15th Virginia Regiment

Continental Army infantry regiment the Continental Army regiment the Confederate regiments 15th Virginia Infantry Regiment and 15th Virginia Cavalry Regiment February 2012 15th Virginia Regiment Continental Congress of the United States Infantry 1776-1780 Virginia Line 728 soldiers Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth, Siege of Charleston Colonel David Mason, Lieutenant Colonel James Innes; Captain William Grimes Southern theater Participation, 1780 Charleston 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 Col. David Mason of Sussex County. Initially, it included companies from thirteen mostly Tidewater counties: Brunswick, Princess Anne, Nansemond, King William, Westmoreland, Northumberland, Isle of Wight, Sussex, Southampton, Surry, Amelia, Norfolk and Chesterfield Counties. James Innes served as lieutenant Colonel, and Holt Richardson held the rank of Major. In 1778, manpower shortages caused its absorption into the 11th Virginia Regiment.Gay Neale, Brunswick County, Virginia 1720 - 1975 Revised to 2000, (Lawrenceville: Brunswick County Bicentennial Committee 1999 LC No. 74-29817) p. 66 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. The regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1781. References Wright Jr. Robert K. 1983 http://www.history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ContArmy/CA-fm.htm The Continental Army Washington, D.C. United States Army Center of Military History CMH Publication 60-4-1 289–290 2016-12-23 2019-10-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20191009065615/https://history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ContArmy/CA-fm.htm dead External links 15th Virginia Regiment at Revolutionary Virginia Bibliography of the Continental Army in Virginia compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History Virginia Regiments in the Continental Army 15th Virginia Regiment Category:Military units and formations established in 1776 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1780