# 8th Virginia Regiment

> The history of Virginia's frontier regiment in the Revolutionary War

## Pages
- [8th Virginia Regiment](https://www.8thvirginia.com/)
- [8th Virginia Regiment Original](https://www.8thvirginia.com/8th-virginia-regiment)
- [Author Gabe Neville](https://www.8thvirginia.com/author-gabe-neville)
- [Blog](https://www.8thvirginia.com/blog)
- [Family](https://www.8thvirginia.com/family)
- [Learn More](https://www.8thvirginia.com/learn-more)
- [Living History](https://www.8thvirginia.com/living-history)
- [Page Two](https://www.8thvirginia.com/page-two)
- [The Book](https://www.8thvirginia.com/the-book)
- [The Soldiers](https://www.8thvirginia.com/the-soldiers)

## Blog Posts
- [First Post.](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/first-post)
- ["Irish," "Scotch-Irish," or "Scots-Irish?"](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/irish-scotch-irish-or-scots-irish)
- [The Shenandoah Valley's Regiment](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-shenandoah-valleys-regiment)
- [Fort Lee's Despicable Namesake](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/fort-lees-despicable-namesake)
- [The Regiment's Flag](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-regiments-flag)
- [Captain Higgins' House](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/captain-higgins-house)
- [Other Virginia Regimental Flags](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/other-virginia-regimental-flags)
- [Zachariah DeLong, We Hardly Knew You](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/zachariah-delong-we-hardly-knew-you)
- [The Triumphant Return of a Legendary Flag](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-triumphant-return-of-a-legendary-flag)
- [A Chance to Visit an 8th Virginia Homestead](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/a-chance-to-visit-an-8th-virginia-homestead)
- [The Less-Famous Older Brother](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-less-famous-older-brother)
- [Three Surviving Virginia Regimental Flags from 1776](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/three-surviving-virginia-regimental-flags-from-1776)
- [The Cost of Fog and Drunkenness](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-cost-of-fog-and-drunkenness)
- [The Official Whiskey of the 8th Virginia](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-official-whiskey-of-the-8th-virginia)
- ["Fort Bowman" is really a house. But it's an important one.](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/fort-bowman-is-really-a-house-but-its-an-important-one)
- [John Duncan's Life of Indian Fighting](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/john-duncans-life-of-indian-fighting)
- [Catching Eagles](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/catching-eagles)
- [The soldiers of the 8th Virginia](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-soldiers-of-the-8th-virginia)
- [Enemy Number One: the Mosquito](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/enemy-number-one-the-mosquito)
- [Not so fast, William Eagle!](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/not-so-fast-william-eagle)
- [Lafayette, we are here!](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/lafayette-we-are-here)
- [The 8th Virginia's Generals](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-8th-virginias-generals)
- [Frostbite and Fire](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/frostbite-and-fire)
- [Thank you, Major Kirkpatrick!](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/thank-you-major-kirkpatrick)
- [A Forgotten Revolutionary War Christmas Carol](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/a-forgotten-revolutionary-war-christmas-carol)
- [Pittsburgh men at the Battle of Princeton](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/pittsburgh-men-at-the-battle-of-princeton)
- [Life as a Secret Tory](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/life-as-a-secret-tory)
- [Why This 8th Virginia Flag Survived](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/why-this-8th-virginia-flag-survived)
- [8th Virginia Men in Maxwell's Light Infantry](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/8th-virginia-men-in-maxwells-light-infantry)
- [The Fourth of July in Soldiers’ Eyes](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-fourth-of-july-in-soldiers-eyes)
- [How Close Was William Darke to George Washington?](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/how-close-was-william-darke-to-george-washington)
- [George Washington Took a Left at Hardee's](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/george-washington-took-a-left-at-hardees)
- [Locals Remember the Battle of Cooch's Bridge](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/locals-remember-the-battle-of-coochs-bridge)
- [The Face of Peter Muhlenberg](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-face-of-peter-muhlenberg)
- [The 8th Virginia at Fort Lee, NJ, September 1776](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-8th-virginia-at-fort-lee-nj-september-1776)
- [Washington's Harsh Words for Pennsylvania](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/washingtons-harsh-words-for-pennsylvania)
- [Monmouth and the End of the 8th Virginia](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/monmouth-and-the-end-of-the-8th-virginia)
- [Colonel Bowman's Post-War Log Cabin](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/colonel-bowmans-post-war-log-cabin)
