2006 By the Library of Virginia. Daniel Morgan (in white uniform near front of cannon) led Virginia riflemen that targeted British officers successfully and led to the surrender of British General John Burgoyne's army at Saratoga, New York on October 17, 1777 1776-1783, 8th Virginia Regiment, The 15th Massachusetts Regiment was raised on September 16, 1776, under Colonel Timothy Bigelow at Boston, Massachusetts, as part of Massachusetts contribution to the Resolve of 88 Regiments. The original records are at the Kentucky Land Office in Frankfort, Kentucky. This page was last edited on 9 December 2022, at 11:18. 267-281 Members of the county militia fought in the battles of Camden, Guilford Courthouse, Petersburg, and Yorktown. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. The records in this collection include entire pension files for soldiers and sailors who served . See the Korean War wiki article for information on records and their availability. His army blocked Lord Cornwallis's advance at Guilford Courthouse on March 15, 1781. These are indexed by Willard Rouse Jillson, Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds: A Complete Index to All of the Earliest Land Entries, Military Warrants. Charlottesville . The regiment saw action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, and the Battle of Monmouth. British Brigadier General Benedict ArnoldWhen the interior of Virginia became a genuine target of the British forces in January 1781, Arnold raided Richmond with ease. World War I was a global war fought on multiple continents with several nations involved. ), Revolutionary Virginia, The Road to Independence, Vol. 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. Withers, Alexander Scott, Reuben Gold Thwaites, and Lyman Copeland Draper. Tilley, in both Thighs, in 5 places, one Ball lodged, no fracture. [Report of Dr. William Browne, included as fifth enclosures of letter from Colonel William Woodford, On the Virginia Service, to The Honble The President of the Convention at Wms:burg, with Enclosures, Great Bridge, Decemr, 10th, 1775 in Robert L Scribner and Brent Tarter (eds. Source: John Selbys Revolution in Virginia. Journal of the American Revolution also produces annual hardcover volumes, a branded book series, and the podcast, Dispatches. The 7th Virginia Regiment was raised on January 11, 1776, at Gloucester, Virginia, for service with the Continental Army.The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown (after which it wintered at Valley Forge), Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston.Most of the regiment was captured at Charlestown, South Carolina, on May 12, 1780, by the British and the . We have taken possession of it this morning, and found therein the stores mentioned in the enclosed list, to wit, 7 guns 4 of them bad, 1 bayonet, 19 spades, 2 shovels, 6 cannon, a few shot, some bedding, part of a hogshead of rum, 2 or more barrels, the contents unknown, but supposed to be rum, 2 barrels of bread, about 20 quarters of beef, half a box of candles, 4 or 5 doz. Hamilton, Emory L., Jeffrey C. Weaver, John C. Mullins, and Betty R. Mullins. He was assigned to serve with General Nathaniel Greene in the Southern Army. Survey Report for repairs to be made to the south causeway between the Great Bridge and the old rampart where the causeway ends. Dated July 18, 1787, pursuant to the order of the Norfolk County Court of June 21, 1787 for repairs to be made to the south causeway between the Great Bridge and the old rampart where the causeway ends. (Archives, City of Norfolk). Source: Library of Congress, Continental Congress to George Washington, June 19, 1775, Commission as Commander in Chief. The approved application files are in Bounty Warrants, 1779-1860 FS Library Films 29821-51; index on FS Library Film 29850 for A-Payser and FS Library Film 29851 for Pea-Z). A surveyed map of the Great Bridge area (Stratton, Plan of the Post at Great Bridge ) shows the causeway crossing a small stream about fifty yards from the site of the Patriot fortification. [25] The rest streamed back to Fort Murray, hurried along by fire from the riflemen posted on the small island to the left of the breastwork. Redesignated 11 June 1777 as Late Ottendorf's Corps; Corps broken up in April 1778 and reOrganized and redesignated as Captain Henry Bedkin's Independent Troop of Light Horse and Captain John Paul Schott's and Anthony Selin's Independent Companies (see also, Commanded by Capt's John Paul Schott and Anthony Selin, The regiment was organized in winter and spring 1778 as partisan corps, Adopted June 1778 into Continental Army as Free and Independent Chasseurs, Consolidated Feb 1780 with Pulaski's Legion and redesignated as Armand's Legion (see also. 1778, 4th, 8th, & 12th Virginia Regiment, Required fields are marked *. They marched north too slowly. He recalled his early childhood. 