1st Virginia Regiment (Revolutionary War)

Brief History
The 1st Virginia Regiment was formed in October 1775 at Williamsburg. Colonel Patrick Henry was in command.

Field officers at Valley Forge were Colonel Richard Parker, Colonel James Hendricks, Lt. Colonel Robert Ballard, Major Edmund B. Dickerson.

Colonels

 * 1776-1777 - Colonel James Read in command 13 Feb 1776 to 29 Sep 1777
 * 1777-1778 - Colonel James Hendricks in command 29 Sep 1777 to 10 Feb 1778
 * 1778-1780 - Colonel Richard Parker in command 10 Feb 1778 to 24 Apr 1780
 * 1781-1783 - Colonel William Davies in command 12 Feb 1781 to close of war

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

Other Officers

 * Captain Samuel Hogg
 * Captain Thomas Holt
 * Captain B. John Johnston
 * Captain Nathan Reid
 * Captain William Russell of Augusta County
 * Captain Philip Sansom
 * Captain Nathaniel Terry
 * Major Thomas Posey of Augusta County

Other Sources

 * 1) Minnis, M. Lee. The First Virginia Regiment of Foot, 1775-1783. 1998.
 * 2) Crouse, Randy F. McNew "The Revolutionary War Diary of Major William Croghan of the Virginia Continental Line, 1779-1780", 2012. 107 pages. ISBN 9781105675379 . William Croghan, native Virginian, settled in Louisville, Kentucky where he and his wife, Lucy Clark Croghan, built "Locust Grove" mansion. His brother-in-law, Geroge Rogers Clark, famously lived out his final years there. Recounts the story, through his first hand experiences in his diary, when three detachments of Virginia soldiers were dispatched in the last months of 1779 to proceed to South Carolina to aid in the defense of Charleston. A member of the 1st Virginia Regiment, Major William Croghan belonged to this group who were, on account of the rivers being so solidly frozen that ships could not move, obliged to march the 800 miles from the Jerseys to Sullivan’s Island in South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor. Major Croghan kept an itinerant diary which reveals the hardships, and pleasures, experienced by this group of more than 700 patriots. Extensive index. Lulu, FHL.