Death came often for the soldiers of the 8th Virginia. Some died in battle, but most often it came in the form of diseases that were still poorly understood and for which there were no cures. Malaria was the number-one killer. All told, 121 8th Virginia soldiers are known to have died while in service--a number almost equal to two entire companies. The real number is higher than that.
Capt. Thomas Berry's Company: 1st Lieut. John Jolliffe, April 6, 1777 Ens. William Mead, Nov. 20, 1776 Sgt. Reese Bowen, Sept. 6, 1776 Pvt. William Buckley, Sept. 16, 1776 Pvt. Hugh Burns, Oct. 21, 1776 Pvt. Jesse Chamblin, Oct. 31, 1776 Pvt. Peter Fletcher, Nov. 10, 1776 Pvt. Thomas Hankins, Nov. 29, 1776 Pvt. Joseph Hickman, May 18, 1777 Pvt. Luke Hines, Nov. 10, 1776 Pvt. Dennis Kingore, Sept. 8, 1776 Pvt. Neil McDade, Nov. 25, 1776 Pvt. Thomas McVay, Oct. 1, 1776 Pvt. Louis Routt, Nov. 10, 1776 Pvt. Garett Trotter, Oct. 19, 1776 Pvt. Peter Vandevourt, Dec. 31, 1776 Capt. Richard Campbell's Company: Lt. Col. Richard Campbell, Sept. 8, 1781 (Eutaw Springs) Sgt. John Bowman, Aug. 19, 1779 Pvt. William Davis, Sept. or Oct., 1777 (Brandywine or Germantown) Pvt. Frederick Long, Sept. or Oct., 1777 (Brandywine or Germantown) Capt. Jonathan Clark's Company Sgt. Maj. John Hoy, Dec. 3, 1776 Sgt. George Parrott, Nov. 6, 1776 Sgt. Humphrey Price, Nov. 24, 1776 Cpl. William Brown, March 30, 1777 Cpl. Mathew Toomey, Dec. 20, 1776 Pvt. Nicholas Bowder, June 13, 1776 Pvt. Nathan Brittain, Oct 17, 1776 Pvt. Thomas Brittain, Sept. 29, 1776 Pvt. Isaac Dent, Nov. 3, 1776 Pvt. Mathias Funk, Dec. 20, 1776 Pvt. Martin Honey, Sept. 20, 1776 Pvt. John Maxwell, Dec. 25, 1776 Pvt. Henry Moore, Sept. or Oct., 1777 (Brandywine or Germantown) Pvt. Isaac Pemberton, Jan. 12, 1778 Pvt. Meredith Price, Jan. 3, 1777 Pvt. Simon Siron, unknown date (left in Georgia) Pvt. Michael Wall, unknown date (before June 13, 1777) Pt. Walter Warner, Oct. 4, 1776 Capt. William Croghan's Company Sgt. John McDoran, Jan. 30, 1777 Cpl. Michael Kelly, Sept. 11, 1777 (Brandywine) Cpl. William Penny, before May 18, 1777 Cpl. James Tucker, Dec. 27, 1776 Drummer Francis Prush, before May 18, 1777 Fifer Gabriel Christy, before April 1777 Pvt. John Brock, March 18 or 25, 1776 Pvt. John Brown, before April 1777 Pvt. William Cochran, before April 1777 Pvt. Robert Cochran, Sept. 1776 Pvt. Philip Cole, Jan. 30, 1777 Pvt. John Donnally, April 14, 1777 Pvt. Nicholas Doran, April 13, 1777 Pvt. William Gaddis March 15, 1777 Pvt. Patrick Garry, Nov. 11, 1776 Pvt. Joseph Gonsley, Feb. 1777 Pvt. William Goodman, before April 1777 Pvt. James Gorwin, Feb. 8, 1777 Pvt. Patrick Hall, ca. Jan. 1, 1777 Pvt. David Hanson, before April 1777 Pvt. Lewis Henry, Nov. 1776 Pvt. John Hinds, Aug. 14, 1776 Pvt. Nathaniel Hosier, before April 1777 Pvt. John James, ca. March 1, 1777 Pvt. Jesse Job, before April 1777 Pvt. Able Levesque, March 17, 1777 Pvt. George Martin, Feb. 1777 Pvt. Michael Martin, Feb. 1777 Pvt. Moses Martin, Feb. 1777 Pvt. Thomas Owens, Sept. 11, 1777 (Brandywine) Pvt. Thomas Ryan, before May 18, 1777 Pvt. Henry Saltsman, Oct. 4, 1777 (Germantown) Pvt. James Smyth, Oct. 19, 1776 Pvt. John Tuck, before April 1777 Pvt. Daniel Viers, March 3, 1777 Capt. William Darke's Company Pvt. Daniel Cameron, Jan. 15, 1777 Pvt. WilliamEngle, ca. March 1776 Pvt. Jonathan Herrin, Dec. 1776 Pvt. Jeremiah Humphreys, Oct. 27, 1776 Pvt. George Ketcher, Oct. 24, 1776 Pvt. William Pingle, Dec. 1, 1776 Pvt. John Polson, Oct. 26, 1776 Pvt. George Pritty, Dec. 1, 1776 Pvt. George Smith, Oct. 11, 1776 Pvt. Samuel Watson, Dec. 8, 1776 Captain Robert Higgins' Company Pvt. Zachariah DeLong, Feb. 1778 (POW) Capt. James Knox's Company Pvt. James Carr, Nov. 20, 1776 Pvt. Charles Carter, Dec. 24, 1776 Pvt. John Vance, Sept. 16, 1776 Pvt. Henry Wallis, Dec. 1776 Pvt. John Wilson, Nov. 8, 1776 Capt. George Slaughter's Company Lt. Philip Huffman, March 15, 1781 (Guilford Courthouse) Sgt. James Newman, in Georgia, 1776 Cpl. Barnett McGinnis, Nov. 25, 1776 Cpl. Cornelius Mershon, Aug 4, 1776 Fifer Henry Clatterbuck, July or Aug. 1776 Pvt. Thomas Abbett, before Feb. 3, 1777 Pvt. William Abbett, before Feb. 3, 1777 Pvt. Edward Abbott, Oct. 19, 1776 Pvt. John Abbott, Oct. 29, 1776 Pvt. William Cabbage, Nov. 24, 1776 Pvt. William Corbin, Dec. 10, 1776 Pvt. Abraham Field, Aug. 6, 1776 Pvt. Bozel Freeman, Nov. 15, 1776 Pvt. Reuben Hollaway, Aug. 3, 1776 Pvt. Utey Jackson, Aug. 20, 1776 Pvt. John Jinkins, Jan. 13 or 15, 1777 Pvt. Joseph Jones, May 6, 1777 Pvt. Edward Kennedy, Dec. 3, 1776 Pvt. Thomas Newman, in Georgia, 1776 Captain David Stephenson No fatalities recorded. Captain John Stephenson No data available. Capt. Abel Westfall's Company Fifer Patrick Callihan, Sept. 25, 1776 Pvt. Joseph Edwards, June 13, 1776 Pvt. James Galloway, Jan. 1777 Pvt. John Haggen, March 15, 1778 Pvt. John Huff, Sept. 15, 1776 Pvt. Moses Johns, May 20, 1778 Pvt. William Kynets, Sept. 26, 1776 Pvt. Hugh Lewis, Oct. 16, 1776 Pvt. William McCormick, Dec. 28, 1776 Pvt. Zachariah Pigman, Feb. 1778 (POW) Pvt. Philip Sanders, March 9, 1777 More from The 8th Virginia Regiment
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