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Regiment Virginia Militia (Berkeley) 89th Regiment Virginia Militia (Morgan) 151st Regiment Virginia Militia (Mercer) 167th Regiment Virginia Militia (Wayne

early in the American Revolutionary War. The refusal by colonial Virginia militia forces led to the departure of Royal Governor Lord Dunmore and any

Virginia provided the following units to the Virginia Militia and the Provisional Army of the Confederate States (PACS), part of the Confederate States

side is unknown, but the battle was fought between British troops and Virginia militia. The engagement at the northern end of the Farnham Church complex occurred

near the site of the 1756 Battle of the Trough, a skirmish between Virginia militia and a band of French and Indian warriors, during the French and Indian

General, Virginia Militia Born February 11, 1808, near Winchester, Virginia. Colonel Virginia militia. Brigadier general, Virginia militia, 1859–retired

Petersburg, Virginia. Between 1853 and 1860, he served in the 39th Virginia Militia Regiment, rising from captain to colonel. After the Civil War, he was

201st Field Artillery, the "First West Virginia," founded in 1735 as a Virginia militia regiment. The West Virginia National Guard traces its heritage to the

Manassas Junction, Virginia, in June, 1861, using the 6th Battalion Virginia Militia as its nucleus. Men of this unit were recruited in the city of Alexandria

Born in Virginia, Heard fought in the French and Indian War in the Virginia militia under George Washington, then with his father and brother moved to

from the army in 1815, later returning to military service with the Virginia militia, serving as a cavalry colonel from 1822 until 1829 and as a brigadier

out at the end of the Revolutionary War, Johnston served with the Virginia militia, rising to the rank of brigadier general of militia. Johnston married

receive land grants in lieu of pay for their service in either the Virginia militia or the Continental Army. The District was defined to lie between the

region, but before it could be put into effect Illinois was captured by Virginia militia in the Illinois Campaign. After 1787 Illinois received a civil government

Henry County's first high sheriff. During the War of 1812, the 64th Virginia Militia, under Captain Graves, was formed in 1815 from Henry County. Benjamin

Patriot captors. Only one Patriot, Henry Francis, a captain in the Virginia militia, was killed, though several were wounded. A tombstone at the site of

camped there twice in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War. Virginia militia also camped there in the War of 1812. However, it is best known as

With the beginning of the American Revolution in 1775, most of the Virginia militia volunteered to fight the British. George Washington was appointed as

administrative center for the British Province of Quebec, was taken by the Virginia militia during the Illinois campaign. It was designated as the county seat

general, Virginia militia Carswell, Reuben Walker - brigadier general, Georgia militia Chapman, Augustus A. - brigadier general, Virginia militia Chase,

the Battle of Point Pleasant during Lord Dunmore's War against the Virginia militia in 1774. During the American Revolutionary War, he may have taken part

locally designated the Berkeley Border Guards, was an antebellum Virginia militia company and then a company of the 2nd Virginia Infantry, a Confederate

proceeded to fortify. The land approaches to this base were guarded by Virginia militia under the command of Brigadier General Peter Muhlenberg, but these

later owned property and died), and rose to become a general in the Virginia militia, as well as the civilian superintendent of the arsenal at Harper's

Yorktown in command of Lauzun's Legion and General George Weedon's Virginia militia, and at Gloucester, Virginia, under the command of Rochambeau, opposite

member of a Virginia militia or volunteer company which supported the Union with the grade of private, was killed by a member of a Virginia militia or volunteer

defense forces) in the Department of Richmond. He was a merchant and Virginia militia officer before the war and an insurance agent after the conflict. Patrick

Morgan settled in Winchester, Virginia. He became an officer of the Virginia militia and recruited a company of riflemen at the start of the Revolutionary

were Continentals, mostly from Delaware and Maryland. The rest were Virginia militia who had experience as Continentals. By Christmas Day, Morgan had reached

39.200590; -78.155007 Built by Confederate Lieutenant Collier and Virginia militia with the aid of Federal prisoners, the Fort Collier redoubt guarded

agent, plantation owner, banker and politician. An officer of the Virginia militia then U.S. Army during the Mexican–American War, Harper later became

Col. Allen commanded the 77th Regiment in the 3rd Division of the Virginia militia and died at Fort Ashby in an area of Hampshire County that became Mineral

Judge, and earlier as a Brigadier General in the Virginia militia. His father was also (Virginia militia) General John Jay Jackson. His brothers became

Appomattox Canal Co. 5 William Henry Brodnax Dinwiddie Brigadier General, Virginia Militia George C. Groomgoole Brunswick Mark Alexander Mecklenburg U.S. Representative

originally from Virginia, and served in the 9th Regiment (Sharp's) Virginia Militia during the War of 1812. His brother had immigrated to Mexico and Browne

the Virginia General Assembly as well as Brigadier General of the Virginia militia. Braxton was born to the former Mary Walker Carter at Hybla plantation

Richard Caswell. At Rugeley's Mill, 15 miles north of Camden, 700 Virginia Militia under the command of General Edward Stevens joined Gates' "Grand Army"

John Quincy Marr (May 27, 1825 – June 1, 1861) was a Virginia militia company captain and the first Confederate soldier killed by a Union soldier in combat

(September 26, 1874 – April 29, 1961) (nicknamed "E.E.") was a Southside Virginia militia leader and real estate and insurance executive who served as a Democratic

1814 – 29 September 1878) was an attorney, colonel in the antebellum Virginia militia (Rockingham County), delegate to the 1861 Virginia secession convention

