3rd Virginia Regiment

3rd Virginia Regiment
Active	1775–1783
Branch	Infantry
Part of	Virginia Line
Engagements	New York Campaign, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth, Siege of Charleston
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel Hugh Mercer Colonel George Weedon Colonel Thomas Nelson Jr

New York and New Jersey, 1776–1777

Long Island – Kip's Bay – Harlem Heights – Pell's Point – White Plains – Fort Washington – 1st Trenton – 2nd Trenton – Princeton – Forage War – Bound Brook

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 Crooked Billet Barren Hill Carlisle Peace Commission Monmouth

Southern theater Participation, 1780

Charleston

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The 3rd Virginia Regiment was raised on December 28, 1775 at Alexandria, Virginia for service with the Continental Army.^[1] The 3d Virginia's initial commander was Colonel Hugh Mercer, who was quickly promoted to brigadier general. Its second commander, George Weedon, was also promoted to brigadier general within a few months. Weedon was succeeded in command by Colonel Thomas Marshall, the father of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall. During its time at Valley Forge its commander was Colonel William Heth. The regiment saw action in the New York Campaign the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston. Most of the regiment was captured at Charlestown, South Carolina on May 12, 1780 by the British and the regiment was formally disbanded on November 15, 1783. James Monroe, Thomas Helm, John Francis Mercer and James Markham Marshall served as lieutenants in this regiment.

Battle of Trenton (December 26, 1776) The vanguard was the 6th Company led by Captain William Washington and Lt. James Monroe. "When the Hessians rolled out a field gun midway on King Street, a half dozen Virginians led by Captain William Washington (a distant cousin of the commander) and Lieutenant James Monroe rushed forward, seized it, and turned it on them."

References

↑ Berg, Fred Anderson (1972). Encyclopedia of Continental Army Units. Stackpole Books. p. 125.

Fischer, David Hackett, Washington's Crossing, Oxford University Press, 2004, p. 235.
McCullough, David, 1776, New York:Simon and Schuster, 2005, p. 281.

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The Virginia Line and Militia in the American Revolutionary War

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3rd Virginia Regiment

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