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Febiger-Posey orderly book
In the spring of 1781, Colonel Christian Febiger was in charge of the Virginia Continentals This battalion was merged into the ultimate 1st Virginia Regiment on January 1, 1783. Throughout 1782, Lt. Col. Thomas Posey commanded this regiment. The volume is a manuscript orderly book, October 9 1781...
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| Collection: | Febiger-Posey Orderly Book |
| Collection Number: | Am.60733 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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In the spring of 1781, Colonel Christian Febiger was in charge of the Virginia Continentals This battalion was merged into the ultimate 1st Virginia Regiment on January 1, 1783. Throughout 1782, Lt. Col. Thomas Posey commanded this regiment.
The volume is a manuscript orderly book, October 9 1781-May 1782, of the 1st Virginia Regiment, with headquarters near Yorktown, Cumberland, and the "Old Court House." The book primarily contains garrison orders with descriptions of courts-martial and sentences of prisoners. The volume also includes some brigade orders. |