11th Virginia Regiment

11th Virginia Regiment
Active	1777–1779
Allegiance	Continental Congress of the United States
Type	Infantry
Part of	Virginia Line
Engagements	American Revolutionary War Battle of Brandywine Battle of Germantown Battle of Monmouth Siege of Charleston
Commanders
Notable commanders	Col. Daniel Morgan and Lt. Col. Christian Febiger (acting commander during Morgan's attachment to the Provisional Rifle Corps from mid-1777 to mid-1778)

The 11th Virginia Regiment was a Continental Army regiment that fought in the American Revolutionary War.

Authorized by the Second Continental Congress on 16 September 1776, it was organized on 3 February 1777 and consisted of four companies from the Virginia counties of Loudoun, Frederick, Prince William, and Amelia; Captain Daniel Morgan's Independent Rifle Company from Fauquier County; and five companies from the state's portion of the Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment.

On 15 April 1777 Captain George Price's company (organized on 18 January 1777 in the Virginia State Troops with volunteers from Frederick and Augusta Counties) was transferred to the regiment. On 11 May 1777 the regiment was assigned to the 3rd Virginia Brigade of the Main Army and was reorganized to eight companies on 1 November 1777. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, and the Battle of Monmouth. The unit was reassigned to the 2nd Virginia Brigade on 22 July 1778, and it was reorganized to nine companies and redesignated as the 7th Virginia Regiment on 12 May 1779. It was relieved from the 2nd Virginia Brigade on 4 December 1779 and assigned to the Southern Department.

The unit was captured on 12 May 1780 at the Siege of Charleston and subsequently disbanded on 1 January 1781.

References

Bibliography

Wright, Jr., Robert K. (1983). The Continental Army. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. pp. 289–290. CMH Publication 60-4-1.

External links

Bibliography of the Continental Army in Virginia compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History

Philadelphia campaign 1777–1778

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American Revolutionary War units of the United States

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The Virginia Line and Militia in the American Revolutionary War

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Continental Army Units	1st Continental Light Dragoons 1st Continental Artillery Regiment Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment Gist's Additional Continental Regiment Grayson's Additional Continental Regiment Thruston's Additional Continental Regiment

Militia	Culpeper Minutemen Ethiopian Regiment Fluvanna County militia 1st Virginia State Regiment 2nd Virginia State Regiment

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