The 8th Virginia Links List

Here are links to other great websites relating to Virginia and the Revolutionary War, organized by topic. Readers will also be be interested in separate lists of recommended books, specific online content, and "essential" posts from this website.

​Battlefields and Historic Sites

• Brandywine Battlefield
• Colonial Williamsburg
• Locust Grove (Louisville, Ky.) - The postwar home Capt. William Croghan.
• Monmouth Battlefield State Park
• Princeton Battlefield State Park
• Thomson Park Revolutionary War Battle Site
• Valley Forge National Historical Park
• Wilderness Road - "America's Heritage Migration Route"

History

• Emerging Revolutionary War Era
• Journal of the American Revolution
• New River Notes - The history of the New River Valley in what was Fincastle County.
• Of Sorts for Provincials - 18th century firearms, the Virginia backcountry, and material culture.
• Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution

Living History Units

• 8th Pennsylvania Regiment (Fort Laurens Detachment)
• 1st Virginia Regiment
• 2nd Virginia Regiment
• 3rd Virginia Regiment
• 7th Virginia Regiment
• 8th Virginia Regiment
• 10th Virginia Regiment
• 11th Virginia Regiment
• 13th Virginia Regiment

Museums and Historical Societies

• 29th Division Museum - The 116th Regiment of the 29th Division is a successor unit to Capt. David Stephenson's Augusta County company.
• ​American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
• Augusta County Historical Society
• Crab Orchard Museum and Pioneer Park (Tazewell, Va.)
• The Fort Pitt Museum (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
• The French & Indian War Foundation (Winchester, Va.)
• Frontier Culture Museum (Staunton, Va.)
• Harrisonburg-Rockingham County Historical Society
• Historical Society of Western Virginia (Roanoke, Va.)
• Historic Germanna (Locust Grove, Va.)
• Jefferson County Historical Society (Charles Town, W.V.)
• Jefferson County Museum (Charles Town, W.V.)
• Museum of the American Revolution (Philadelphia, Pa.)
• Pencader Heritage Museum (Newark, Del.) - A local history museum adjacent to the Couch's Bridge battlefield.
• Shenandoah County Historical Society
• Strasburg Museum (Strasburg, Va.)
• Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society

Patriotic Societies

​Society of the Cincinatti​​

• Pennsylvania
• ​Virginia

​Daughters of the American Revolution

• Kentucky (83 local chapters)
• Ohio
• Pennsylvania (93 local chapters)
• Virginia (124 local chapters)

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Sons of the Revolution

• ​Ohio
• Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania (Lancaster)
• Virginia

​Sons of the American Revolution

• Kentucky (23 local chapters)
• Ohio (23 local chapters)
• Pennsylvania (23 local chapters)
• Virginia (30 local chapters)

​Reference

• Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements and Rosters - Searchable transcriptions for southern states.
• Western Heritage Mapping - Animated battlefield maps.