Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment

LINEAGE

• Authorized on June 14, 1775 in the Continental Army as two Maryland and one Virginia Independent Rifle Companies and assigned to the main Continental Army.
• Capts. Michael Cresap's and Thomas Price's Companies organized on June 21, 1775 by the Frederick County, Maryland, Committee of Safety. (Capt. Cresap's died on October 18, 1775 and Lt. Moses Rawlings promoted to command and Price promoted on January 14, 1776 and Lt. Otho Holland Williams promoted to command)
• Capt. Hugh Stephenson's Company organized on June 22, 1775 by the Berkley County, Virginia, Committee of Safety
• Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment authorized on June 17, 1776 in the Continental Army and assigned to the Main Army.
• Organized on June 17, 1776 to consist of 3 existing companies and 2 new companies to be raised in Maryland and 4 new companies to be raised in Virginia. Capts. Stephens, Rawlings and Williams promoted, respectively, to be Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel, and Major
• New companies organized between July 11-31, 1776 in Frederick and Harford Counties, Maryland and Fauquier, Berkley, Frederick and Culpepper Counties Virginia.
• Captured in part on November 16 at Fort Washington, New York, by the British Army and regimental organization disbanded.
• Virginia portion transferred on February 3, 1777 to the 11th Virginia Regiment.
• Maryland portion provisionally reorganized in November 1776 as a single company under Captain Alexander Lawson Smith and attached to the 4th Maryland Regiment.
• Reorganized on March 21, 1779 as Rawlings' Independent Corps, to consist of 3 companies; concurrently relived from the Main Army and assigned to the Western Department.
• Disbanded on January 1, 1781 at Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania.

• Siege of Boston
• New York City
• Northern New Jersey
• Trenton - Princeton
• Defense of Philadelphia
• Philadelphia - Monmouth

HISTORY

Warner's Regiment
Green Mountain Boys

Authorized on June 23, 1775 in the Continental Army as the Green Mountain Boys and assigned to the New York (subsequently Northern) Department.
Organized on July 27, 1775 to consist of 7 companies from the New Hampshire Grants (portions of Albany and Charlotte Counties, New York, later becoming Vermont)
Reorganized in part on January 1, 1776 as Maj. Brown's Detachment at Quebec, to consist of 6 companies.
Expanded on February 12, 1776 as Warner's Regiment, an element of the Canadian Department.
Reauthorized on July 5, 1776 in the Continental Army as Warner's Regiment and assigned to the Northern Department.
Reorganized on July 16, 1776 to consist of 6 companies.
Disbanded on January 1, 1781 at West Point New York.

Invasion of Canada
Defense of Canada
Saratoga
New York 1779

German Battalion

Authorized on May 25, 1776 in the Continental Army as the German Battalion.
Assigned on June 26, 1776 to the Middle Department.
Organized between July6 - September 25, 1776 at Philadelphia to consist of 5 companies from eastern Pennsylvania, 2 companies from Baltimore County, Maryland, and 2 companies from Fredrick County, Maryland.
Relieved on September 23, 1776 from the Middle Department and assigned to the main Continental Army.
Assigned on May 22, 1777 to the 2nd Maryland Brigade, an element of the main Continental Army.
Relieved on May 24, 1777 from the 2nd Maryland Brigade and assigned to the 1st Virginia Brigade, an element of the main Continental Army.
Relieved on July 22, 1778 from the 1st Virginia Brigade and assigned to the 2d Maryland Brigade, an element of the main Continental Army.
Relieved on November 24, 1778 from the 2nd Maryland Brigade and assigned to the Hand's Brigade, an element of the main Continental Army.
Relieved on October 8, 1779 from the Hand's .
Assigned on September 16, 1780 to the New Jersey Brigade, an element of the main Continental Army.
Disbanded on January 1, 1781 at Morristown, New Jersey, and Baltimore, Maryland.

Trenton - Princeton
Defense of Philadelphia
Philadelphia - Monmouth
Iroquois 1779

Formans Additional

Authorized on January 11, 1777 in the Continental Army as Forman's Additional Regiment and assigned to the main Continental Army.
Organized in spring of 1777 at Monmouth, New Jersey, to consist of 4 companies from southern New Jersey and Maryland.
Consolidated on April 1, 1779 with Spencer's Additional Continental Regiment.

Northern New Jersey
Philadelphia - Monmouth

Gist's Regiment

Authorized on January 11, 1777 in the Continental Army as Gist's Additional Regiment and assigned to the Main Army.
Partially organized in spring and summer to consist of 3 companies from Virginia and Maryland and temporarily attached as follows: Capts. John Gist's and Joseph Lapsley's Companies to the 3rd Maryland Regiment; Capt. Samuel Lapsley's Company to the 11th Virginia Regiment.
Consolidated on April 22, 1779 with Grayson's Additional Continental Regiment And Thurston's Additional Continental Regiment and consolidated unit designated as Gist's Additional Continental Regiment, to consist of 8 companies.
Assigned to the 1st Virginia Brigade, an element of the main Continental Army.
1st Virginia Brigade relieved on December 4, 1779 from the main Continental Army and assigned to the Southern Department.
Captured on May 12, 1780 at Charlestown, South Carolina, by the British Army.
Disbanded on January 1, 1781

Defense of Philadelphia
Philadelphia - Monmouth
Charlestown 1780