4TH VIRGINIA REGIMENT

Lafayette’s Division | Scott’s Brigade | 4th Virginia Regiment

History

Organized February 1776 at Suffolk Courthouse from Berkley, Charlotte, Prince Edward, Sussex, Southampton, Nansemouth, Brunswick, Isle Of Wright, Surry, and Princess Anne Counties, and Boro of Norfolk.

Entered Valley Forge with 283 assigned, 74 fit for duty.

Left Valley Forge with the 8th Virginia Regiment and the 12th Virginia Regiment, 752 assigned and 400 fit for duty.

Previous engagements: Chesapeake Bay, Northern New Jersey, Trenton-Princeton, Defense Of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

Colonel Isaac Read
Lt. Colonel Thomas Gaskins
Lt. Colonel William Talaferro
Major Isaac Beall
Major John Brent

Company Commanders

Captain John Stith
Captain Jason Reddick
Captain James Lucas
Captain William Cherry
Captain John Holcombe
Captain Thomas Ridley
Captain Arthur Smith
Captain George Walls
Captain John Grogan
Captain Jonathan Clark

Regimental Staff

Quartermaster David Jackson
Adjutant William Kelley
Paymaster Benjamin Lawson
Surgeon William McMohn
Surgeon’s Mate Charles Grier
Quartermaster Sergeant Martin Carney
Quartermaster Sergeant Samuel Henry
Sergeant Major Tristam King
Sergeant Major Richard Morgan
Fife Major William Lipscomb