1777-1780, 2nd Virginia State Regiment, His death was reported in the Virginia Gazette. Colonel John Graves SimcoeBritish Queens Rangers made up of exiled Virginians and loyalist New Yorkers and other refugees. Owns Carys Iron Furnace at Falling Creek and Carys Flour Mill. He also . 40). II, List of the Colonial Soldiers of Virginia, Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War, United States Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files, 1830-1875, U.S. On April 27, 1942, the Selective Service conducted the fourth of six draft registrations related to WWII. Lee Camp Soldiers' Home) in Richmond serviced many military veterans between the 1870s and 1940s. War Department. He served as a Captain of Militia in the War of 1812. . And this he did amidst a shower of bullets.. The Patriot response had been to send a force of about 215 riflemen and light troops under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Scott to confront Dunmores forces at the Great Bridge and keep them from raiding into the countryside. 1790) clearly knew Thomas Nash well. To honor his memory for his virtues, his patriotism, his Charity his Manners I partly write this note. Consists of bound photostats of monthly payrolls from Virginia regiments during the Revolutionary War. These certificates are also filmed by number on FS Library films 29635-7. The bridge over that stream would have made an ideal range marker. May provide the soldier's or sailor's unit which can help to find pension records but does not give information about other members of the soldier's family. That was not surprising. Index Entries. 1780, Consolidated June 1778 and Redesignated from, reOrganized on Sep 1780 into two companies under Captains Robert Kirkwood and Peter Jaquett and renamed, Commanded by Col. John White; Authorized Feb 1777, The regiment was organized in summer & fall 1777, Ceased to function as an effective force after the, Commanded by Col. Mordecai Gist; Authorized Sep. 1776, Commanded by Col. Josias Hall; Authorized Sep. 1776, Commanded by Col. William Richardson; Authorized Sep. 1776, Commanded by Col. Otho H. Williams; Authorized Sep. 1776, Commanded by Col. John Gunby; Authorized Sep. 1776, ReOrganized May 1779; Ceased to function as an effective force after the, Commanded by Col. Ichabod Allen; Authorized Sep 1776 from new recruits and, The regiment was organized in spring 1777, Commanded by Col. H. Jackson;On 23 July 1780, Henry Jackson's Additional Continental Regiment was accepted into the Massachusetts Line and redesignated the 16th Massachusetts Regiment, Commanded by Col. Spencer; Authorized Jan 1777, Merged with Forman's and part of Malcom's Additional Regiments, Commanded by Col.s John Stark, Joseph Cilley, Enoch Poor, and Alexander Scammel, Commanded by Col. Lewis Dubois; Authorized Nov 1776, Commanded by Col.s Francis Nash and Thomas Clarke, Captured at Charlestown May 1780 (see also, Commanded by Col.s Alexander Martin and John Patton, Captured at Charlestown May 1780; (see also, Merged with the 1st thru 3d North Carolina Regiments May 1778; see also, Merged with the 1st thru 3d North Carolina Regiments May 1778 (see also, Commanded by Col. Abraham Shephard; Authorized Apr. The first regiment was to consist of 544 rank and file, with a colonel, lieutenant- colonel, major, 8 captains, 16 lieutenants, and 8 ensigns; and the second of 476 rank and file, with seven companies and corresponding officers. British Commander General William PhillipsTakes over command from Arnold in March at Portsmouth. Colonel Abraham Buford led the Third Virginia Detachment, with two companies of the 2nd Virginia Regiment and 40 Virginia Light Dragoons. Unlike the September regiments, the "sixteen additional regiments," the artillery regiments, and the light horse were Organized directly by Continental authority rather than by the authority of the state governments and were placed completely under Washington's control. The National Archives also has an alphabetical index, numerical register, and survey register that can help you find a warrant in this collection. FS Library fiche 6051260; book 976.9 R22j. At the age of eight he was apprenticed to Joshua Gammon, a carter and wagon master. 15TH VIRGINIA REGIMENT Lafayette's Division | Woodford's Brigade | 15th Virginia Regiment History Organized February 1777 from Chesterfield, Brunswick, Southampton, King William, Nansemond, Princess Anne, Isle of Wright, Surry, Sussex, Westmoreland, Northumberland and Richmond Counties, and Boro of Norfolk. He was Captain of the first volunteer company raised in Albemarle, Lieutenant Colonel of the first regiment formed, and afterwards Colonel of the Fourteenth Virginia. has reconstructed muster rolls for the 1st-15th Virginia Regiments and the 1st-2nd Virginia State. Adams recognized appointing Washington would help unite southern and northern colonies in a common cause. 