1ST VIRGINIA



DIVISION:    FIFTH

BRIGADE:    1ST VA

HISTORY:    ORGANIZED OCTOBER 1775 AT WILLIAMSBURG.

ENTERED VALLEY FORGE WITH 237 MEN ASSIGNED AND 94 FIT

FOR DUTY, LEFT VALLEY FORGE WITH THE 5TH VA AND 9TH VA 507 MEN ASSIGNED 281 FIT FOR DUTY,

PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENTS: CHESAPEAKE BAY, NORTHERN NEW JERSEY, TRENTON-PRINCETON ., DEFENSE OF PHILADELPHIA, PHILADELPHIA-MONMOUTH.

Staff Officers
Colonel COL RICHARD PARKER
Colonel JAMES HENDRICKS
Lt. Colonel ROBERT BALLARD
Major  EDMUND B DICKERSON
Company Officers
Captain
CLAIBORNE LAWSON
Captain WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM
Captain ALEXANDER CUMMINS
Captain CALLEHILL MEMMIS
Captain WILLIAM LEWIS
Captain JOSEPH SCOTT SR.
Captain CHARLES P PILHAM
Captain RICHARD TAYLOR
Captain TARLTON PAYNE
Staff Officers

Chaplain

 
Quartermaster JOSIAH VALENTINE / THOMAS HUBBARD
Adjutant  THOMAS BOWN / SAMUEL HOGG
Paymaster JOHN SUTTON
Surgeon ALEXANDER SKINNER
Surgeon Mate MILES KING
Quartermaster Sergeant  WILLIAM PRICE
Sergeant Major GEORGE WILLEY
Drum Major ROBERT PLOWMAN
Fife Major PATRICK SPENCER