10TH VIRGINIA REGIMENT

10TH VIRGINIA REGIMENT

Stirling’s Division | Weedon’s Brigade | 10th Virginia Regiment

History

Organized from Augusta, Amherst, Caroline, Culpeper, Cumberland, Fairfax, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and King George Counties.

Entered Valley Forge with 442 men assigned and 175 fit for duty.

Left Valley Forge with 400 men assigned and 218 fit for duty.

Previous Engagements: Northern New Jersey, Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

  • Colonel John Green
  • Colonel Edward Stevens
  • Lt. Colonel Lewis Willis
  • Major Samuel Hawes

Company Commanders

  • Captain Thomas Blackwell
  • Captain Clough Shelton
  • Captain John Gillison
  • Captain David Laird
  • Captain John Mountjoy
  • Captain John Spotswood
  • Captain Richard Stevens
  • Captain John Syne
  • Captain Thomas West

Regimental Staff

  • Quartermaster William Smith
  • Quartermaster John Yancey
  • Adjutant John Robinson
  • Paymaster Charles Jones
  • Surgeon’s Mate Archibald Alexander
  • Quartermaster Sergeant Francis Smith
  • Sergeant Major John Hughes
  • Drum Major John Wilson
  • Fife Major John Fitzsimmons