On Aug. 11, 1779, Brodhead and 605 men, from the 8th Pennsylvania and 9th Virginia Regiments, marched north toward Conewago. . The regiment was disbanded at Fort Pitt on 1 January 1783. But then it was marched to the Lead Mines (Fort Chiswell) on Holston, and then to Logans Station in Kentucky. Left Valley Forge in May 1778 for Fort Pitt. +4 12 Ability Score Improvement 5 4 3 3 13th +5 13 Mystifying Argument (6th level) 5 4 3 3 1 14th +5 . Previous to his entering the army he lived in the county of Greenbrier, that part which is now called Monroe, and was employed by James Byrnside to pack articles of merchandise to Fort St. Laurence (Laurens). Prussian, or Polish-into their regiment. That again in the spring of 1782 on the first of April he volunteered and served on spying parties and in Hamilons [sic] Garrison untill the first of October under the command of the said Capt William Hamilton That he recollects in this year that he went on a spying campaign in company with Lenard Cooper John Shoemate Jesse and John Aursbourn[?] on one occasion I was out with three other men spying on Gauley River we were in this service for one month I dont know by what authority we were spying but suppose by the direction of Capt Hamilton. This was generally in Greenbrier County after which time he was verbally discharged by his Captain. GW ordered Gibson to take command of his former regiment, the 13th Virginia, in the spring of 1778 (see GW to William Russell, Sr., 28 May 1778), and before he retired from the army in January 1783 Gibson also commanded the 9th and 7th Virginia regiments. description ends , 10:22526, 247, 253, 260; Russells undated letter to Congress is in DNA:PCC, item 78). This undoubtedly contained whiskey and flour. By mid-April, Washington recognized the difficulties Brodhead and his men faced. Authorized by the Second Continental Congress on 16 September 1776, it was organized on 3 February 1777 and consisted of four companies from the Virginia counties of Loudoun, Frederick, Prince William, and Amelia; Captain Daniel Morgan's . 13th Virginia: Brig. The unit was organized on 12 February 1777 at Fort Pitt in present-day western Pennsylvania to consist of nine companies of troops from the far-western Virginia counties (now parts of West Virginia and western Pennsylvania). 13th Infantry Capt. The return includes three companies of the 13th Virginia Regiment and two companies of independent Virginia troops, a total of 256 men, including 15 commissioned officers, 28 noncommissioned officers, and 213 rank and file. Simon Girty a Messenger dispatched by General Hand to the Seneca towns on the Heads of the Allegeney, Returned here a few days a goe, he in forms us Guashota a Chief of them had Returned from War, that he had killed four people near Legonier,3 that another party Returned and Brought in a white Woman and three Scalps whilst he was in the towns, that they told him all the Nations Excepting White Eyes and a few Delawares woud strike us in the Spring. Among them were, James Alton, Swift Perry, and Edward Cornwell, all now dead; William Bushor, who moved to Kentucky, and James and JohnOHaraand Thomas Alterberry, whom he knows nothing of. We found a Methodist book belonging to him inside Byrnsides Fort, discussed in the above post. It's possible it was incorrectly annotated. This period of service was likely the same muster mentioned by several of these applicants, in 1781, when Thomas Jefferson ordered troops to send to George Rogers Clark for an expedition against Detroit. This article about a specific military unit of the American Civil War is a stub. He aided in retaking eleven American prisoners from the Indians after killing two Indians in the engagement. He is most noted for signing a treaty of alliance with the United States in September 1778. I am wondering, however, about the timing of Mr. I was born on Wolf Creek near Greenbrier River then called West Augusta now Monroe County in the year 1753 and I have heard it frequent said that I was the first white child ever born in what is now the limits of Monroe County. Log palisades connected the bastions, and a 15 foot wide ditch protected three sides of the fort, with the 130 foot slope to the Ohio River protecting the other side. part of the State of Ohio. Thomas Jefferson, the Governor of Virginia, wrote to William Campbell (who had been placed as commander of the three joint county militias in that area) on July 3, 1780, to change his plans from going on an expedition, to instead protect the Lead Mines at Fort Chiswell, as they were a higher priority. Relationship: My wifes gggggrandfather. They are divided up by state in alphabetical order. George Washington tried to walk a tight-rope between the positions of both Virginia and Pennsylvania with respect to Fort Pitt. I was drafted in this Campaign but owing to my situation being lately married I could not go with the troops. Served the above six months a private as above. It was not until May that GW reluctantly ordered the remainder of the 13th Virginia Regiment at Valley Forge to march to Fort Pitt (see GW to Pickering, 23 May). 