1776-1778, 3rd Virginia Regiment, http://image.lva.virginia.gov/Microfilm/Revolution/RW/009/00415.tif> (accessed 1/25/2011). In 1807, at age 52, when the militia of Norfolk and Portsmouth were called to service as a result of the attack on the Frigate Chesapeake, Billy appeared, armed and accoutered, declaring that he would be buttered (the only oath he swore) if he could not use old Betsy again. In 1812 he served another short stint as a home guard during the Battle of Craney Island. Samual Morehead; Authorized Jan 1777, The regiment was organized Oct.-Dec. 1777, Commanded by Col. James Mitchell Varnum, formed from the, Merged with the 1st Rhode Island Regiment Jan. 1781, Consolidated Feb. 1780 with the 5th South Carolina Regiment, Consolidated Feb. 1780 with the 6th South Carolina Regiment, Consolidated Feb. 1780 with the 1st South Carolina Regiment (see also, Consolidated Feb. 1780 with the 2d South Carolina Regiment (see also, Commanded by Col. James Reed and James Hendricks, ReOrganized May 1779 by consolidating with 9th Virginia Regiment, Commanded by Col. William Woodford and Alexander Spotswood, ReOrganized May 1779 by consolidating with 6th Virginia Regiment, Commanded by Col. George Weedon and Thomas Marshall, Commanded by Col. Thomas Elliott and Robert Lawson and Isaac Reed, Commanded by Col. Charles Scott and Josiah Parker, Commanded by Col. Mordecai Buckner and John Gibson, Commanded by Col. William Crawford and Alexander McClanachan, Commanded by Col. Peter Muhlenberg and Abraham Bowman and John Neville, Commanded by Col. Isaac Reed and George Matthews, ReOrganized and redesignated Jan 1781 as the, Formed from Pennsylvania State Artillery Regiment, Capt Lee's Troop (later 2d Partisan Corps) withdrawn Apr 1778 (see also, Merged with Free and Independent Chasseurs in Feb 1780 to form Armand's Legion, Commanded by Major De Ottendorf, later by Charles Armand in June 1777. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. 1777-1778, 13th Virginia Regiment, Born in Portsmouth, before the war he owned a prosperous livery stable. 1776-1778, 14th Virginia Regiment, Published by him, October, 1788. (Library of Congress) (hereafter cited as Stratton, Plan of the Post at Great Bridge ) Stratton was attached to the Queens Rangers under John Graves Simcoe during Cornwalliss advance into Virginia. 1779, 3rd & 4th Virginia Regiment, All or part of the regiment saw action at Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and the Siege of Charleston where all of the Regiment was captured in the last. About a quarter mile behind him, built across the northern end of the island on which the town of Great Bridge was located, stood the Patriot breastwork;[1] a seven-foot high palisade wall fronted with a six-foot wide parapet of earth. Copyright 2017 RevolutionaryWar.us | All Rights Reserved, Clap's Company, 21st Continental Regiment, Peter's Company, 13th Continental Regiment, King's Company, 21st Continental Regiment, Walbridge's Company, 13th Continental Regiment, Mayhew's Company, 25th Continental Regiment, H. Jackson's Additional Continental Regiment, Spencer's Additional Continental Regiment, Sheppard's Additional Continental Regiment, Captain John Nelson's Independent Rifle Company, Captain John Doyle's Independent Rifle Company, Captain Jacob Weaver's Independent Company, Captain Joshua William's Independent Company, Captain Samual Morehead's Independent Company. United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 FamilySearch RecordsImagesFamily TreeGenealogiesCatalogBooksWiki Cite This Collection "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783." Database with images. He returned to private life at Mount Vernon after leading the Continental Army from 1775-1783 during the American Revolution. Joshua Williams; Authorized Mar. He was one of the first to offer his services at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. Learn how and when to remove this template message, United States Army Center of Military History, Bibliography of the Continental Army in Virginia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=11th_Virginia_Regiment&oldid=1085653873, This page was last edited on 1 May 2022, at 18:08. Those 380 Virginians were coming as reinforcements, but began to return to Virginia after learning of the surrender. And again. The bulk of the payrolls 1776-1779, 7th Virginia Regiment, Access the United States, Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 records. The Virginia Land Office first issued warrants for land that is now in Kentucky. Explore our parks, facilities and programs, Find latest alerts, incidents and reports, Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia, Freedom of Information Act Requests (FOIA). Within minutes, 66 of the 120 men of the 14th Foot who had embarked on the assault were dead or wounded. He died in 1779, while in command of the Guards at the Barracks near Charlottesville." I could go on and on but I will end with my thanks for this article and the work you do in Colonial Williamsburg, Mr. Fuss. Applications for Virginia bounty land warrants are at the Library of Virginia and on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. Two indexes that include these grants are: Copies of the warrants are found in Military Warrants, 1782-1788 FS Library films 272979-80. 