Benjamin Harrison of VA. The circumstances that brought a second tour of service, were as follows (towit) in the fall of the year 1780 I engaged in the company of Capt. I know versions of his diary exist elsewhere, but the war time entries can be found, Thank you for sharing that, Adam. He then mentions serving under Captain Thomas Wright. It was again reorganized and redesignated as the 7th Virginia Regiment on 1 January 1781 to consist of two companies. Travelled to a place near the Crab Orchard [in Lincoln County KY], we encamped at night. This narrative was previously known, and has been often cited as being a good description of the details surrounding service as an Indian Spy, a militia ranger tasked with being the early warning system of an Indian attack, as well as being the quick reaction force in the event of an emergency. After remaining there some six or eight weeks he was marched back to Woodses fort near New River in Greenbrier County (Woods Fort, 4 mi NE of Peterstown now in Monroe County WV) and was kept employed in guarding Indians and Tories. That the nature of his service was to guard the Fort and go out when commanded in pursuit of the Indians when they would make their appearance in the settlement that his companions in service was commonly Matthew Patterson and John Cantly who are long since Dead. He then discusses the attack at Donnellys Fort. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since Revolutionary War: and where do you now live. Gen. Peter Muhlenberg: Of the eight companies in this regiment, four were raised in Pennsylvania and four from Maryland. 13th REGIMENT MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS 1 national color 2 state colors 14th REGIMENT MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS (see First Heavy Artillery) Lafayette helped after getting at the latter place I joined the army as a soldier. One who was King Cornstalk a Shawnee Indian in despite of the Commandant officer of the Garison General Hann deeming the above named expedition inadvisable abandened the expedition. Wright, for many years. Marched to McAfees Station on Salt River, where Capt. Saml Miller of the 8th Pensl. Through its grants program, the NHPRC supports a wide range of activities to skeith@waynesville.k12.mo.us Mar 11, 2023 5th Maryland Regiment at Washington . That sometime in the year 1774 he volunteered as a Private Militia man under Captain Benjamin Harriss [Benjamin Harris?] Previous Engagements: Northern New Jersey, Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth. 3. Brodhead and his colonial troops traveled up the Allegheny River on their expedition against the Seneca Indians. The regiment contained, likewise, a large number of private soldiers from Bourbon. 2021 Valley Forge Legacy Muster Roll Project. The fortress was the site of the signing of the Treaty of Fort McIntosh on January 21, 1785. Regt, which I Accordingly have done, Excepting those of the 13th Virga Regt and some who were sick. Benjamin' Harrison Company - 13th Virginia Regiment" family, on Ancestry. Booty to the value of $30,000 was taken. Patterson mentions fleeing Hamiltons fort at one point to Keeneys Fort because it was better fortified. 13th Virginia Regiment 14th Virginia Regiment 15th Virginia Regiment 1st Virginia State Regiment 2nd Virginia State Regiment Miscellaneous German Regiment Grayson's Regiment Hartley's Regiment Hazen's Regiment Malcolm's Regiment Patton's Regiment Provisional Rifle Corps (Morgan's) Spencer's Regiment During the Revolutionary War, . They had marched [26 Jun 1778] some considerable time before we arived at said station. Woods and served three months guarding the Country from the depredations of the Indians. But then it was marched to the Lead Mines (Fort Chiswell) on Holston, and then to Logans Station in Kentucky. Mar 11, 2023 [Revolutionary War] Gold Pin Inscribed w/ KIA Officer's Name $225. The regiment saw much hard fighting during the war. Arbuckles was built in 1774, and was a well-constructed military fort, with a stockade. Gen. Peter Muhlenberg: September 14, 1778: redesignated the 9th Virginia: . On 25 Mar., GW wrote Gates that Our number of effectives is so reduced by innoculation that it is impossible to spare the few Men of the 13th Virginia Regiment just at this time. Instead, GW sent Russell to Fort Pitt to collect and take the command of by far the greatest part of the Regiment who are now stragling about that Country (see also GW to Russell, 30 March). Richmond : Virginia State Library and Archives, c1989. That he entered the service of the United States about the first of March in the year 1778 as a drafted militia man in Captain Thomas Wrights Company of the County of Greenbrier State of Virginia to serve a tower [tour] of three months which tower he served, some few days after he joined the said Wrights Company the said company marched to New River in the State aforesaid where his Company was attached to Colonel James Hendersons Regiment. It's free, no spam, and you can unsubscribe at any time. That as early as the 1stday of May in the year 1780 he again entered the service of his Country as before in Burnsides Fort and continued in service until the 1stof November following That he was commanded as before by the aforesaid Captain Wright. The regiment was disbanded at Fort Pitt on 1 January 1783. These expeditions aimed to protect frontier colonists from the threat of American Indians and made up a large part of Western Pennsylvanias role in the Revolutionary War. The Swopes settled on Wolf Creek. But Genl Clark having returned to Kentucky after an expedition to the Scioto in which the troops that this declarant belonged was to have participated in But arived to late for to join Genl Clark aforesaid in said expedition was disbanded by Major Hamilton who were their Commandant in the month of June 1778 and returned home to Virginia. [H]e recollects of no other injury received by the American Army in the aforesaid skirmish. Left Valley Forge in May 1778 for Fort Pitt. Subscribe now and get each blog post by email. United States Army Center of Military History, Bibliography of the Continental Army in Virginia, Grayson's Additional Continental Regiment, Thruston's Additional Continental Regiment, Rawling's Additional Continental Regiment, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=13th_Virginia_Regiment&oldid=1112805480, Virginia regiments of the Continental Army, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 28 September 2022, at 06:24. The 8th