The Virginia militia is an armed force composed of all citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia capable of bearing arms. The Virginia militia was established...

military duties is the Virginia Militia which actively employs officers amongst the various military schools in the state of Virginia. From its founding until...

the safety of the state, as they serve as commander-in-chief of the Virginia Militia. The governor has the legislative power to submit recommendations and...

Washington, then adjutant-general of the Virginia militia, upon a frustrating and futile attempt to call up the militia to respond to a frontier Indian attack:...

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Wayne, but Wayne did not arrive in Virginia until June. Lafayette's force included a substantial number of Virginia militia, and he shadowed Cornwallis during...

American Revolutionary War on July 4, 1778, by George Rogers Clark of the Virginia Militia as a result of the Illinois Campaign. Though part or all of the area...

service, and 14 had none. Their service ranks range from private in a state militia to general of the army. Though the president of the United States is commander-in-chief...

with the Virginia National Guard which includes the Virginia Army National Guard, the Virginia Air National Guard, and the unorganized militia. As of 2023...

were Continentals, mostly from Delaware and Maryland. The rest were Virginia militia who had experience as Continentals. By Christmas Day, Morgan had reached...

Captain Brice Edward's Company, 64th Regiment, Virginia Militia." During the American Civil War, the 42nd Virginia Infantry was formed in part from Henry County...

in 1792. Militia officers The county militia was organized as follows: John Bowman – Colonel – County Lieutenant of Kentucky County, Virginia 12/1776 &...

by and appointed under Confederate States law. At least one State militia (Virginia) had at least one brevet general (Francis Henney Smith). Although...

warriors and a company of Virginia militia took place near the confluence of the James River and the Maury River. The militia captain, John McDowell, was...

"First West Virginia," founded in 1735 as a Virginia militia regiment. The West Virginia National Guard traces its heritage to the 1735 militia company established...

America's wars against foreign powers. During Virginia's colonial era (1607–1774), many Virginians served in the militia formed to protect the various towns and...

placed Caswell's 1,800 North Carolina militia; to the left of them were Stevens' 700 Virginians, and behind the Virginians were 120 men of Armand's Legion....

This is a list of active and armed militia organizations in the United States. While the two largest militias are the Oath Keepers and the 3 Percenters...

described the battle. Afterward, Darke served as a major-general of the Virginia militia. William Darke was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania on May 6, 1736...

soldier, and politician from Virginia, then Shelby County, Kentucky. As colonel of the Kentucky County, Virginia militia during the American Revolutionary...

militia force and a federal military reserve force of the United States Army. It is simultaneously part of two different organizations: the Militia of...

Virginia provided the following units to the Virginia Militia and the Provisional Army of the Confederate States (PACS), part of the Confederate States...

Regiment Virginia Militia (Berkeley) 89th Regiment Virginia Militia (Morgan) 151st Regiment Virginia Militia (Mercer) 167th Regiment Virginia Militia (Wayne...

and is appointed by the board at each annual meeting. Under the militia bill (the Virginia Code of 1860) officers of the institute were recognized as part...

A militia (/mɪˈlɪʃə/ mil-ISH-ə) is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional or part-time soldiers; citizens of a country...

command of Lauzun's Legion and General George Weedon's Virginia militia, and at Gloucester, Virginia, under the command of Rochambeau, opposite Banastre...

in the area of Great Bridge, Virginia, early in the American Revolutionary War. The refusal by colonial Virginia militia forces led to the departure of...

Washington's service as adjutant general of the Virginia militia inspired George to seek a commission. Virginia's lieutenant governor, Robert Dinwiddie, appointed...

effective secession of Virginia. Ex-Governor Henry A. Wise gave a fiery speech in which he announced that as he spoke the Virginia militia was seizing the Federal...

February 27, 1801) was a prominent Virginia planter and politician who served as a colonel in the Virginia militia during the American Revolutionary War...