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. history museum that tells the 300+ year story of how celebrates Iowa's rich heritage, including its natural. the United States, and research and development projects to bring historical records to the Save Page Now. Ligonier, a town and township about thirty miles southeast of Fort Pitt in Westmoreland County, Pa., was the site of a British fort between 1758 and 1765. Archives. Second Regiment of Connecticut Light Horse Militia, 1777. His father was the quintessential frontiersman from French Indian War era, and its likely that Michael wasnt much different. Apparently the value for this particular expedition was anticipated to be $50.00. That he moved from the Eastern part of Augusta County in the year 1774 to Turkey Creek a tributary stream of Indian Creek now in the County of Monroe then he thinks called West Augusta and better known by the name of the Greenbriar [sic: Greenbrier] Country. On the return, Conewago, Buckloons and Mahusauchikoken were burned.. . I am with due respect, May it please your Excellency your Most Obed. That in the early part of the Indian War there was a Fort or Garrison erected on a plantation belonging to James Burnsides two miles north west from where he lived which was called Burnsides Fort. He was also, of all the known pension applications, the individual who was garrisoned in Byrnsides Fort the longest period of time, apparently serving there in 1774, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780 and 1781. It appears that there were musters at Byrnsides Fort for expeditions to Kentucky to assist George Rogers Clark in 1778, and also again in 1781. Entered Valley Forge with 175 men assigned, 69 fit for duty. List of battleships of the United States Navy, United States Army Center of Military History, http://www.history.army.mil/books/revwar/contarmy/ca-fm.htm, Bibliography of the Continental Army in Virginia, Grayson's Additional Continental Regiment, Thruston's Additional Continental Regiment, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, Virginia regiments of the Continental Army. That he enlisted for Eighteen months that he served out his time and was discharged at Buckades (Bouquets, I believe) Old fort on the Muskingham River . He served as Captain at the battle of Germantown in Colonel William Russells Virginia regiment. That before he entered the service as a spy he took the Oath of Fidelity and the Oath to perform the duties of a Spy That he went into service as a spy on the first day of May 1776 and was discharged on the first of November following, having continued in service six months and until that season of the year arrived when the fear of Indian depredation no longer existed, they having as was their general custom retired to winter quarters. Research genealogy for James Reed "Revolutionary War - Capt. Summary The 13th Virginia Regiment was authorized on 16 September 1776 by the Continental Congress for service with the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Journal of the American Revolution is the leading source of knowledge about the American Revolution and Founding Era. Assure yourself Sir we woud not have made this request but in consequence of the intreaties of the inhabitants here and the imminent danger to which we think these frontiers exposed, by thus drawing away the Militia. And after he returned home he went to the County of Botetourt County State of Virginia and in the month of September 1780 he again entered the service of the United States as a Volunteer in the company of Captain Alexander Hanley in the County aforesaid to serve a tower of six months, the company marched to the County of Montgomery & State aforesaid on Holston River where they were attached to Major Campbells Battalion and from that place they marched through North Carolina to South Carolina where they joined General Morgans [Daniel Morgans] Brigade and after they joined the aforesaid Brigade they marched to the Cowpens and that he was in the Battle of the Cowpens [January 17, 1781].. While at Fort Pitt he was sent out on a campaign under the command of Col Gibson and Crawford. The 13th Virginia Regiment, much of which was comprised of militia from the western counties, such Greenbrier, was stationed at Fort Pitt at this time. Please add Mathias Shaner, Sargent in the 13th Virgina and a member of Captain James Sullivans Company commanded by Col. William Russel. 1.GW wrote Henry Laurens on 27 Feb. suggesting the reunification of the parts of the 13th Virginia Regiment at Fort Pitt and Valley Forge. The unit sustained heavy losses at the Battle of Cedar Creek and surrendered at Appomattox Court House with 10 officers and 52 men. Was two years & nine months in actual service I substituted as before stated for nine months. of Greenbrier County in the State of Virginia where I then lived for the defense of the Northwestern frontiers which were annoyed by the attacks of hostile Indians that we marched with a force of 100 men under the command of Captain Ben Harriss for Point Pleasant on the Ohio River near the mouth of the Kenhoura [Kanawha] river we arrived there with many of our men sic of the flux. preserve, publish, and encourage the use of documentary sources, relating to the history of 1.Gibson enclosed a general return, dated 3 Dec., of the troops at Fort Pitt, where he was serving as colonel commandant (DLC:GW). In the Lutheran church-yard, with the solemn burial-service of the Episcopal Church, [Pg 17] Mr. Holstein committed his remains to the grave. Publicado en . Marched to McAfees Station on Salt River, where Capt. Benjamin' Harrison Company - 13th Virginia Regiment" family, on Ancestry. and further this deponant saith not. I was attached to Capt Uriah Springers company Col John Gibson Regt. GW had known Kiashuta since 1753, when Kiashuta had acted as a guide on GWs mission to warn off the French troops on the Ohio. 3.Simon Girty (17411818), an Indian trader born near Harrisburg, Pa., and raised partly among Seneca Indians, had been employed as an interpreter for the Americans around Fort Pitt as early as 1759 and as a scout during Dunmores War in 1774. The regiment saw action in the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, and the Battle of Monmouth. Eckenrode, H. J. Virginia soldiers of the American Revolution. State Troops recruited men from Botetourt, Augusta, Hampshire, and Frederick counties and West Augusta District. The mission ended up getting canceled and repurposed. Note: The annotations to this document, and any other that he was several times engaged in routing the picket guard of the enemy during the aforesaid tour. . And as for Crawford, he would be burned