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You are to delay no time in forwarding these
Companies to the Army (under my immediate Command) as fast as possible where they will be received and provided with necessaries, you are to keep me duly advised of your proceedings that I may know in what time to expect your assistance, When you consider
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Sir: You are hereby authorized and
Impowered to raise four Companies of Rangers upon the Continental pay, Rank, and establishment. To enable you to do this, you are furnished with a Warrant for 3,000 Dollars to recruit with; part of the bounty to be given at the time of Inlisting, and the other part
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That you may not be restricted in the choice of
Officers fit for this kind of Service, I leave the Nomination of them (that is for the four Companies) to yourself, reserving to myself a Negative upon any improper choice as in other
588:
the advanced Season, and compare it with the time we shall undoubtedly be called into the Field I am perswaded it will be a powerful argument in favour of your every exertion to raise the Men. Wishing you success in it, I am, etc.
512:. Authorized in January 1777, the unit was intended to be made up of four companies of light infantry and 500 Indian scouts. In practice, only three companies were recruited from the colonies of Virginia and Maryland.
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159:
1312:
827:“Abstract of Pay due the 12th Virginia Regiment, commanded by Col James Wood. For the month of May 1778” National Archives. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783. . Retrieved October 27, 2020.
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to Gist with orders to form the regiment is preserved. Since it gives an idea of the conditions under which the
Additional regiments were raised, it is worth reproducing in full.
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759:“General Pay Roll of the 12th Virginia Regiment in the service of the United States. Commanded by Col. James Wood for the month of December 1777” National Archives.
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in August 1779. In
December 1779, the unit was transferred from the main army to the Southern Department. In May 1780, Gist and his regiment were captured at the
551:. The consolidated regiment was reorganized as eight companies and a month later was assigned to the 1st Virginia Brigade. The regiment was probably involved in
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772:“General Pay Roll of the 12th Virginia Regiment in the service of the United States commanded by Col. James Wood for January 1778” National Archives.
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1138:
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720:
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1335:
544:
746:“General Pay Roll of the 12th Virginia Regiment of Foot commanded by Col. James Wood for the month of November 1777” National Archives.
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785:“Abstract of Pay due the 12th Virginia Regiment, commanded by Col James Wood. For the month of February 1778” National Archives.
814:“Abstract of Pay due the 12th Virginia Regiment, commanded by Col James Wood. For the month of April 1778” National Archives.
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798:“Abstract of Pay due the 12th Virginia Regiment, commanded by Col James Wood. For the month of March 1778” National Archives.
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1133:
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733:“Pay Abstract of the 12th Virginia Regiment Commanded by Col. James Wood for the month of October 1777” National Archives.
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304:
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in command. Two companies commanded by
Captains John Gist and Joseph Smithand were attached to the
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103:
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463:
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205:
93:
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42:
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1223:
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863:
560:
453:
422:
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402:
108:
888:
Historical
Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution
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78:
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215:
137:
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265:
127:
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Regulations for the Order and
Discipline of the Troops of the United States
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Captain Samuel Lapsley was attached to the
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521:
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Extra
Continental regiments and Additional Continental regiments
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was an American infantry unit that served for four years in the
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Monmouth Courthouse 1778: The last great battle in the North
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when the men join the Battalion or Corps they belong to.
563:. The unit was officially disbanded on 1 January 1781.
891:. Washington, D.C.: Rare Book Shop Publishing Company.
1606:
Military units and formations of the Continental Army
1621:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1781
862:
1476:Virginia Additional Continental Infantry Regiments
167:
1616:Military units and formations established in 1777
1597:
1390:Virginia Numbered Continental Infantry Regiments
1362:
1000:
978:United States Army Center of Military History
938:. Long Island City, N.Y.: Osprey Publishing.
