1st Virginia Regiment (Revolutionary War)

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Brief History
This Unit was formed in, with # companies it was also called [nickname]. In [date], two companies were added to the battalion and it became ... . Colonel Patrick Henry was in command.

Field officers: Colonel Richard Parker, Colonel James Hendricks, Lt. Colonel Robert Ballard, Major Edmund B. Dickerson.

Companies

 * Company - Captain Claiborne Lawson


 * Company - Captain William Cunningham


 * Company - Captain Alexander Cummins, Captain Richard Anderson (took command 14 June 1778) - many men from Bedford County


 * Company - Captain Callehill Memmis


 * Company - Captain William Lewis


 * Company - Captain Joseph Scott Sr.


 * Company - Captain Charles P. Pilham


 * Company - Captain Richard Taylor


 * Company - Captain Tarlton Payne

Six musket companies and two rifle companies according to The First Virginia Regiment 1775-1783 website.


 * Sources:


 * "1st Virginia Regiment," Valley Forge Legacy: The Muster Roll Project, http://valleyforgemusterroll.org/regiments/va1.asp, accessed 23 January 2012.


 * Rosters Companies 1-8