at the stake in 1782. Entered Valley Forge with 175 men assigned, 69 fit for duty. He then discusses the attack at Donnellys Fort. The gates were opened and they successfully got into the fort in order to assist in its defense. In early March of 1779, George Washington wrote to Daniel Brodhead and placed him in command of Fort Pitt: From my opinion of your abilities, your former acquaintance with the back Country, and the knowledge you must have acquired upon this last tour of duty, I have appointed you to command in preference to a stranger, who would not have time to gain the necessary information between that of his assuming the command and the commencement of operations.. with another letter from Russell on the same subject, but it postponed consideration of the Board of Wars report on the matter (JCC description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. This narrative by Mr. Griffin pertains to the western theater of war during the Revolution. He does not know in what month. It seems likely that Thomas Wright is the militia captain generally in command at Byrnsides Fort during the Rev War years. [I]n the year 1781 I was drafted & marched from Greenbrier County under Capt John Henderson. Henry Baughman to protect a company of movers to Kentucky. He was confronted with the same issues that previous generals had faced before him: shortages of supplies, food, and men. Summary [ edit] The 13th Virginia Regiment was authorized on 16 September 1776 by the Continental Congress for service with the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. 1st Virginia Cavalry (5), 20th Virginia Cavalry (3) Old Tyke: Before Time: Confederate Cavalry (micro-Scale) . John Gibson (17401822) was a French and Indian War veteran and Indian trader who had settled near Fort Pitt. James Armstrong was in command.. I do not recollect the name of the Regiment I belonged to and the following officers are all that I recollect being in this Expedition General (Andrew) Lewis of Virginia. Michael Swopes father was perhaps the first permanant settler in what is now Monroe County, West Virginia, and was likely the first white child born in Monroe County, in 1753 the second probably being John Byrnside in 1763. John Hardin and advance guard discovered thirty or forty of the enemy descending the river in canoes. That as early as the 1stday of May in the year 1779 he again commenced his Services in Burnsides Fort and continued in service until the 1stof November following that he thinks it was in this year a party of Indians came into the settlement and Murdered William Bradshaws Wife the circumstances are these Bradshaw had remained at home with his Family and two of the Spys returning to Cooks Fort [on Indian Creek just below Greenville] called at his Cabbin to rest and informed him. [T]hat they traversed the country which included the head waters of big and little Stony creeks the head waters of the Indian draft a branch of Indian creek and the head waters of Wolf Creek; that the distance or space of country over which he had to travel was supposed to be upwards of thirty miles, that in performing the duties of a spy they had to carry their provisions with them it being against the nature of their Oath and instructions and also jeopardizing their own safety to make a fire at knight no matter how inclement the wether might be; and that during the whole time that he was engaged in the service as an Indian Spy as aforesaid he was not engaged in any civil pursuit. That they marched on to Fort Chisel (Chiswell) where they met with Major Quirk or Kirk a Continental Officer who assumed the command over Major (Andrew) Hamilton, and thence they marched on to Kentucky to Colonel Logans Station where they remained until the three months draft expired when they were informed that the object of the draft was to go to Detroit (with George Rogers Clark) and a number of the men becoming dissatisfied deserted the next day but he remained and went on to Baughmans Station and remained until most of the men left the Station when he was permitted to return home having served five months in said tour; that he never received any pay for said Services when acting as a Spy and but $6 for his services while drafted. Gibson made an error when adding the figures of one row of the return, resulting in an incorrect total of 258. If youve read That Dark and Bloody Water, by Allen Eckert, then youve read extensively about Col. Gibson and the entire ordeal of what occurred in the theater of operations around Fort Pitt at this time. He states that after the term of his service expired for which he was drafted he was discharged by his Captain Thomas Wright. The 8th Pennsylvania, also stationed there, was commanded by Col. Daniel Brodhead. And that he this deponant perfectly recollects of hearing the said Peter Dixon, state more than thirty years since, that he the said Peter, was drafted for the term of six months in Greenbrier County Virginia, in the War of the Revolution. In response, the said Greenbrier Militia officers, Andrew Donnally, Samuel Brown, and Andrew Hamilton, penned the following response to Jefferson: A Letter from your Excellency of the 24th of December directing that 137 Men of the Militia of this County shoud forthwith be raised and sent to the County of Kentucky to join Colo. Clarke, and serve under him this ensueing Summer on an Expedition against the Indians in Consequence of which We have given orders to Draft that Number together with Proper Officers to Command them, amounting to 146 effective Men; so large a number out of a Militia scarcely 550 strong lying in a County exposed to the daily inroads of the Indians, fill[s] us with much uneasiness about the dangers we are like[ly] to suffer from this weakening of our Militia, especially at a time when we cannot expect to be reinforced from any of the interiour Counties, shoud any such danger arise.