1st Canadian Regiment. This six month period leading up to the burning of Norfolk is an intriguing and oft overlooked period in the War for American Independence. From the vast effusion of blood on the bridge, and in the fort, from the accounts of the centries, who saw many bodies carried out of the fort to be interred, and other circumstances, I conceive their loss to be much greater than I thought it yesterday, and the victory to be compleat. [3] And about a quarter mile behind them, camped near the local church was the main Patriot force of about 650 men of the 2nd Virginia Regiment and the 1st (Southern) Minute under the command of Colonel William Woodford. One commentator has noted:2. On 15 April 1777 Captain George Price's company (organized on 18 January 1777 in the Virginia State Troops with volunteers from Frederick and Augusta Counties) was transferred to the regiment. V, (University Press of Virginia, 1979) 5: 102.] Artculos cientficos; Artculos de divulgacin; Menu Convention prisoners are sent to New York. 1777, The regiment was organized 19 Apr.- July 1777, Commanded by Col. Edward Hand and James Chambers, ReOrganized & Redesignated Jan. 1777 from the 1, Commanded by Col. James Irvine and Henry Bicker, Commanded by Col. Joseph Wood and Thomas Craig, ReOrganized and redesignated Jan. 1777 from the, Commanded by Col. neas Mackay and Daniel Brodhead, Commanded by Col. James Irvine and Anthony J. Morris and Lt-Col. Richard Butler; Authorized Sep. 1776, Consolidated and reOrganized July 1778 with the, Commanded by Col. Joseph Penrose and James Chambers and Adam Hubley; Authorized Sep. 1776, Commanded by Col. William Cook and John Bull, Consolidated June 1777 with the Capt Pugh's Ind Company, Commanded by Capt. The Vietnam War was a conflict between North Vietnam (and its communist allies) and South Vietnam (with support of its anti-communist allies, including the United States). The "World War II Selective Service Draft Cards: Fourth Registration, 1942" is often referred to as the Old Mans Registration or the Old Mans Draft" because it included men with a date of birth from April 28, 1877 to February 16, 1897. The Valley Forge Park Alliance maintains the Muster Roll Project and helps to inspire appreciation of and support for Valley Forge National Historical Park. 1778, 4th, 8th, & 12th Virginia Regiment, Barracks and prisons at Chesterfield Courthouse. He was initially rebuffed by colonial leaders, but he impressed them with his passion and willingness to serve for free, and was named a major-general in the Continental Army. The 15th Virginia Regiment was raised on December 28, 1775 in eastern, Virginia for service with the Continental Army. A thunderous volley rang out and a number of the Grenadiers of the British van went down, including their commander, Captain Charles Fordyce. Those who surrendered their warrants for land in what is now Kentucky are listed in Virginia Grants, 1782-1792 FS Library films 272809-17. The British, recognizing that musket fire would be ineffective against the fortified Patriots and that pausing to fire would only expose them longer to the fire of their enemies, valiantly attempted to carry the breastwork at the point of the bayonet. New Jersey Line New Hampshire Line New York Line North Carolina Line Flora avoided being captured by the British in the 1780 Siege of Charleston when the majority of the regiment was captured. The unit was reassigned to the 2nd Virginia Brigade on 22 July 1778, and it was reorganized to nine companies and redesignated as the 7th Virginia Regiment on 12 May 1779. Left Valley Forge as part of Lafayette's Division. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston. But it was all over. wfun radio miami florida. From behind his pile of shingles, he loaded and fired again. Authorized by the Second Continental Congress on 16 September 1776, it was organized on 3 February 1777 and consisted of four companies from the Virginia counties of Loudoun, Frederick, Prince William, and Amelia; Captain Daniel Morgan's Independent Rifle Company from Fauquier County; and five companies from the state's portion of the Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment. Eckenrode for Virginia Soldiers of the American Revolution (see bibliography below), Companies recruited men from Hampshire, Berkeley, Botetourt, Dunmore, and Prince Edward counties. 