War of Independence
At the onset of the War for Independence, he was appointed Colonel of the 12th Virginia Regiment in 1776 and commanded that unit during the Philadelphia campaign and Monmouth campaigns of the next two years. In late 1777, he quartered at the house also occupied by the family of Sally Wister, who described him as "of the most amiable of men" although missing his wife and daughter. His regiment was redesignated the 8th Virginia Regiment in September 1778 and Wood was appointed Superintendent of the Convention Army when the prisoners were moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, that year. He continued in that capacity until it was dissolved in January 1783, when he was promoted a brigadier of state troops. He continued in state politics after the war.
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