Virginia Line - Virginia Line, 1776

Virginia Line, 1776

On December 28, 1775, the Continental Congress voted to raise four more regiments in Virginia. The Virginia Convention concurred on January 11, 1776. The Convention ordered that an additional 72 companies be raised and that the term of service of the original fifteen companies be extended. The 87 companies were to be organized into nine regiments of ten companies each (the 9th Virginia Regiment having at first only seven companies). The new force was to serve for not exceeding two and a half years. The 1st and 2d Virginia Regiments were reconstituted; the 3d through 6th Virginia Regiments were raised as Continental regiments; and the 7th through 9th Virginia Regiments were raised as state troops. In the course of 1776 the state regiments were placed on the Continental establishment.

• The 1st Virginia Regiment.
• The 2nd Virginia Regiment.
• The 3rd Virginia Regiment.
• The 4th Virginia Regiment.
• The 5th Virginia Regiment.
• The 6th Virginia Regiment.
• The 7th Virginia Regiment.
• The 8th Virginia Regiment.
• The 9th Virginia Regiment.