5TH VIRGINIA
DIVISION: FIFTH
BRIGADE: 1ST VA
HISTORY: ORGANIZED FEB 1776 AT RICHMOND COUNTY COURT HOUSE FROM LANCASTER, RICHMOND, NORTHUMBERLAND, SPOTSYLVANIA, WESTMORELAND, CHESTERFIELD, HENRICO, HANOVER, BEDFORD AND LOUDOUN COUNTIES.
ENTERED VALLEY FORGE WITH 357 ASSIGNED , 98 FIT FOR DUTY,
LEFT WITH THE 1ST VA.
PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENTS : CHESAPEAKE BAY, NORTHERN NEW JERSEY, TRENTON-PRINCETON, DEFENSE OF PHILADELPHIA,
PHILA-MONMOUTH.
| Staff Officers | |
| Colonel | JOSIAH PARKER |
| Lt. Colonel | ABRAHAM BUFORD |
| Major | THOMAS GASKINS |
| Major | DAVID STEPHENSON |
| Company Officers | |
| Captain | HENRY FAUNTLEROY |
| Captain | WILLIAM FOWLER |
| Captain | WILLIAM MOSBY |
| Captain | ANDREW RUSSELL |
| Captain | SAMUEL COLSTON |
| Captain | GROSS SCRUGGS |
| Captain | RALPH FALKNER |
| Captain | JOHN ANDERSON |
| Staff Officers | |
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Chaplain |
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| Quartermaster | WILLIAM PRIDE |
| Adjutant | JOHN RONEY /NATHANIEL ANDERSON |
| Paymaster | LIBSCOMB NORRALLE /WILLIAM FOWLER |
| Surgeon | EDWARD DUFF / BARBELL MIDDLETON |
| Surgeon Mate | |
| Quartermaster Sergeant | RICHARD POOKE / WILLIAM GORDON |
| Sergeant Major | CHARLES WRIGHT |
| Drum Major | ANDERSON FREEMAN |
| Fife Major | RICHARD W THOMPSON |