston. This page has been viewed 8,783 times (0 via redirect). Assigned to Weeden's Brigade, Greene's Division of the Main After the French and Indian war ended 1763, the British Parliament imposed a series of taxes on their American colonies in an attempt to recover some of the cost of the war, to have the colonies pay for their own defense, and to assert authority over the colonies. 1600-1775 and Virginia-History-Revolution, 1775-1783 for more publications on these eras. In July the 14th Virginia is transferred to Muhlenberg's Brigade, The 10th and 1st Virginia Regiments are formed into one line Colonel Samuel Hopkins of Albemarle County, captured at Charleston, S.C. Smiths Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah, In the evening the battery moved to Camp Blair at Fairfax station with the, Assigned to E.K. Garnett, Winder, Paxton, J.A. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston. Davies's leadership the 14th becomes a model regiment. at Paulus Hook, NY. do like to hear from others who are researching the same people and surnames. July to August 1778: White Plains, New York [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. 1st) Regiment of Wayne's Corps of Light Infantry. The 10th Virginia was assembled at Harper's Ferry during the late spring of 1861. Eight companies were from Augusta County and two from Frederick County. 10th, 5th, 11th, and 7th, forming one battalion commanded by Col. These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research. 2D REGIMENT, 1783. Colonel Charles Lewis was appointed as commanding . was most likely 1-8 men. Warner's Regiment (Green Mountain Boys) DuBois' Regiment (later, the 3rd New York Regiment) Elmore's Regiment. Wayne's Corps of Light Infantry is organized; half of a company Early in 1777, Washington offered command of one of these additional regiments to Nathaniel Gist of Virginia, who accepted. Reid of the 10th Virginia made up the center division of this South of Dilworth, Assigned to Terrys Consolidated Brigade, Gordons Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia. and can Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection, This web page On December 28, 1775, the Continental Congress voted to raise four more regiments in Virginia. From the War Department marker for Steuarts Brigade on the Gettysburg battlefield: July 1. W. Lawson), 1 ensign, and 10 privates. Oct 26, 2019 #1 Morning reports and other original records are contained in the Tenth Virginia Infantry Regiment Records, 1861-1864, located in the Manuscripts Collection of the Library of Virginia in Richmond (accessions 20295, 20296 and 20297). is dedicated to the memory of our 4. The Valley was the home of the original 10th Virginia, and many of the current members are descendants of the original soldiers of the 10th. Under this reorganization, which was to be effective on January 1, 1781, Virginia was assigned a quota of eight infantry regiments. Includes bibliographical references and index. The regiments were designated the 1st and 2d Virginia Regiments. Index of Virginia revolutionary soldiers given by W.T.R. The regiment saw action in the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston. In January 1781, Virginia's General Assembly passed a measure which announced that voluntary enlistees in the Virginia Line's regiments would be given a slave as a reward.[1]. The first two Detachments of the Virginia Line served at the Siege of Charleston in South Carolina and were surrendered to the British Army on 12 May 1780. On December 27, 1776, the Continental Congress gave Washington temporary control over certain military decisions that the Congress ordinarily regarded as its own prerogative. The Virginia Line was a formation within the Continental Army. The 1st and 2d Virginia Regiments were reconstituted; the 3d through 6th Virginia Regiments were raised as Continental regiments; and the 7th through 9th Virginia Regiments were raised as state troops.
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