Calvert, but later contested nonpayment of monies promised to him and Virginia militia troops for that action. Col. Hill also led the Charles County and Henrico

1790) was a Virginia planter, soldier and politician who served in the Virginia militia during American Revolutionary War, then two terms in the Virginia House

County. Augustus Chapman was a brigadier-general of the 19th Brigade of Virginia Militia, which he commanded during the first few years of the war. Mountaineers

a member of a Virginia militia company, the Grafton Guards, which supported the Union. He was killed by a member of a Virginia militia company which supported

days as Brigade Quartermaster in the 1st (Chamberlayne's) Brigade, Virginia Militia, during the War of 1812. Thereafter a staunch Unionist, over his house

Continental Army and in the Virginia militia. By the Battle of Yorktown, he was a brigadier general in the Virginia militia as well as an aide to General

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. When Braddock was killed, a young officer of Virginia militia, George Washington, led the troops back to Fort Cumberland. At the

governor, saw this rising unrest in his colony and sought to deprive Virginia militia of these supplies. It was not until after Patrick Henry's "Give me

During the War of 1812, he enlisted at age 18 as a volunteer in a Virginia militia company. He was soon selected to study for a regular Army commission

during the American Revolutionary War, and as Brigadier General led the Virginia militia during the War of 1812. Porterfield was born in then-vast Frederick

Williamsburg magazine to a British ship. Patrick Henry led a group of Virginia militia from Hanover in opposition to Dunmore's order. Carter Braxton negotiated

H) 32nd Virginia Infantry (detachment) 52nd Virginia Militia 68th Virginia Militia 115th Virginia Militia Companies B and C, Allens' Battalion D. H. Hill's

Richmond Masonic Lodge in 1810. He served as a private in Ambler's Virginia Militia during the War of 1812. Warrock became paralyzed in 1857 and finally

designation, Company H of the First Regiment of Volunteers in the Virginia militia. As the Confederacy formed after southern states began seceding from

organized in June 1861, by Cary Cocke, the former colonel of the 12th Virginia Militia. The battery was raised in the southeastern portion of the county and

Benjamin S. Ewell 32nd Virginia (one company) 52nd Virginia Militia 68th Virginia Militia 115th Virginia Militia Old Dominion Rifles Allen's Artillery Battalion

Kentucky (Greenbrier County Court Minutes, cited from Stinson 1988:13). Virginia Militia records show that there were twelve "Indian Spies" in service from

Bureau of Prison Camps Charles Dimmock 1821 Captain USA, Colonel of Virginia Militia, Captain CSA; Superintendent (USA) of the Virginia State Armory; designed

appointed to oversee the execution, and along with almost all of the Virginia Militia, the Corps of Cadets was assigned to provide security in Charles Town

original site at the confluence of the Ohio River and the Scioto, after Virginia militia launched an expedition to destroy it February, 1756 (the failed Sandy

Governor John Letcher brevetted Buford a lieutenant colonel in the Virginia militia. In this position, Buford watched over sick and injured Confederate

was organized in Norfolk County as a company in the 7th Regiment, Virginia Militia. Militia companies in the Norfolk area, including companies from the

Byrd III, was an officer in the Revolutionary War, a Colonel in the Virginia Militia, a member of the House of Delegates, and represented Chesterfield County

in the town of Staunton, Virginia. In 1756 he was an officer in the Virginia militia on Major Andrew Lewis's Sandy Creek Expedition against the Shawnees

during the American Revolutionary War, and as Brigadier General led the Virginia militia during the War of 1812. Born in New Kent County to Richard Chamberlayne

was temporarily moved to Leesburg, patrols of American soldiers and Virginia Militia kept guard against the threat of further British advance up the Potomac

the Battle of Galudoghson between Iroquois warriors and a company of Virginia militia took place near the confluence of the James River and the Maury River

in January 1783, when he was promoted to brigadier general in the Virginia militia. After the war, Wood became an original member of the Virginia Society

served as a first lieutenant, paymaster and acting captain of the 4th Virginia militia (a/k/a Beatty's). The unit participated in the crucial battles defending

and astronaut John Ashby (militiaman) (18th century), colonel in the Virginia Militia John Ashby (Royal Navy officer) (1646–1693), English admiral during

County was reorganized as volunteer companies of the 13th Brigade, Virginia Militia. During the War of 1812, five companies from the 13th Brigade were

Raleigh and Fayette. The men were recruited from the 184th Regiment of Virginia Militia and the company strength was 125 men. It was mustered into Confederate

(1925–2009), Houston bootmaker and marksman Joseph Bowman (1752–1779), Virginia militia officer Joe Bowman, fictional character on the Australian soap opera

Dragoons 240 horse Virginia Militia Dragoons, 100 horse (amalgamated with Laval's Dragoons during the battle) 60th Virginia Militia Regiment, Colonel George

served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812 and was Captain in the Virginia militia and aide-de-Camp to Governor James Barbour during that conflict. He

through the southern states. These forces were first opposed weakly by Virginia militia, but General George Washington sent first Marquis de Lafayette and

in the area earlier. The Braddock Road, built by British troops and Virginia militia in 1755, runs along what is now the township's western boundary. The

of 1812, receiving a commission as Colonel of the 4th Regiment of Virginia Militia. Their troop of Berkeley County militia defended Norfolk and Portsmouth

2000 acres of land on McElroy. He was also appointed Captain of the Virginia militia in the same year. He served as Justice of the Peace there for 37 years

