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{{Distinguish|1st Virginia State Regiment}}
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|dates=1775&ndash;1783
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|command_structure=[[Virginia Line]]
|size=8 to 10 companies
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|notable_commanders=Colonel [[Patrick Henry]]<br>Colonel James Read<br>Colonel [[James Hendricks (colonist)|James Hendricks]]<br>Colonel [[Richard Parker (colonel)|Richard Parker]]{{KIA}}<br>Colonel William Davis
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The '''1st Virginia Regiment''' was an infantry regiment of the [[Virginia Line]] that served with the [[Continental Army]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]].

==History==
===Origins===
The regiment originated from the Charles City-Henrico County Regiment of Militia founded in 1652. During the French and Indian War, the [[Virginia Regiment]] was organized and was the only colonial regiment incorporated into the British line (1754-1763) and saw action at the Battle of [[Jumonville Glen]], [[Fort Necessity]], and the Braddock and Forbes expeditions.  Its most notable Commander was Colonel George Washington.

===Involvement in American Revolutionary War===
With the heightened political tensions of the 1770s, the regiment was raised again, on July 17, 1775, at [[Williamsburg, Virginia]].  As the primary state militia unit, the Virginia regiment later saw service with the ([[United States|U.S.]]) [[Continental Army]]. The regiment saw action at the [[Battle of Great Bridge]], [[New York Campaign]], [[Battle of Trenton]], [[Battle of Princeton]], [[Battle of Brandywine]], [[Battle of Germantown]], [[Battle of Monmouth]], [[Battle of Stony Point]] 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.

===Later years===
During the [[Mexican American War]] 1846–1848, the 19th regiment of the Virginia Militia was mustered into Federal Service and renamed the 1st Virginia Volunteers.  However, this regiment did not have the regimental lineage of the original [[Virginia Regiment]], but was instead descended from the Richmond City Regiment.  During the American Civil War (1861-1865) there was a 1st Virginia Infantry raised in the [[Confederate Army]], but disbanded after the war.  Today the [[276th Engineer Battalion (United States)]] of the [[Virginia National Guard]] maintains the regimental lineage of the 1st Virginia Volunteers.  The regimental lineage of the Colonial, the [[French and Indian War]], and the [[American Revolution]] 1st Virginia Regiment is maintained in the Department of Military Affairs by the Office of the [[State Adjutant General]] of the [[Commonwealth of Virginia]], in the [[Virginia Defense Force]].

==See also==
*[[Virginia Line]]

==External links==
*[http://valleyforgemusterroll.org/regiments/va1.asp Valley Forge Legacy: The Muster Roll Project, 1st Virginia Regiment]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100608052753/http://www.history.army.mil/reference/revbib/va.htm Bibliography of the Continental Army in Virginia] compiled by the [[United States Army Center of Military History]]
*[http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/Spring01/Portrait.cfm Edmund Dickinson portrait and biography-copyrighted for reference only]
*[http://www.1va.org Recreated First Virginia Regiment of the Continental Line, (CTL) organization)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Ss5nX1Qxk Recreated First Virginia Regiment, Revolutionary War (video)] 
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM_aWTF9jr4 The Recreated First Virginia Regiment's Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier Ceremony (video)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_G4prtpwQs The Recreated First Virginia Regiment of the Continental Line, Mount Vernon 4th of July Demonstration 2010 (video)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIvAtkk99hA "Captain John (Don) Drewry, Recreated First Virginia Regiment, Continental Army (video)]

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