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Captain James Mabin (Maybone). Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Virginia_Regiment, RevWarTalk Community Guidelines Privacy Terms info@revwartalk.com. Left Valley Forge with 88 assigned, 47 fit for duty. Add to your scrapbook. Colonel Charles Simms and Major Samuel Hopkins. of the American War of Independence. The 6th North Carolina Regiment was organized during the Spring and Summer of 1776 at Halifax, NC. Captain Francis Taliaferro, March 1776
Regiment at White Plains. The terms of their State enlistments still applied, resulting in a remaining service commitment of eighteen months. Hitchcock's Regiment (Rhode Island; Colonel Daniel Hitchcock; designated the 11th Continental Regiment in 1776). preserve, publish, and encourage the use of documentary sources, relating to the history of Page | Uniforms Lieutenant Colonel Corprew took command of the regiment. regiment enlisted for the duration of the war, an unusually large proportion. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Militia Publisher Richmond, D. Bottom, superintendent of public printing Collection library_of_congress; americana Digitizing sponsor Sloan Foundation It meant leaving the A series of 24 collector cards. Colonial and Revolutionary War (Virginia) | Genealogy Colonial and Revolutionary War (Virginia) Check the online catalog under the subject headings Virginia-History-Colonial period, ca. 1775. The 8th Virginia Regiment. During the siege, he purchased a captaincy in the grenadier company of the 40th Regiment of Foot. Companies recruited men from Pittsylvania, Amherst, Buckingham, Charles City, Lunenburg, New Kent, Mecklenburg, Dinwiddie, Prince George, and Spotsylvania Counties. surviving the harsh winter at Valley Forge, the Continental Army emerged from
Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? day. to suppress local Loyalists, the Regimental tailors were busy in Philadelphia
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Congress for Continental service on February 13, 1776, and reorganized at
Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of John Gibson (11199)? Failed to delete memorial. Gen. Thomas Conway. This account has been disabled. Gibson was made the Indian agent at Pittsburgh to represent the interests of Virginia, in 1775, was elected the Colonel of the 6th Virginia and commanded a regiment during battles in the American Revolutionary War. THE ABOVE NAMES JOHN DEARBORN TO STEPHEN BORDMAN THE SUM OF THIRTY DOLLARS FORTY CENTS WHICH IS SUBMITED BY DECEMBER 6TH 1813 BENJN FRENCHWentworth Cheswell[a] (11 April 1746 - 8 March 1817) was an American assessor, auditor, Justice of . January 1, 1783, created a tiny regiment of two companies, which was designated
10th Company - Captain Wood Jones, March 8, 1776. Originally
These living history events typically involve campsites, cooking, battles, and other activities that would have been common during the Revolutionary War period. Regiment departed in December 1776 to join Washington and the Main Army in New
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Done button to see the photos in the gallery. Learn how and when to remove this template message, United States Army Center of Military History, Bibliography of the Continental Army in Virginia, Grayson's Additional Continental Regiment, Thruston's Additional Continental Regiment, Rawling's Additional Continental Regiment, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=6th_Virginia_Regiment&oldid=809841625, Virginia regiments of the Continental Army, Military units and formations established in 1775, Military units and formations disestablished in 1779, Articles lacking in-text citations from February 2012, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Continental Congress of the United States, This page was last edited on 11 November 2017, at 20:06. Captain Philip Taliaferro, September 23, 1777
The 6th Virginia had half its men on picket duty when the Union attack occurred, and they were left behind when Mahones Division moved to counter the Union assault. Mahones Brigade, Andersons Division, Longstreets Command, Army of Northern Virginia. It consisted of seven
6th Company - Captain Richard Kidder Meade, October
When the one-year enlistment for the soldiers was up in 1776, the Continental Congress had to re-raise the army. Post author: Post published: February 17, 2023 Post category: recent car accidents in new mexico 2022 recent car accidents in new mexico 2022 State of Kentucky, Green County. facto commander in chief of Virginia's forces from October through December
Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. Discharged in 1780 at Valley Forge. The 2d Virginia
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4rd Company - Captain William Taliaferro, September
the Southern Department, Relieved 27 December 1776
