14th Virginia Regiment

14th Virginia Regiment
Active	1776–1780
Allegiance	Continental Congress of the United States
Type	Infantry
Size	728 soldiers
Part of	Virginia Line
Engagements	Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth, Siege of Charleston.
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel Charles Lewis; Colonel William Davies

v t e Philadelphia campaign 1777–1778
Bound Brook Short Hills Staten Island Cooch's Bridge Brandywine Clouds Paoli Germantown Red Bank Fort Mifflin Gloucester White Marsh Matson's Ford Valley Forge Conway Cabal Quinton's Bridge Clow Rebellion Crooked Billet Barren Hill Carlisle Peace Commission Monmouth

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The 14th Virginia Regiment was raised on September 16, 1776, in western Virginia for service with the Continental Army.^[1] The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth, and Siege of Charleston.^[2] Most of the regiment was captured at Charlestown, South Carolina, on May 12, 1780, by the British Army. The regiment was formally disbanded on November 15, 1783.

References

v t e The Virginia Line, State Forces, and Militia in the American Revolutionary War
Virginia Numbered Continental Infantry Regiments	1st Virginia Regiment 2nd Virginia Regiment 3rd Virginia Regiment 4th Virginia Regiment 5th Virginia Regiment 6th Virginia Regiment 7th Virginia Regiment 8th Virginia Regiment 9th Virginia Regiment 10th Virginia Regiment 11th Virginia Regiment 12th Virginia Regiment 13th Virginia Regiment 14th Virginia Regiment 15th Virginia Regiment
Virginia Additional Continental Infantry Regiments	Gist's Additional Continental Regiment Grayson's Additional Continental Regiment Thruston's Additional Continental Regiment Rawling's Additional Continental Regiment
Other Continental Army Units	1st Continental Light Dragoons 1st Continental Artillery Regiment Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment
Virginia State Units	1st Virginia State Regiment 2nd Virginia State Regiment 3rd Virginia State Regiment Clark's Illinois Regiment Crockett's Western Battalion
Militia	Culpeper Minutemen Fluvanna County militia

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