Bills James Boggs (general) (1796–1862), brigadier general in the Virginia militia James Boggs (surgeon) (1740–1830), surgeon who migrated from New York

started firing on the survivors on shore and the two companies of Virginia militia that had arrived on the scene. By evening the Americans could no longer

the last 70 miles (110 km) in 24 hours. Captain Jack Jouett of the Virginia Militia, then twenty-seven years old, was asleep on the lawn of the Cuckoo

During the Mexican American War 1846–1848, the 19th regiment of the Virginia Militia was mustered into Federal Service and renamed the 1st Virginia Volunteers

Mary (Jones) Hancock. George Hancock was appointed a colonel in the Virginia militia, where he served as aide de camp to Count Casimir Pulaski. When General

officer in the Virginia militia, American Civil War Stephen Trigg, brother of John, politician and officer in the Virginia militia, American Civil War

Mary (Jones) Hancock. George Hancock was appointed a colonel in the Virginia militia, where he served as aide de camp to Count Casimir Pulaski. When General

academic course and studied law. Love and his brother Samuel both joined Virginia militia regiments. Love joined Capt. William Payne's company of the 1st Virginia

officer in the Virginia militia, American Civil War Stephen Trigg, brother of John, politician and officer in the Virginia militia, American Civil War

holders in Rabun County. John Dillard served as a lieutenant in the Virginia Militia in the American Revolution, during which he was in the Battle of Guilford

of Virginia, sent the 21-year-old George Washington, a major in the Virginia militia, to Fort Le Boeuf with seven escorts, in order to deliver a message

by North Carolina militia, led by John Butler and Thomas Eaton, and Virginia militia, led by Robert Lawson. On 12 March, Greene marched his army of about

Ridge Road. The local farmers found booming business in feeding the Virginia Militia and fledgling volunteer American army. Following the war, the town's

1677/8 Virginia Relations Raleigh Travers (brother) Residence Rappahannock County, Virginia Military service Branch/service Virginia militia Rank Colonel

1979–1981 Mr. Wallace Easter, 1981–1992 Lieutenant Colonel George McNeill, Virginia Militia, 1992–2015 Senior Chief Jim Bean USN (Ret.) 2015–Present Traditionally

The 41st Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in the Commonwealth of Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the

learning of the French refusal to decamp, Dinwiddie sent a small force of Virginia militia to build a fort at the forks of the Ohio River, where the Allegheny

Sniping and gunfire continued throughout 4 and 5 September, as the Virginia militia arrived to block British landings at the batteries or Alexandria. On

near Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and site of a 1774 battle between Virginia militia and Native Americans "Point Pleasant", a song by God Is an Astronaut

Chairman of the County Committee for Relief of Boston. He was listed as a Virginia militia colonel in 1775, so the title was more than honorary, although his

Lumberman Military service Allegiance  United States Branch/service West Virginia Militia Years of service 1861-1863 Rank major Unit 9th West Virginia Volunteer

three sons Samuel, John Augustine, and Charles, all served in the Virginia Militia. Her son-in-law Fielding Lewis (husband to her daughter Betty), was

Moore'(? migrated to Jamestown around 1645 and was a Major in the Virginia militia in 1654 in Westmoreland County and a member of the Virginia House of

Organization of Norman England, 1965:102-26. William L. Shea. (1983). The Virginia militia in the Seventeenth century. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State

the Ohio River. His late uncle Thomas Bullitt, after commanding the Virginia militia westward during Dunmore's War, had returned to the Falls of the Ohio

Colonization Society. Over the course of a military career in the Virginia militia, Brodnax attained the rank of Brigadier General. In 1824, he was appointed

Lafayette, whose force now numbered 3,000 men with the arrival of Virginia militia. On May 24, he set out after Lafayette, who withdrew from Richmond

of Colonel John Thomas Gibson, who was Colonel of the 55th Regiment Virginia Militia at that time (1859), and who was an active participant in the capture

S. Constellation. Brigadier General Robert B. Taylor commanded the Virginia Militia in the Norfolk area. Taylor hastily built defenses around Norfolk and

Secession Convention of 1861 voted for secession on April 17 and various Virginia militia units seized the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry the following day

Company Independent Richmond Infantry 1st Virginia Militia 3rd Virginia Reserve Battalion 19th Virginia Militia Provost Guard Independent Richmond Cavalry

1677/8 Virginia Children Thomas, Edmund, Elizabeth Residence Nansemond County, Virginia Military service Branch/service Virginia militia Rank Colonel

December 1753, George Washington, then a 21-year-old major in the Virginia militia, was sent to Fort Le Boeuf to warn the French that they were trespassing

Military service Allegiance  Virginia  Confederate States Branch/service Virginia Militia  Confederate States Army Rank Colonel (CSA) Commands 21st Virginia

Incident, which was a confrontation between the governor's forces and Virginia militia, led by Henry. The House of Burgesses was called back by Lord Dunmore

received the honorific "Colonel" for leading the 67th regiment of Virginia Militia. Hunter died during a cholera epidemic in Martinsburg on September

Maryland. Among the officers accompanying Braddock that day was a young Virginia militia officer named George Washington. At the end of the French and Indian

seized 36 men, depriving them of water for two days. In September the Virginia militia met with the chiefs, promising Virginia’s protection to prevent them

awarded most of the land in today's Jefferson County to officers in the Virginia militia, in exchange for their service in the French and Indian War. Early

service Allegiance Virginia Confederate States of America Branch/service Virginia Militia Confederate States Army Rank Colonel (CSA) Unit 15th Virginia Infantry

surviving. Residence James City County, Virginia Profession Lawyer Awards founder of Yorktown Military service Branch/service Virginia militia Rank Colonel