the Revolution in the State of California. 1777 ReOrganized May 1779 Ceased to function as an effective force after the Battle of Camden Aug. 1780 Disbanded Jan. 1781 7th Maryland Regiment Commanded by Col. John Gunby; Authorized Sep. 1776 The regiment was organized Mar. Captain Benjamin Holmes (Hoomes), April 24, 1778
Copyright 2023 All Rights Reserved by Milsurpia. Col. Thomas Hartley (acting) 2d Pennsylvania. 29, 1775. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. defense of Fort Stephenson, Aug. 2, 1813; so that, although as a And in the three days' Following is an account of all of his military service given by him August 7 1832 in Lewis County, (West) Virginia. Edward Webb's Co. Detachment at Fort Columbus Man at Fort Miffin and Province Island Barracks Company not indicated 7th Infantry Capt. 1.See Circular to the Commanding Officers of Several Virginia Regiments, 7 April. ). SIXTH VIRGINIA A. E. SAMUEL ALLEN, (Monroe County Febry 16 1829) Enlisted for 18 months, about Aug 15, 1780, in Capt Bell's Company, Many reenactment groups strive for authenticity in both their appearance and their behavior. A series of 24 collector Philander D. Chase. men. Monmouth, were they provoked a rear action and held the field at the end of the
1775. Indiana Territorial Governor. AN AUTOGRAPHED DOCUMENT SIGNED 1813 BY BLACK REVOLUTIONARY WAR PATRIOT WENTWORTH CHESWILL (CHESWELL) ! Everard Meade,
Fellow of The Company of Military Historians of America. Field officers at Valley Forge were Colonel John Gibson, Lt. ", Major-Commandant
Entered Valley Forge with 237 assigned, 82 fit for duty. In this manner, we can vividly explain the past, the everyday men and women who demanded freedom from colonial rule, and the social customs that defined their daily lives. The regiment was merged into the 2nd Virginia Regiment on May 12, 1779. In the fall, the 2d was dispatched to engage Lord Dunmore's
The regiment would see action at the Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston. 0 HEAD 1 SOUR PAF 2 NAME Personal Ancestral File 2 VERS 4.0.4.18 2 CORP The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 3 ADDR 50 East North Temple Street 4 CONT Salt Lake City, U Captain Benjamin Taliaferro
Regiment was authorized by the Virginia Convention, July 17, 1775, as a force
9th Company - Captain Samuel Hawes, February 19,
ReOrganized and Redesignated Jan 1776 from the 6th Connecticut Regiment Disbanded Dec 1776 17th Continental Regiment Commanded by Col. Jedediah Huntington ReOrganized and Redesignated Jan 1776 from the 8th Connecticut Regiment Disbanded Dec 1776 19th Continental Regiment Commanded by Col. Charles Webb Special report of the Department of Archives and History for 1912 by Virginia State Library. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Victoria Gallery, London, England. These documents include muster rolls, payrolls, strength returns, and other miscellaneous personnel, pay, and supply records of American Army units, 1775-83. 9th Company - Captain John Stokes. with hunting shirts, short and fringed for officers; short and plain for The collection principally contains correspondence of Arnold with his wife, Mary Ann Arnold, during his Civil War service with Company I, 49th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, relating chiefly to his views on the military situation in Virginia and Maryland (1864-1865), army rations and pay, the Confederates, Copperhead Democrats . After completing his term in Indiana government, he retired to private life in Pennsylvania, until his death at age 81. The regiment was recruited from Norfolk and Princess Anne, Nansemond, and Chesterfield counties and was assigned to the Department of Norfolk. Thanks for your help! To use this feature, use a newer browser. Fellow of The Company of Military Historians of America. British American Establishment. The War of 1812 Muster Rolls and Payrolls Index gathers approximately 40,000 names of Virginia Militia soldiers from Pay Rolls of Militia Entitled to Land Bounty Under the Act of Congress of Sept. 28, 1850 (Richmond, 1851) and its supplement, Muster Rolls of the Virginia Militia in the War of 1812 (Richmond, 1852) with additional names and Revolutionary War reenactments are a great way to learn about and experience history firsthand. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. State Government Records Collection. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. In 1800, President John Adams appointed him Secretary of the Indiana Territory, serving until 1816. The National Historical Publications and We have fun together; our members would not devote so many financial and temporal resources to the hobby if we did not love living history. Primarily because most of the unit was captured or killed at the battle of Fort Washington on 16 November 1776, the historical trail of the regiment's "surviving" element has become complex. Authorized July 1776 as a frontier defense battalion Redesignated July 1776 The regiment was organized July-Sep. 1776 Captain John Nelson's Independent Rifle Company To submit a reenactment group for consideration please feel free to contact us here. The 6th Virginia Regiment was raised on December 28, 1775, at Williamsburg, Virginia, for service with the Continental Army. The 6th Virginia Regiment. A Continental Army regiment had eight companies and was supposed to have over 500 soldiers; however, through attrition and other factors, the strength of most regiments at Valley Forge was much less. late 1777, the British sailed landed on the Chesapeake Bay to march on
