3RD VIRGINIA



DIVISION:  THIRD

BRIGADE:  3RD VA

HISTORY:  ORGANIZED FEB 1776 AT ALEXANDRIA AND DUMFRIES FROM PRINCE WILLIAM, FOUQUIER, STAFFORD, LOUISA, FAIRFAX, KING GEORGE, LOUDOUN AND CULPEPPER COUNTIES. 

ENTERED VALLEY FORGE WITH 309 ASSIGNED, 71 FIT FOR DUTY, LEFT VALLEY FORGE WITH 216 ASSIGNED, 121 FIT FOR DUTY. 

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

Staff Officers
Colonel WILLIAM HETH
Lt. Colonel CHARLES FLEMMING
Major CHARLES WEST
Company Officers
Captain DAVID ARELL
Captain VALENTINE PEYTON
Captain JOHN BLACKWELL
Captain PHILIP R.F. LEE
Captain JOHN PEYTON
Captain ROBERT POWELL
Captain REUBIN BRISCOE
Captain JOHN MERCER
Staff Officers

Chaplain

DAVIS GRIFFITH
Quartermaster THOMAS LAWLER / JAMES HALSBOUGH
Adjutant  JAMES HAWKINS
Paymaster WILLIAM MOUNTJOY
Surgeon DAVID GRIFFITH
Surgeon Mate CHARLES LAND / CHARLES WHITMAN
Quartermaster Sergeant  RICHARD POOR / JAMES PRIMM
Sergeant Major RICHARD BEUL
Drum Major EDWARD HARRIS
Fife Major  DANIEL MCCARTY