13th Virginia Regiment

the Continental Army regiment the Confederate regiments 13th Virginia Infantry Regiment and 13th Virginia Cavalry Regiment Continental Army infantry regiment 13th Virginia Regiment Continental Congress of the United States Infantry 1776–1783 Virginia Line 728 soldiers Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth The 13th Virginia Regiment was a United States infantry regiment during the American Revolutionary War. Summary The 13th Virginia Regiment was authorized on 16 September 1776 by the Continental Congress for service with the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. The unit was organized on 12 February 1777 at Fort Pitt in present-day western Pennsylvania to consist of nine companies of troops from the far-western Virginia counties (now parts of West Virginia and western Pennsylvania). The regiment saw action in the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, and the Battle of Monmouth. On 24 May 1778 the unit was assigned to the Western Department (Fort Laurens), and on 12 May 1779 it was reorganized and redesignated as the 9th Virginia Regiment. It was again reorganized and redesignated as the 7th Virginia Regiment on 1 January 1781 to consist of two companies. The regiment was disbanded at Fort Pitt on 1 January 1783. Notable members Private James Amberson, previously of Capt. James O'Hara's Company of Regulars, was a messenger for General Irvine; he later served as a Captain in the Allegheny County Militia and was a noted scout and Indian fighter with Samuel BradyKellogg, Louise Phelps. 1916. Frontier advance on the upper Ohio, 1778-1779, ed. Madison: The Society. Captain James Stevenson would go on to be elected to the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives and Pennsylvania State Senate.BROTHERS OF GREAT GRANDFATHER JOHN STEPHENSON http://fortvance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Stephenson_Family_-History.pdf Fort Vance Historical Society 16 February 2024James Stevenson https://www.library.pasen.gov/people/member-biography?id=5539 Pennsylvania State Senate 16 February 2024 References Wright Robert K. Jr. 1983 The Continental Army Washington, D.C. United States Army Center of Military History CMH Publication 60-4-1 291 http://www.history.army.mil/books/revwar/contarmy/ca-fm.htm 2010-06-29 2019-10-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20191009065615/https://history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ContArmy/CA-fm.htm dead External links 13th Virginia Regiment at Revolutionary Virginia Bibliography of the Continental Army in Virginia compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History 13th Virginia Regiment 13th Virginia Regiment Category:Military units and formations established in 1776 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1783