{"id":20,"date":"2008-01-27T12:36:30","date_gmt":"2008-01-27T12:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dallas111.arvixeshared.com\/~grandpa\/military\/2008\/01\/27\/2nd-virginia\/"},"modified":"2015-09-27T18:49:12","modified_gmt":"2015-09-27T18:49:12","slug":"2nd-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotsastuff.info\/military\/?p=20","title":{"rendered":"2nd Virginia Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lotsastuff.info\/military\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F20&print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lotsastuff.info\/military\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/pdf.png?w=640\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/lotsastuff.info\/military\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F20&print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lotsastuff.info\/military\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png?w=640\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div><h3>LINEAGE<\/h3>\n[Wright, Continental Army, pp. 283-285]\n<p>Authorized 21 August 1775 in the Virginia State Troops as the 2d Virginia Regiment<\/p>\n<p>Organized 21 October 1775 at Williamsburg to consist of seven companies<\/p>\n<p>Adopted 1 November 1775 into the Continental Army<\/p>\n<p>Reorganized 11 January 1776 to consist of ten companies<\/p>\n<p>Assigned 27 February 1776 to the Southern Department<\/p>\n<p>Relieved 27 December 1776 from the Southern Department and assigned to the Main Army<\/p>\n<p>Assigned 22 May 1777 to the 2d Virginia Brigade, an element of the Main Army<\/p>\n<p>Reorganized 1 November 1777 to consist of eight companies<\/p>\n<p>Consolidated 12 May 1779 with the 6th Virginia Regiment [see 6th Virginia Regiment] and consolidated unit designated as the 2d Virginia Regiment, to consist of nine companies<\/p>\n<p>Relieved 4 December 1779 from assignment to the 1st Virginia Brigade and assigned to the Southern Department<\/p>\n<p>Captured 12 May 1780 by the <em>British Army<\/em> at Charleston, South Carolina<\/p>\n<p>Disbanded 15 November 1783<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <!--nextpage--> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>ENGAGEMENTS<\/h3>\n[Wright, Continental Army, p. 285]\n<p>Chesapeake Bay<\/p>\n<p>Northern New Jersey<\/p>\n<p>Defense of Philadelphia<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia-Monmouth<\/p>\n<p>Charleston 1780<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LINEAGE [Wright, Continental Army, pp. 283-285] Authorized 21 August 1775 in the Virginia State Troops as the 2d Virginia Regiment Organized 21 October 1775 at Williamsburg to consist of seven companies Adopted 1 November 1775 into the Continental Army Reorganized 11 January 1776 to consist of ten companies Assigned 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