Pennsylvania, also stationed there, was commanded by Col. Daniel Brodhead. He again commenced his duties as a Spy on the 15th day of April 1777 and continued in service as such until the first of November following when he was discharged having served that summer six months and a half: that he again entered the service as an Indian Spy on the 15th day of April 1778 and continued in service until the first of November following making a tour of six months and a half: and again on the first day of May 1779 he entered the service as an Indian Spy and was discharged on the first day of November following having performed a tour of six months Service that summer making in the whole term of service as an Indian Spy which he served his Country two years and one month. that sending the 13th Virginia companies at Valley Forge to Fort Pitt would result in similar demands being made by members of the . That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers and Served as herein Stated. That in the spring of 1777 he entered the servis of his countary and served against the Indians as herein stated That he was living in Augustia [sic: Augusta] County Virginia in that part that is now the county of Greenbrier That oweing to the depredations committed by the Indians on the Inhabitants along the new settlements in Western Virginia the people were compelled to errect Fort for their protection and Government ordered a number of men to be stationed in each Fort or garrison for their defence in case they was attacked by Indians and to scout by turns on scouting and spying parties to watch the aproach of the Indians, For this purpose on the first of April 1777 he volinteered under the command of Captain William Hamilton [pension application R4513] and was stationed in a garrison scituated on Muddy creek and range and reconnoiter along the Medow river [sic: Meadow River] and cross over onto the waters of New River thence return to the Fort dureing this season they had no engagement with the Indians. Private James Amberson, previously of Capt. Molly Pitcher In the American Revolutionary War during the Battle of Monmouth, the Continental Army fought the British Army. The fortress was constructed in 1778 under the direction of Lt. Col. Cambray-Digny, a French engineer, and named in honor of General Lachlan McIntosh. The American Heroes Channel announces its new Blood and Fury: America's Civil War TV show will premiere Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 10:00pm ET/PT.The series delves into one of the bloodiest chapters in American history. 40 miles from Fort Pitt; affidavit in file age 67 in Pendleton Couinty, virginia 1813 when disabled from Revolutionary War wounds; William Marteney filed Immediate preparation made for action in which five of the Indians were killed and several wounded. [H]e states that he was engaged in a skirmish with the Indians on Greenbrier River in said State of Virginia. His name was Capt. The 13th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in central and western Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He described their return journey in a letter: Three days were occupied in destroying standing corn and burning houses. we [illegible word] turn out all together and work [each] others corn and potatoe patches in turn whilst we were at work, one or two would be detailed to keep a look out for the Indians and in this way we worked and watched in turn we always selected some one among us as a sort of leader or Captain. from Fort to Fort and give the alarm so that preparations might be made for defensive operations by the people that were forted and that those who had ventured out to work their corn might betake themselves to the Fort before the Indians would attack them. On 24 May 1778 the unit was assigned to the Western Department {Fort Laurens}, and on 12 May 1779 it was reorganized and redesignated as the 9th Virginia Regiment. That he was again drafted in the latter part of the summer or in the early part of the autumn of the same year 1781 from the County of Augusta and State aforesaid & was again command by Captain Thomas Hicklin and was attached to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Vance; that he was marched accross the Blue Ridge at Rockfish gap, thence on by a place called Bowling green, thence on by Pages Ware House and thence on to Little York where Lord Cornwallis with his Army were then stationed; that he was at the Seige of York [28 Sep 19 Oct 1781] and at the taking of Lord Cornwallis and his army; that the British Army was marched out between two lines of the American Army to the place where they laid down their arms and then they returned through the same lines to their encampment in York Town, and on the next day they were marched out with their knapsacks on, and then took up their line of march under a strong escort or guard of the American Soldiers to the Barracks at Winchester Virginia; that he was one of the guard who escorted the prisoners to Winchester where he was discharged on the next day after his arrival having again served a tour of about three months as near as he now recollects. Colonel Hill was promoted to brigadier general. He ordered Brodhead to cease operations and return to Fort Pitt. that sending the 13th Virginia companies at Valley Forge to Fort Pitt would result in similar demands being made by members of the 12th Virginia and the 8th and 12th Pennsylvania regiments. public. public. Harris. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. Left Valley Forge with 400 men assigned and 218 fit for duty. That about the first of February 1781 he was drafted for six month in Captain Wm Hamiltons Company to serve against to Indians and on the 14thof February he marched and rendezvoused on the 15that Burnsides [Fort Burnside], near where Union now stands in the County of Monroe Virginia he then was marched to Fort Chisel in the County of Montgomery [Fort Chiswell now in Wythe County VA] where he was attached to the company of Captain John Henderson John Woods was Lieutenant Andrew Hamilton Magor where they remained for some cause he never new what they guarded a few Tories there and was sometimes told that they was to be marched against some Tories that was stationed up the New River at one time it was said that they was to be attacked by the Tories and they went in camp prepared Bullets &c for the engagement but no engagement took place that the campaign was so irregularly conducted that he left them and returned home after serving only five months.