1754 – French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a

politician Military service Allegiance  Confederate States Branch/service Virginia Militia Confederate States Army Rank Major (CSA) Unit 8th Virginia Infantry

well as farmed using enslaved labor. General Thomas Nelson, Jr.'s Virginia militia used it as a resting place on September 28, 1781, en route to Yorktown

headquarters at the McLean House." McLean was a retired major in the Virginia militia but, at age 47 he was too old to return to active duty at the outbreak

Gloucester County, Virginia Occupation Planter and politician Military service Branch/service Virginia militia Rank Colonel Battles/wars Bacon's Rebellion

The elder J.C. Gibson enlisted twice in J.R. Gilbert's company of Virginia militia for service in the War of 1812, in July 1813 and January 1814. He eventually

century. His father was Samuel Winston. In his youth, he fought with the Virginia militia against border Indians in 1763 before moving to the Province of North

Articles of Confederation. He was a brigadier general of the Lower Virginia Militia and succeeded Thomas Jefferson as governor of Virginia (after William

however, and so when Dunmore's War broke out in 1774, Shawnees faced the Virginia militia with few allies. After Virginia's victory in the war, the Shawnees

leaders Killbuck John Mercer † Strength Over 100 Approximately 60 Virginia militia Casualties and losses Unknown More than 18 killed All but 6 killed

initially a Revolutionary War Patriot captain in the Ohio County, Virginia militia and an associate judge and squire in Kentucky, led a gang of highway

illiterate until adulthood. He began his military career in 1792, with a Virginia militia or ranger company stationed in Wheeling fighting against Indians. In

Washington is forced to confront his first mutiny as 25 members of his Virginia militia refuse to obey orders from their officers. Washington, who is attending

but was allowed to serve as a courier at the headquarters of the Virginia Militia under Major General John B. Floyd. Because of his youth and knowledge

January 26, Governor Dinwiddie issued a captain's commission in the Virginia militia to fur trader William Trent,: 44  with orders to raise one hundred

Military service Allegiance  United States of America Branch/service Virginia Militia Continental Army Years of service 1774-1775 (Militia) 1775-1781 (Army)

(1878–?), Scottish lawn bowler William Campbell (general) (1745–1781), Virginia militia general in the American Revolution William Campbell (Medal of Honor

affiliations Democratic-Republican Relations Joel Leftwich (brother) Military service Branch/service Virginia militia Rank Colonel Battles/wars War of 1812

was Lt.Col. Braddock Goodwyn. Pegram became the major general of the Virginia militia in the War of 1812 and held field command of all state forces. Following

population relocated north into central Ohio to avoid attack by the Virginia militia.: 378  The next Chillicothe (1758–1787) was one of seven Shawnee villages

Residence(s) Nansemond County, Virginia Occupation Farmer, politician, military officer Military service Branch/service Virginia militia Rank Lt. Colonel

the newly formed Continental Army. Washington previously commanded Virginia militia regiments in the French and Indian War, and on June 16, Hancock officially

Early's rearguard. Thoburn's force paid dearly for the mistake. West Virginia militia Col. Daniel E. Frost, speaker of the House of Delegates of the Restored

Capitol Square; was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the Nineteenth Virginia militia; was a warden, register and diocesan delegate of St. James' Church

grandfather, James Fulkerson, had also served as a Captain, in the Virginia Militia during the American Revolution, joining with the Overmountain Men and

the Susquehannock stronghold in Maryland. They were soon joined by Virginia militia led by Col. John Washington and Col. Isaac Allerton Jr. Trueman invited

city from the east. Colonel Minor of Minor's Hill and his 700-man Virginia Militia 60th Regiment were summoned on August 23, 1814 from Falls Church to

the Susquehannock stronghold in Maryland. They were soon joined by Virginia militia led by Col. John Washington and Col. Isaac Allerton Jr. Trueman invited

March 11, 1862. He resumed his commission as a major general of the Virginia Militia. However, his health soon failed, and he died a year later at Abingdon

infantry command, under Colonel William H. Harman, was composed of Virginia Militia reservists. Colonel William Nelson commanded the Confederate artillery

Logan (1742–1802), an American pioneer, politician, and general of the Virginia militia. Benjamin Logan High School Benjamin Logan Middle School Benjamin Logan

Griffin Military service Allegiance  United States of America Branch/service Virginia militia Years of service 1812-1814 Rank Major Battles/wars War of 1812

Philadelphia and Louisville. As a captain in 1831, he led a company of Virginia militia forces that were dispatched to Southampton County to fight Nat Turner's

both served the rebels. St. George was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Virginia Militia, and was wounded at both the Battle of Guilford Court House and the

Occupation lawyer, politician, soldier Military service Allegiance  Confederate States Branch/service Virginia Militia  Confederate States Army Rank Major(CSA)

Strother abhorred the fanaticism of both the abolitionists and the Virginia militia. Having been raised in Martinsburg and with a sister married to the

Belligerents  United States U.S. Navy U.S. Army  Maryland Militia  Virginia Militia District of Columbia Militia  Pennsylvania Militia  British Empire

A secessionist, he voted for secession before Lincoln's call up of Virginia militia to restore Federal property. Samuel M. Garland died in Amherst County

His grandfather and namesake, Col. Francis Mallory (1740-1781) was a Virginia militia officer who married three times before his death in the Skirmish at

service 1846-48 (USA) 1861–65 (CSA) Rank Major (USA) Major General (Virginia Militia) Brigadier General (CSA) Unit 9th U.S. Infantry Regiment 11th U.S.

