8TH VA DIVISION

                                                                   8TH VIRGINIA

DIVISION:   THIRD

BRIGADE:   4TH VA

HISTORY:   ORGANIZED FEB-APRIL 1776 AT SUFFOLK COUNTY COURT HOUSE FROM FREDERICK, DUNMORE, (SHENANDOAH) BERKLE, AUGUSTA, HAMPSHIRE, FINCASTLE, CULPEPPER COUNTIES AND WEST AUGUSTA DISTRICT.

ENTERED VALLEY FORGE WITH 86 ASSIGNED, 53 FIT FOR DUTY, LEFT VALLEY FORGE WITH THE 4TH VA.

PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENTS : CHESAPEAKE BAY, CHARLESTON 1776, NORTHERN NEW JERSEY, DEFENSE OF PHILADELPHIA, PHILA-MONMOUTH.

*Staff Officers*
*Colonel*	*ABRAHAM BOWMAN*
*Lt. Colonel*	*JOHN MARKHAM*
*Major*	*JONATHAN CLARK*
*Major*	*ALEXANDER MORGAN*

*Company Officers*
*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 Lt.*	*JOHN GRAVES*

*Staff Officers*
*Chaplain*
*Quartermaster*	*MARTIN CARNEY*
*Adjutant*	*JOHN SMITH /ABRAHAM KILPATRICK*
*Paymaster*	*HEZEKIAH STOKES / WILLIAM BAYLIS*
*Surgeon*	*CORNELIUS BALDWIN*
*Surgeon Mate*	*FREDERICK HUMBERG*
*Quartermaster Sergeant*	*ASKING SHIPPEY / ARTHUR JOHNSON*
*Sergeant Major*	*WILLIAM PALMER / JOHN HARDIN*
*Drum Major*	*NICHOLAS NIEL*
*Fife Major*	*WILLIAM LUSCOMB*