Companies recruited men from Accomack, Northampton, Goochland, Albemarle [1] and Augusta [2] counties. In July 1775, the Third Virginia Convention passed an ordinance to create two regiments of regulars and fifteen battalion for minute service. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. Colonel Edmund Phinney. Check them out at, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 2018. The cadres for these regiments were drawn from the regiments which Virginia had sent to the field in 1775 and 1776. He planned a surprise attack, much like he had done at Trenton just ten months before, but this time, he had over 11,000 men, nearly six times as many men he had to attack Trenton. Slowly the Virginia and Connecticut troops were driven off and attempted to fight a rearguard action but were overwhelmed by superior numbers. Walker came from Albemarle County. I Can Assure your Excellency that I think it would Be for the Good of the Reigt & the Service to have them Removed from here, for the Reigt have been Raised in this Countery & thus have So many Acquaintances & the Opening for Setteling the New Cuntery that they are Constantly Deserting. In response to this, the Third Virginia Convention amended the July 1775 Ordinance and disbanded the minute companies. Militia Publisher Richmond, D. Bottom, superintendent of public printing Collection library_of_congress; americana Digitizing sponsor Sloan Foundation Make sure that the file is a photo. Learn more about merges. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. Captains John Cropper, Levin Joynes, Thomas Snead, George Gilchrist, Thomas Parramore, and John Poulson commanded the companies from Accomack County, while Capt. [39]Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia (Thomas W. White; Richmond, VA 1827), 85; James Ashby Land Bounty Record. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. 9th Virginia Colonel Burgess Ball [4], and Major John Fitzgerald. After the defeat at Brandywine and the capture of Philadelphia, Washington devised a bold plan to reverse the tide of the war. This account has been disabled. Fifty-eight men were still enlisted in the 9th Virginia in September 1778, of which twenty-three were present and fit for duty. The 9th Virginia Cavalry is a founding member of Civil War reenacting in the northwest. At either location, the officers and men suffered under harsh conditions, but the Walnut Street Jail was infamous for the treatment of American prisoners. The counties of Accomack and Northampton constituted one district and was referred to as Accomack District Minute Battalion. German Battalion. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. 9th Virginia Regiment. Later the unit was involved in the Petersburg siege north of the James River and the Appomattox Campaign. The commemoration honors the issuance of a Continental Congress proclamation to the assembled Main Army at Newburgh, N.Y., that announced a cease-fire between Americans and the British forces of King George III, Troops wearing the Revolutionary War uniforms of the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment, Corps of the Continental Line, stand in formation during the Cessation of Hostilities Bicentennial Celebration at the Pentagon River Plaza.