major-general when war with Great Britain was imminent; Lee organized the Virginia militia. In 1809, he became bankrupt and served one year in debtors' prison

ore mining Military service Allegiance United States Branch/service Virginia militia Years of service 1776-1781 Rank Captain Battles/wars American Revolutionary

Pott, Sarah Children William Jr., Mary Kendall Lee Occupation merchant, planter, politician Military service Branch/service Virginia militia Rank Colonel

bragged about converting some of the captured horse carts to caissons. Virginia militia Major General Kenton Harper (of Staunton) then secured the towns, and

Chesapeake Bay. He was then Lieutenant Colonel of the 68th Regiment of the Virginia Militia. Basset began his political career by running to become of New Kent

Elizabeth Lewis Minor Profession politician, farmer Military service Allegiance  United States of America Branch/service Virginia Militia Rank Major

also held here, and it was used as a military arsenal by the West Virginia militia. In 1907, the federal government constructed a new federal building

North Carolina regiment of militia (7 known companies) A brigade of Virginia militia: Amelia County Militia A company of the Chasseurs-Volontaires de Saint-Domingue

rails were uniquely identifiable, and knew they had been stolen during Virginia Militia and Confederate operations as part of the Great Train Raid of 1861

second fire was wounded in the hip. He was a brigadier general of the Virginia Militia in 1812. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican from Virginia's

Pleasant during Lord Dunmore's War. Military service record: Major in the Virginia Militia, 1775-1776 Colonel in the Washington District Regiment of the North

Union invasion; in addition, General Robert E. Lee, commander of the Virginia militia forces, underestimated the strength of Unionist support in western

On April 10, 1861, he accepted a commission as major general of the Virginia Militia and was directed by Virginia governor John Letcher to assume command

which their father purchased shortly before his death, and became a Virginia militia hero of in the War of 1812 after representing that county in the Virginia

North Carolina. Brigadier General William Henry Brodnax commanded the Virginia militia. In Southampton County, Blacks suspected of participating in the rebellion

Military service Allegiance  Virginia  Confederate States Branch/service Virginia Militia  Confederate States Army Rank Major (CSA) Unit 54th Virginia Infantry

beginning in 1704 and as a captain in the New Kent Co. Militia of the Virginia Militia until his service as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from

documented excluding James Barham. James Barham (1764–1865) served in the Virginia Militia. He was a resident of Greene County, Missouri. Samuel Downing (1764–1867)

French and Indian War). The following year, Washington, Stephen and the Virginia militia participated in the disastrous Braddock Expedition. In 1756, Stephen

colonel during the war, rising to the rank of brigadier general in the Virginia militia years afterward. His second-oldest brother, George Rogers Clark, rose

fourteen Tories and one Patriot, Henry Francis, a captain in the Virginia militia. A tombstone at the Battle Branch, the site of the skirmish, honors

(1812–1890): First superintendent of VMI, Confederate Army colonel, Virginia militia major general William D. Washington (1833–1870): Painter, instructor

headquarters in Winchester in June 1861, the commander of the 31st Virginia militia (which would become the 4th Virginia), Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Tilghman

Military service Allegiance  Virginia  Confederate States Branch/service Virginia Militia  Confederate States Army Rank Colonel (CSA) Commands 21st Virginia

(1646–1693), admiral John Ashby (militiaman) (1707–1789), colonel in the Virginia Militia John F. Ashby (1929–2001), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western

from Leicestershire, England on the ship Hopewell and fought in the Virginia Militia. Hull's mother's family (Riley-Wood) had numerous ancestors who fought

in Ohio. Johnson's men were first assigned to the Sixth Regiment of Virginia militia, then to the Fourth Regiment. When Johnson returned to Harrison County

Tennessee Militia brigadier general Francis Henney Smith (1812–1890), Virginia Militia major general Heman R. Smith (1795–1861), Vermont Militia major general

Braddock, who was accompanied by Colonel George Washington of the Virginia militia regiment in the ill-fated July 1755 Braddock expedition, an attempt

travelled through the park area while he was a young colonel with the Virginia Militia in his attempt to notify the French the area was claimed by the English

and island were occupied and plundered in December 1806 by the local Virginia militia. Blennerhassett fled, was twice arrested, and finally imprisoned in

served in the War of 1812, three in the regular army and two in the Virginia militia. As hostilities with Britain escalated, Armistead was promoted to major

Neck Plantation. Lunsford held the rank of lieutenant-general in the Virginia militia. Accounts place his death either c. 1653 or c. 1656. Although three

and island were occupied and allegedly plundered by members of the Virginia militia. He fled with his family, but he was twice arrested. The second time

their fellow congregants occasionally included visiting colony of Virginia militia regimental commander, colonel, and soon-to-be-general George Washington

the militia or ARNG. George Washington, commissioned a Major in the Virginia Militia in 1753. He attained the rank of colonel before resigning his commission

Pennsylvania. George Washington, a 21-year-old major in the colonial Virginia militia, and explorer Christopher Gist traveled along the trail during December

American Civil War, Hampden–Sydney students formed a company in the Virginia Militia. The Hampden–Sydney students did not see much action but rather were

University (BA) Military service Allegiance  United States Branch/service Virginia Militia Rank Captain Unit Fairfax Light Horse Battles/wars War of 1812

