• Authorized on June 14, 1775 in the Continental Army as the Virginia Independent Rifle Company and assigned to the Main Continental Army.
• Organized on June 22, 1775 at Winchester, Captain Daniel Morgan commanding.
• Relieved on September 8, 1775 from the Main Continental Army and assigned to the Northern Department.
• Captured on December 31, 1775 by the British Army at Quebec, Canada.
• Reorganized on February 3, 1777 at Winchester, Captain Charles Porterfield commanding and consolidated with the 11th Virginia Regiment.

Lineage taken from "The Continental Army" by Robert K Wright

• Siege of Boston
• Invasion of Canada