8TH VIRGINIA REGIMENT

Lafayette’s Division | Scott’s Brigade | 8th Virginia Regiment

History

Organized February-April 1776 at Suffolk County Courthouse from Frederick, Dunmore, Berkle (Shenandoah), Augusta, Hampshire, Fincastle and Culpepper Counties, and West Augusta District.

Entered Valley Forge with 86 assigned, 53 fit for duty.

Left Valley Forge with the 4th Virginia Regiment and the 12th Virginia Regiment.

Previous Engagements: Chesapeake Bay, Charleston 1776, Northern New Jersey, Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

Colonel Abraham Bowman
Lt. Colonel John Markham
Major Jonathan Clark
Major Alexander Morgan

Company Commanders

Captain Jonathan Clark
Captain David Stephenson
Captain Thomas Berry
Captain Robert Higgins
Captain William Grogham
Captain John Steed
Captain Abraham Kirkpatrick
Captain Abel Westfall
Captain Isaac Israel
1st Lieutenant John Graves

Regimental Staff

Quartermaster Martin Carney
Adjutant John Smith
Adjutant Abraham Kilpatrick
Paymaster Hezekiah Stokes
Paymaster William Baylis
Surgeon Cornelius Baldwin
Surgeon’s Mate Frederick Humberg
Quartermaster Sergeant Asking Shippey
Quartermaster Sergeant Arthur Johnson
Sergeant Major William Palmer
Sergeant Major John Hardin
Drum Major Nicholas Niel
Fife Major William Luscomb