1st Virginia Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=1st Virginia Regiment


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allegiance=Continental Congress of the United States
type=Infantry
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dates=1775-1783
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command_structure=Virginia Line
size=728 soldiers
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battles=Battle of Great Bridge,
New York Campaign,
Battle of Trenton,
Battle of Princeton,
Battle of Brandywine,
Battle of Germantown,
Battle of Monmouth,
Battle of Stony Point,
Siege of Charleston.
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anniversaries=Campaign
name=New York and New Jersey, 1776–1777
battles=Long Island – Kip's Bay – Harlem Heights – Pell's Point – White Plains – Fort Washington – 1st Trenton – 2nd Trenton – Princeton – Forage War – Bound BrookCampaign
name=Northern theater after Saratoga, 1778–1781
battles=Rhode Island – Wyoming Valley – Carleton's Raid – Cherry Valley – Stony Point – Penobscot expedition – Sullivan expedition – Newtown – Springfield – Groton HeightsCampaign
name=Southern theater, 1775–1783
battles=Williamsburg – Great Bridge – Moore's Creek Bridge – Rice Boats – Alligator Bridge – Beaufort – Kettle Creek – Briar Creek – Stono Ferry – Savannah – Charleston –

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The 1st Virginia Regiment was raised, on July 17 1775, at Williamsburg, Virginia as a state militia unit and later for service with the (U.S.) Continental Army. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Great Bridge, New York Campaign, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth, Battle of Stony Point and the Siege of Charleston. Most of the regiment was captured at Charlestown, South Carolina, on May 12 1780, by the British and the regiment was formally disbanded on November 15 1783.

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* [http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/Spring01/Portrait.cfm Edmund Dickinson portrait and biography-copyrighted for reference only]