721:United States Army Center of Military History
312:
153:
1336:George Washington in the American Revolution
1611:Virginia regiments of the Continental Army
1493:Thruston's Additional Continental Regiment
1369:
1355:
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993:
549:Thruston's Additional Continental Regiment
319:
305:
160:
146:
1498:Rawling's Additional Continental Regiment
1488:Grayson's Additional Continental Regiment
1180:Militia units that participated alongside
933:
919:. Mechanicsburg, Penn.: Stackpole Books.
900:. Mechanicsburg, Penn.: Stackpole Books.
844:
545:Grayson's Additional Continental Regiment
914:
895:
884:
870:. Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books.
868:Encyclopedia of the American Revolution
1598:
1483:Gist's Additional Continental Regiment
952:
19:Gist's Additional Continental Regiment
1350:
988:
300:
141:
1528:Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment
917:The Philadelphia Campaign, Volume II
543:In April 1779 the regiment absorbed
1381:, State Forces, and Militia in the
898:The Philadelphia Campaign, Volume I
761:Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783.
13:
1523:1st Continental Artillery Regiment
816:Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
800:Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
787:Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
774:Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
748:Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
735:Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
14:
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885:Heitman, Francis Bernard (1914).
592:
571:The 13 January 1777 letter from
536:in summer and fall 1777, and at
36:
856:
839:Nathaniel Gist: 13 January 1777
830:
818:. . Retrieved October 27, 2020.
789:. . Retrieved October 27, 2020.
776:. . Retrieved October 27, 2020.
737:. . Retrieved October 27, 2020.
501:Additional Continental Regiment
1518:1st Continental Light Dragoons
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1:
805:. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
750:. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
516:appointed noted frontiersman
1564:Crockett's Western Battalion
763:. Retrieved October 27, 2020
7:
1554:3rd Virginia State Regiment
1549:2nd Virginia State Regiment
1544:1st Virginia State Regiment
1296:Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783
934:Morrissey, Brendan (2008).
915:McGuire, Thomas J. (2007).
896:McGuire, Thomas J. (2006).
10:
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1021:American Revolutionary War
684:Gist's Additional Regiment
670:Gist's Additional Regiment
656:Gist's Additional Regiment
642:Gist's Additional Regiment
628:Gist's Additional Regiment
614:Gist's Additional Regiment
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469:Commander-in-Chief's Guard
332:units of the United States
329:American Revolutionary War
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1585:Fluvanna County militia
1467:15th Virginia Regiment
1462:14th Virginia Regiment
1457:13th Virginia Regiment
1452:12th Virginia Regiment
1447:11th Virginia Regiment
1442:10th Virginia Regiment
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530:12th Virginia Regiment
1437:9th Virginia Regiment
1432:8th Virginia Regiment
1427:7th Virginia Regiment
1422:6th Virginia Regiment
1417:5th Virginia Regiment
1412:4th Virginia Regiment
1407:3rd Virginia Regiment
1402:2nd Virginia Regiment
1397:1st Virginia Regiment
970:Wright, Robert K. Jr.
837:Washington Writings,
713:Wright, Robert K. Jr.
577:
553:Light Horse Harry Lee
534:Philadelphia Campaign
526:3rd Maryland Regiment
171:Philadelphia campaign
104:Battle of Paulus Hook
1537:Virginia State Units
1230:Artillery Regiments
976:. Washington, D.C.:
974:The Continental Army
953:Washington, George.
864:Boatner, Mark M. III
719:. Washington, D.C.:
717:The Continental Army
449:Armand's Legion
94:Battle of Germantown
89:Battle of Brandywine
43:Continental Congress
1281:Newburgh Conspiracy
561:Siege of Charleston
487:List of state units
109:Siege of Charleston
1580:Culpeper Minutemen
850:Wright (1989), 321
99:Battle of Monmouth
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945:978-1-84176-772-7
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506:Continental Army
454:Pulaski's Legion
342:Continental Army
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241:White Marsh
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206:Brandywine
123:commanders
116:Commanders
32:Allegiance
1224:Pulaski's
1139:1777–1784
679:captured
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175:1777–1778
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1058:Delaware
1046:By state
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226:Red Bank
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