The Virginia soldiers at Arlington Mills were therefore technically Virginia militia men (or Provisional Army of Virginia soldiers) although they were acting

portrait depicts Lawrence in his military uniform as the Adjutant of the Virginia militia. He posed wearing the scarlet "undressed" frock coat issued him in

Allegiance  Virginia  Confederate States of America Branch/service Virginia Militia  Confederate States Army Rank Brigadier general (Virginia) Brigadier

Reynolds 51st Virginia Infantry Regiment: Col Gabriel C. Wharton 51st Virginia Militia Regiment: Ltc William W. Glass Beckett's Cavalry Company: Cpt. Albert

served as Captain of a cavalry company with the 1st Regiment (Byrne's), Virginia Militia, during the War of 1812 and participated in the Battle of Hampton on

which had elements that were engaged at Fort Meigs. In addition, Virginia militia units that eventually became the 150th Cavalry (ARNG WV) were present

their militiamen against him. Patriot leaders also sent word to a Virginia militia leader, William Campbell, asking him to join them at Sycamore Shoals

paternal grandfather was John Crittenden, who served as a major with the Virginia militia in the American Revolution and was one of the first settlers in Kentucky

surveying instruments, was commissioned in 1838 as a colonel in the Virginia militia. Lilley studied at Washington College before beginning a career selling

military tradition, Buckner became a captain in the Fauquier County Virginia militia in 1794, a year after he served as a deputy sheriff for the county

defenses US Navy Commodore John Rodgers Det. U.S Navy Det. U.S. Marines Virginia Militia Brig. Gen. Singleton Brig. Gen. Douglass Pennsylvania Militia Col.

McCracken's Company, which was part of Clark's Illinois Regiment of Virginia Militia. Thus he served under General George Rogers Clark during the Illinois

politician Military service Allegiance  Confederate States Branch/service Virginia Militia  Confederate States Army Rank First Sergeant (CSA) Unit 4th Virginia

pitched battle of that war (considerably downstream of Marshall County), Virginia militia led by colonel Andrew Lewis defeated outnumbered native warriors led

That's My Man (1947) as Bradford (uncredited) Unconquered (1947) as Virginia Militia Officer (uncredited) I Walk Alone (1947) as Toll Booth Policeman (uncredited)

Dunmore's War against Native Americans. Zane later became a colonel in the Virginia militia and in 1776 renamed the fort after Patrick Henry, who as a Virginia

cargo awaiting export. Alexandria merchants knew that the nearest Virginia militia, though about 1400 men under Brig. General John P. Hungerford, were

politician Military service Allegiance Continental Army Branch/service Virginia Militia Rank Colonel Unit 1st Continental Light Dragoons Battles/wars American

Commandery, Knights Templar No. 6. Company A formally enlisted in the Virginia militia on April 19, 1861, shortly after the Virginia Secession Convention

Co. E Hedgesville Blues (2nd Virginia Infantry), and 67th Regiment Virginia Militia. It is also believed that soldiers from Berkeley County participated

beginning or ending of hostilities). McLean was a retired major in the Virginia militia. He was too old to enlist at the outbreak of the Civil War and decided

Caswell's units from North Carolina, and a group of hastily assembled Virginia militia units. Gates attempted to attack the British advance base near Camden

points to James "Jim" Vance, an uncle of Anse and a member of a West Virginia militia group, as the culprit. The second recorded instance of violence in

of the expedition which explored Dick's River. He enlisted in the Virginia militia shortly before the American Revolutionary War and, commissioned a lieutenant-colonel

Virginia Infantry Regiment Ringgold Pennsylvania Cavalry 114th Virginia Militia 77th Virginia Militia Hampshire County Militia 7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment Strength

Chabert de Joncaire. In December 1753, Major George Washington of the Virginia militia used the Venango Path to reach Fort Machault during his first expedition

Pennsylvania, in about 1770. He was the son of Samuel Wells, a captain in the Virginia militia during the American Revolutionary War. The family moved to Louisville

Dunmore ordered royal marines to seize gunpowder from the magazine. Virginia militia led by Patrick Henry responded to the "theft" and marched on Williamsburg

served in Morgan's Rifle Brigade as a paymaster. He served in the Virginia militia, which required him to pay his own expenses and to be away from his

North America during the Seven Years' War. The war began in 1754 as Virginia militia led by Colonel George Washington advanced into French-held territory

least temporarily. In response to these attacks, several thousand Virginia militia (under General William Christian) attacked the Overhill towns, in what

Ohio Valley as a soldier serving in Colonel Andrew Lewis' force of Virginia Militia during Lord Dunmore's War, and was commended for his bravery at the

and inventor of the Lynch motor Charles Lynch (judge) (1736–1796), Virginia militia officer, possible inspiration for the word "lynching" Charles Lynch

in what would become the United States dates to 1633, when colonial Virginia militia employed drummers to beat marching cadences during drills and maneuvers

officer, politician Military service Branch/service James City County, Virginia militia Years of service About 1611 to 1622 Rank Captain Battles/wars Second

United States Service/branch North Carolina militia, Continental Army, Virginia militia Rank Major Battles/wars Revolutionary War, Northwest Indian War Other work

British legion by the Duc de Lauzun's legion and Mercer's battalion of Virginia militia grenadiers. The Battle of the Hook cut off Cornwallis's supplies and

freedom and escaping the South. About 800 did so; some helped rout the Virginia militia at the Battle of Kemp's Landing and fought in the Battle of Great Bridge

volunteer in the Battle of Great Bridge near Norfolk, Virginia, where the Virginia militia repelled a British assault. He was one of the first American officers

practice, then served as a land commissioner in Florida. He was a Virginia militia lieutenant from 1812 to 1814, during the War of 1812. He was a land

lines, with the North Carolina militia making up the first line, the Virginia militia making up the second line, and the Continental Army regulars, positioned