1777-1778, 1st & 10th Virginia Regiment, All rights reserved. Ive posted a link to your article at our 2nd Virginia Regiment (NWTA) page: http://www.2VA.org . This time he did not rise, having been struck by 11 balls.[24]. The 15th Virginia Regiment was authorized on September 16, 1776, as a part of the Virginia Line for service with the Continental Army under the command of David Mason. Their collection is available for free online. A professional British artillery officer, Phillips was part of the British Army defeated by Arnolds attacks at Saratoga in 1777 (while Arnold was still on the American side). Edward G. Lengel. . The last two boxes contain consolidated regiments and miscellaneous organizations [2] Virginia Revolutionary War Service Records Virginia Revolutionary War Records Roll of troops who joined at Chesterfield Courthouse since 1780 (Acc. Haulsee, W. M., F. G. Howe, and A. C. Dayle, comps. When Dunmore occupied Norfolk, Billy slipped out of Norfolk and made his way to the patriot forces.[13]. Click on these links to learn more about the Mexican War and about Mexican War pension records. If you ever ascertain the exact were about of Mr. Floras grave in Portsmouth, I think it would be fitting for a memorial. That is a pretty devastating impact, though it must be noted that their numbers were already drastically depleted after a deployment to the Caribbean prior to the onset of hostilities in the colonies. [17] They had arrived on November 28 and immediately began skirmishing, with Scotts riflemen taking pot shots at the garrison of Fort Murray on an almost continual basis, to which the defenders replied with musket and cannon fire. Shortly after his eighteenth birthday, in compliance with the Virginia Militia Law[8] that required all able bodied men between the ages of eighteen and sixty to be enrolled in their local militia company, he enlisted in the Princess Anne County Militia and met regularly for drill with the other men of his neighborhood. Mounted infantry ("dragoons") in Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton's British Legion dragoons caught up with the Virginians at Waxhaws, near the border of North Carolina and South Carolina. They were the best light troops in the British Army in America and known as destroyers of everything., Baron Friedrich von SteubenPrussian who was Gen. George Washingtons chief-of-staff and served as a major general in the Revolutionary Army. 1779, 11th & 15th Virginia Regiment, Nash was fond of telling whenever the subject was on the carpet. Revolutionary War records that document his service in the 2nd and 15th Virginia Regiment and the Virginia Convention Guards; . 1776-1780, 4th Virginia Regiment, The 9th Virginia Regiment was authorized in the Virginia State Troops on January 11, 1776. National Archives, Revolutionary War Rolls, Record Group 93 and National Archives, Revolutionary War Service Records, Record Group 93, Virginia> 15th Regiment (1777-78) >334>page 42. A tavern and inn called the Half Way House is built on a grant of land from George II of England, by a patent dated 1743. 3 (Jul., 1912), pp. These freemen were conscripted, illegally detained, and held as slaves after their enlistments expire. The Revolutionary War may have been another one of those "rich man's war, poor man's fight" - but many Virginians did fight. The Revolutionary War may have been another one of those "rich man's war, poor man's fight" - but many Virginians did fight. The Mexican War was caused by the annexation of Texas by the United States in 1845. I drive over the spot where this battle took place everyday and hope that one day the visitors center will be complete. 1779, 11th & 15th Virginia Regiment, You say to your soldier, Do this and he does it. Entered Valley Forge as part of Stirling's Division. The Battle of Camden website also includes details about many Virginia Revolutionary War soldiers (see American & Brit Participants). I was hoping to hear more about the 14th colony, of Vermont, as they were very much a part of, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 2018. Jarvis (b. ca. [37], But Billy was not through with military service. for the company for that month. As anticipated by the First Continental Congress delegates, George Washington did not use his military success as a platform to become a dictator. grassroots elite basketball ; why does ted lasso have a southern accent . ; 1778, Miscellaneous Virginia Organizations,
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