James E. A. Masters's Co. Capt. The 6th Virginia Infantry Regiment surrendered 110 men. Virginia troops fought from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River, and many Virginians provided some . defense of the capital in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, both were
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JAVASCRIPT IS DISABLED. Captain James Upshaw, 1778. Jersey. with the 3d reassigned to the Southern Department to counter a new British
Currently, the 6th North Carolinas main impression is the Revolutionary War period Regiment. Militia, United States -- History Revolution, 1775-1783 Regimental histories, Virginia -- History Revolution, 1775-1783, Virginia -- Biography Publisher Hot Springs, Va. : McAllister Pub. Suffolk. unit designated as the 2d Virginia Regiment, to consist of nine companies, Relieved 4 December 1779 from
British Line Infantry. Year should not be greater than current year. killed or wounded. The group consists of soldiers who portray the Musket Company, Artillery Crew, as well as civilians who followed and supported the Army. A handful of men under Captain Alexander Parker escaped
GREAT NEWS! The 6th Virginia Regiment in the Revolutionary War American Revolutionary War Battles Battles Campaigns Leaders Facts Documents Documents Records Time-Line Regiments American Regiments British Regiments P.O.W. 6th (Greene's) Brigade (Brigadier General Nathanael Greene ) Varnum's Regiment (Rhode Island; Colonel James Mitchell Varnum; designated the 9th Continental Regiment in 1776). 1776. The regiment lost 12 men killed and 49 wounded. Uniforms The badly depleted regiment was still under the command of Captain Ludlow, probably with around 100 men on the field. Captain Beverley Stubblefield
Please try again later. Lancaster County Revolutionary War Militia 1st Battalion, 1777 Commanding Officers: Col. Phillip Greenawalt 2nd Battalion, 1780 Commanding Officers: Lt. Col. Thomas Edwards 2nd Battalion, 1777 Commanding Officers: Col. James Watson 6th Battalion, 1780 Commanding Officers: Lt. Col. James Taylor 3rd Battalion, 1777 Commanding Officers: In
Calett and John Stokes escaped at Charleston, Catlett only to be killed and
officers, 4 staff officers, and 658 rank and file. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. Consider things like the group's size, level of commitment, and whether they focus on education or recreation. It had been positioned to joinLongstreets attack on the afternoon of July 2 but Mahone refused requests for support by Wright and Posey, claiming he had other orders. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. Department, Captured 12 May 1780 by the
Payroll:1st NC Reg't, Militia; Capt. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Drag images here or select from your computer for Col John Gibson memorial. Raised in Amelia and Williamsburg. George Bender's Co. ], More [1] December 1, 1775 three companies of sixty men each were added to the regiment. Please reset your password. British Military Units. 2002, Originally
The first commander of the Twenty-first was E. L. Dudley, of Lexington, who died February 20, 1862. Virginians played a pivotal role in the struggle for American independence, 1775-1783. See Edgar Woods, http://valleyforgemusterroll.org/regiments/va6.asp, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=6th_Virginia_Regiment_(Revolutionary_War)&oldid=3169487, Virginia - Military - Revolutionary War, 1776-1783, Captain John Green< ref name="heitman" />, Captain William Simms of Albemarle County. 8th Company - Captain Benjamin Taliaferro
Detachment; 2d Virginia Battalion. Company - Captain Lieutenant Thomas Catlett, Authorized 21 August 1775 in
More between these correspondents. Illustration by R. J. Marrion. If looking to dive into reenacting, be sure to speak to a unit before making purchases. Index | Return to [1]. There was a problem getting your location. they were on detached service with Colonel Abraham Buford, captains Thomas
You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Organized February 1776 at Williamsburg from Pittsylvania, Amherst, Buckingham, Charles City, Lunenburg, New Kent, Mecklenburg, Dinnwiddie, Prince George, and Spotsylvania Counties.