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Field officers at Valley Forge were Colonel William Heth, Lt. Soon the entire British line began to give way. Reassigned on October 7, 1777 from the Eastern Department and assigned to the Main Continental Army. WebThe 3rd Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It was to be however a short lived reprieve as on April 4 with the drums of war beating a long roll the regiment was turned out to embark once more at Stone House Wharf . The 3rd Regiment was formed in February 1776 at Alexandria and Dumfries. Reassigned on July 7, 1779 from the 2nd Massachusetts Brigade. The 3rd Regiment was formed in February 1776 at Alexandria and Dumfries. The regiment would see action during the New York and New Jersey Campaign (1776-77) and the Philadelphia Campaign 1777-78. Virginia 3rd Regiment Revolutionary War One of the main players in this action was Major Andrew Leitch. Eckenrode for Virginia Soldiers of the American Revolution (see bibliography below), but the microfilm contains all of the documentation used to create the Revolutionary War compiled military service records and may contain more information. It took part in the following major battles: Ward's Regiment, or 1st Massachusetts Regiment, was raised April 23, 1775, as a Massachusetts militia regiment at Cambridge, Massachusetts, under Colonel Jonathan Ward. On 13 July 1779, McLane's company transferred to Lee's Legion as the 4th Dismounted Troop. Relieved 14 September 1777 from the Rhode Island Brigade and assigned to the 1st Connecticut Brigade, an element of the Highland's Department. Assigned 12 June 1777 to the 1st Connecticut Brigade, an element of the Highland's Department. The 1-year enlistments in most Continental Army regiments that formed in the earliest part of the American Revolutionary War expired on December 31, 1776. Capts. Having worked here locally for a few years, I was not aware of who the park was named after. Colonel Charles Flemming, and Major Charles West. Washington was happy to see his fellow Virginians and he needed the reinforcements. A brief summary of the 3rd Virginia Regiments service can be found in The Continental Armyby Robert K. Wright, Jr., page 285. Relieved 21 July 1778 from the 1st Connecticut Brigade and assigned to the Rhode Island Brigade, an element of the Eastern Department. Disbanded on January 1, 1781 at King's Ferry, New York. George Washington appointed influential Shenandoah Valley political leader Charles Mynn Thruston as colonel in command.