(m. 1775) Military career Allegiance  United States Service/branch Virginia militia Years of service 1774–1782 Battles/wars Dunmore's War  • Battle of

rebellion before it could begin. Mosby Sheppard later served in the Virginia Militia for the War of 1812. Doctor John Mosby Sheppard, son of Mosby Sheppard

1799(1799-07-03) (aged 69) Culpeper County, Virginia, US Spouse Lucy Coleman Occupation lawyer, politician, planter Military service Branch/service Virginia Militia

Virginia and fought a small and brief battle with part of a company of Virginia militia (soon to be Confederate Army infantry) at the Battle of Fairfax Court

the Caribbean. Washington was appointed Adjutant (commander) of the Virginia militia, at the colonial rank of major. In the spring of 1743, the young Anne

accepted this claim. Several men named William Morgan appear in the Virginia militia rolls for this period, but none held the rank of captain, and whether

(Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978), pp. 254, 263, 268 Barnes p. 350 Virginia Militia in the War of 1812, vol. 1 p. 367 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing

the U.S. Army. Initially, Early became a brigadier general in the Virginia Militia and was sent to Lynchburg, where he raised three regiments and then

under Capt. John Keys; Confederate forces were the 114th and 77th Virginia militia regiments. On October 24, Federal Ohio and Virginia infantry (with

On April 18, 1861, the day after Virginia seceded from the Union, Virginia militia seized the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, which was also an important

of America although they did not officially do so until May 1861. Virginia Militia Major General and, effective May 1, 1861, Virginia Provisional Army

 1712)​ Children 3, including William Occupation Planter, militia officer, politician Military service Branch/service Henrico County, Virginia militia

In June 1743, following conflict between Iroquois warriors and the Virginia militia at the Battle of Galudoghson, Weiser was sent by Governor Gooch to

technically begin in Europe until 1756). The war began with the defeat of a Virginia militia contingent led by Colonel George Washington by the French troupes de

weeks, the Cherokee lifted the siege and retreated. The arrival of the Virginia militia under William Christian later that year largely ended the threat to

A secessionist, he voted for secession before Lincoln's call up of Virginia militia to restore Federal property. During the American Civil War, although

Williamsburg Magazine to a British ship. Patrick Henry led a group of Virginia militia from Hanover in response to Dunmore's order. Carter Braxton negotiated

rebellion, ordered royal marines to seize gunpowder from the magazine. Virginia militia led by Patrick Henry responded to the "theft" and marched on Williamsburg

northern Virginia. The move was intended to forestall any attempt by Virginia militia or Confederate soldiers to seize the capital city of the United States

testified to the seizure of the federal armory, the appearance of Virginia militia groups, and shootings on the railroad bridge. Other evidence described

farmer, merchant Military service Allegiance  Virginia  Confederate States Branch/service Virginia Militia Rank Colonel Battles/wars American Civil War

Retrieved December 16, 2019. Butler, Stuart Lee (1988). A guide to Virginia militia units in the War of 1812. Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co. pp. 242–243

Blanford in April 1781, which started just east of Petersburg. As Virginia militia retreated north across the Appomattox River, they took up the planks

1851. In 1860, Crossland was serving as a first lieutenant in the Virginia militia. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Crossland resigned his commission

Wise gave a fiery speech in which he announced that as he spoke the Virginia militia was seizing the Federal armory at Harper's Ferry, which had only a

renamed Nansemond for the Indian tribe. In May 1779 a skirmish between Virginia militia and English troops under Gen. Edward Matthews occurred at Hargrove's

Vermont Republic Militia) Seth Warner Virginia George Rogers Clark, led Virginia militia on 1778-79 Illinois campaign, promoted to brigadier general in 1781

Spottsylvania County, and was commissioned a major-general of the Virginia militia in 1793. But his thoughts now turned to the great west, and in 1802

the president of the College of William and Mary, joined the local Virginia militia as the Board of Visitors closed the college during the War. Colonel

were accused of "importing." General Robert Taylor, who commanded the Virginia militia heroically during the War of 1812, defended Almeida and emphasized

Wilderness Road. June 1775 • Led by Major John Morrison, a small band of Virginia militia including Levi Todd and William McConnell camped at a spring near Elkhorn

Dunmore saw rising unrest in the colony and was trying to deprive Virginia militia of supplies needed for insurrection. The Patriot militia, led by Patrick

enlisted soldiers. Additionally, as many as 40 Cherokee were murdered by Virginia militia in the area around modern-day Roanoke, Virginia. Some of the Virginians

position. On July 9, 1755, a force of British Army regulars and the Virginia militia under General Edward Braddock advancing into the Ohio river valley

where he voted for secession on April 17 following Lincoln's call on Virginia militia to recover federal property. Upon the organization of the Confederate

lived with this son. He had accepted a commission as general in the Virginia militia, but not a Confederate States Army commission, unlike two of his sons

April 18, 1861, the day after Virginia seceded from the Union, the Virginia militia seized Harpers Ferry, an important work station on the rival Baltimore

1867) Alexander Nisbet, British surgeon (d. 1874) April 8 James Boggs, Virginia militia Confederate States Army Brigadier General (d. 1862) Alfred Bunn, British

the course of this conflict, Governor Dunmore ordered a regiment of Virginia Militia, under Colonel Andrew Lewis, to proceed to the mouth of the Kanawha

