6TH VIRGINIA



DIVISION:  FIFTH

BRIGADE:  2ND VA

HISTORY: ORGANIZED FEB 76 AT WILLIAMSBURG FROM PITTSYLVANIA, AMHERST, BUCKINGHAM, CHARLES CITY, LUNENBURG, NEW KENT, MECKLENBURG, DINNWIDDIE, PRINCE GEORGE, AND SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTIES.

ENTERED VALLEY FORGE WITH 237 ASSIGNED, 82 FIT FOR DUTY, LEFT VALLEY FORGE WITH 88 ASSIGNED, 47 FIT FOR DUTY. 

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

Staff Officers
Colonel JOHN GIBSON
Lt. Colonel CHARLES SIMMS
Major SAMUEL HOPKINS
Company Officers
Captain RICHARD ANDERSON
Captain NATHANIEL FOX
Captain NICHOLAS HOBSON
Captain PETER GARLAND
Captain JOHN HOCKADAY
Captain SAMUEL HOPKINS
Captain THOMAS MASSLE
Captain ALEXANDER ROSE
Captain WILLIAM H. AVERY
Captain PETER DUNN
Staff Officers

Chaplain

JOHN HURT
Quartermaster AUSTIN SANDRIDGE
Adjutant  SIMON SUMMERS
Paymaster JOHN KENNON
Surgeon JOHN ROBERTS
Surgeon Mate CLAYBORNE VAUGHN
Quartermaster Sergeant  HENRY BROCK / LEWIS FOX
Sergeant Major JOHN RONEY / WILLIAM GORDON
Drum Major WILLIAM CROILER
Fife Major