Indian settlements north of the Ohio River. George Rogers Clark, a Virginia militia officer in Kentucky, believed that the Americans could ultimately win

history of George Washington as lieutenant and major in the colonial Virginia militia. "Timeline", Whiskey Rebellion. Bartholomew, Ann M.; Metz, Lance E

Washington, to the surprise of many, tendered his resignation from the Virginia militia. Many of his officers showered him with praise, including the critical

(slavery), a pamphlet was published to raise money for him. Martinsburg, Virginia, militia: George Murphy George Richardson G. N. Hammond Evan Dorsey Nelson

son "Col. Benjamin" (1741–1819) was a regimental commander in the Virginia Militia during the revolution, and then was elected to the Virginia House of

VMI, the State of Virginia promoted him to Lieutenant General in the Virginia Militia (Unorganized). Following the disruptions of World War II he got the

The middle son, Fielding L. Marshall, who had participated in the Virginia militia under Turner Ashby including after John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry

1756, at the outset of the French and Indian War, Timberlake joined a Virginia militia company known as the "Patriot Blues". It had embarked on a campaign

William & Mary, both his parents had died. In early 1776, he joined the Virginia militia and became an officer in the Continental Army, later that year being

19, he was drafted as a private for the War of 1812 into the 64th Virginia militia, under Captain Graves' Company in the spring of 1815. At the US National

1907 to 1921 and city attorney from 1921 to 1922. Anderson joined the Virginia militia on September 25, 1890, as a second lieutenant. In 1903, Anderson commanded

politician and judge Isaac Parsons (Virginia politician) (1752–1796), Virginia militia officer and Virginia House Delegate Jamie Parsons (1941–2015), Alaskan

In September 1755, George Washington, then adjutant-general of the Virginia militia, upon a frustrating and futile attempt to call up the militia to respond

Rank Organization Date Major and Adjutant Province of Virginia militia December 13, 1752 Lieutenant Colonel Virginia Regiment March 15, 1754 Colonel Virginia

was greeted by a crowd of 15,000 people. Gov. James Pleasants and Virginia militia general Robert Barraud Taylor (of the 1813 Battle of Craney Island)

service Allegiance Virginia Confederate States of America Branch/service Virginia Militia Confederate States Army Rank Lieutenant (CSA) Unit 37th Virginia Infantry

line made up of North Carolina Militia and the second line made up of Virginia Militia they threatened the third line made up by the 1st Maryland Regiment

county's militia, and eventually attained the rank of Major-General of Virginia militia. Judge Baldwin also delivered the oration at the celebration at the

near the present site of Uniontown, Pennsylvania when a company of Virginia militia under the command of George Washington ambushed a French force at the

Sniping and gunfire continued throughout 4 and 5 September, as the Virginia militia arrived to block British landings at the batteries. On 6 September

and recruits to the adjutant-general of the U.S. Army. The western Virginia militia system fell apart on Virginia's secession. Most of the militia organizations

Proclamation, November 7, 1775 About 800 men joined up; some helped rout the Virginia militia at the Battle of Kemp's Landing and fought in the Battle of Great Bridge

the war with England that began in 1812, but he was active in the Virginia militia and commanded a regiment of DC cavalry. When British forces marched

Caroline Winston Slaughter Alma mater College of William and Mary Occupation doctor, politician, planter Military service Branch/service Virginia Militia

maternal lineage. Charles Baskin was a lieutenant in the Augusta County Virginia militia. The Brackenridge name in Texas descended from Scotch-Irish Robert

(1720–1773), here termed Colonel Robert Breckenridge. Captain in Virginia militia during the French and Indian War. Son of Alexander Breckenridge I.

Cresap Profession Lawyer, judge Military service Allegiance  Confederate States Branch/service Virginia Militia  Confederate States Army Rank Captain(CSA)

included: 48 Peace Jubilee Maidens Two U.S. cavalry troops from Ft. Myer Virginia militia, including the Warrenton Rifles and Front Royal Guard Fort Myer band

Pennamite–Yankee War and in a fatally misguided step placed a unit of the Virginia militia, commanded by himself, as a neutral buffer between Pennamites and Yankees

served during the American War of Independence as a colonel in the Virginia Militia. Another of Henry's brothers, Thomas Tudor Tucker, had emigrated to

Major George Benn's Battalion, Colonel William Campbell's Regiment of Virginia Militia during the Whiskey Rebellion. In 1814, he moved to Lynchburg where

1861–65 (CSA) Rank Major (USA) Brevet Colonel (USA) Brigadier General (Virginia Militia) Major General (CSA) Unit 3rd U.S. Artillery Commands Department of

fought in the French and Indian War (1754-1763), as a Captain in the Virginia militia in 1758. He lived in Botetourt County. In November 1761, (John) Jacob

of 1812 and was later appointed Major General of the 3rd Division, Virginia Militia, by the Virginia General Assembly in 1842. He also served as a county

Allegiance Virginia Confederate States of America Service/branch Virginia Militia Confederate Army Rank Colonel (CSA) Unit 8th Virginia Infantry Battles/wars

in the patriotic fervor of the time, Charles soon joined the 19th Virginia Militia, a regiment made up of shopkeepers, railroad workers and local firemen

Carolina Militia, plus reinforcements from Virginia, consisting of 3,000 Virginia Militia, a Virginia State regiment, a Corp of Virginian "eighteen-month men"

Berkeley County volunteer artillery company attached to the 67th regiment Virginia militia which defended Norfolk during the War of 1812. Thus he served under