- [A Tory Quotes the Bible](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/a-tory-quotes-the-bible)
- [A Frontier Cabin Restored](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/a-frontier-cabin-restored)
- [James Knox Was There Before Daniel Boone](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/james-knox-was-there-before-daniel-boone)
- [The Clarks: The First Family of the Frontier](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-clarks-the-first-family-of-the-frontier)
- [George Washington, Indian Diplomat](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/george-washington-indian-diplomat)
- [Locust Grove and the 8th Virginia Regiment](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/locust-grove-and-the-8th-virginia-regiment)
- [Searching for Captain Knox](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/searching-for-captain-knox)
- [The "B Team" of 1777: Maxwell's Light Infantry](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-b-team-of-1777-maxwells-light-infantry)
- [Virginia Declares Independence](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/virginia-declares-independence)
- [Benedict Arnold's Leg](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/benedict-arnolds-leg)
- [Winchester's Final Home for the Brave](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/winchesters-final-home-for-the-brave)
- [​George Slaughter: Louisville’s Forgotten Founder](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/george-slaughter-louisvilles-forgotten-founder)
- [Darkesville: A Name Born of Tragedy](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/darkesville-a-name-born-of-tragedy)
- [David Stephenson Quits](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/david-stephenson-quits)
- [The "Darke Side" of Washington](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-darke-side-of-washington)
- [Shame in Smoke Hole Canyon](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/shame-in-smoke-hole-canyon)
- [Frontier Churches Paved the Way](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/frontier-churches-paved-the-way)
- [Off to War](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/off-to-war)
- [The Amazing History of the Log Cabin](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-amazing-history-of-the-log-cabin)
- [What Were They Thinking?](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/what-were-they-thinking)
- [The Last Vestige of the Clove Road](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-last-vestige-of-the-clove-road)
- [The Tragedy of Henry Laurens](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-tragedy-of-henry-laurens)
- [Coming September 12: "The German Regiment: Germanna and the 8th Virginia"](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/coming-september-12-the-german-regiment-germanna-and-the-8th-virginia)
- [Soldiers on Parade](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/soldiers-on-parade)
- [The Regiment's Eight Counties](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-regiments-eight-counties)
- [Germanna and the 8th Virginia](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/germanna-and-the-8th-virginia)
- [​The Fort Gower Resolves: “We can live weeks without bread or salt”](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-fort-gower-resolves-we-can-live-weeks-without-bread-or-salt)
- [For Veterans Day: "More thanks than my lips can express."](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/for-veterans-day-more-thanks-than-my-lips-can-express)
- [A Martinsburg Mystery](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/a-martinsburg-mystery)
- [Shenandoah Martyr: Richard Campbell at War](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/shenandoah-martyr-richard-campbell-at-war)
- [From Canada to Florida? Yes, and Maybe.](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/from-canada-to-florida-yes-and-maybe)
- [The Counties of the 8th Virginia](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-counties-of-the-8th-virginia)
- [The Murder of Joseph Carman](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-murder-of-joseph-carman)
- [Three Germans: The Regiment's Field Officers](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/three-germans-the-regiments-field-officers)
- [A Portrait of John Cuppy](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/a-portrait-of-john-cuppy)
- [Lost in the Fields: Lewis & Clark and the 8th Virginia](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/lost-in-the-fields-lewis-clark-and-the-8th-virginia)
- [Stolen Valor in Georgia](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/stolen-valor-in-georgia)
- [The Mighty Oaks of the Forest](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-mighty-oaks-of-the-forest)
- [Many Men Have Died in Darkness](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/many-men-have-died-in-darkness)
- [Death by Mosquito](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/death-by-mosquito)
- [Mounting the Soldier Second](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/mounting-the-soldier-second)
- [The Need for Freedom](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-need-for-freedom)
- [A Revolutionary War Dream Team](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/a-revolutionary-war-dream-team)
- [The Names of the Fallen](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-names-of-the-fallen)
- [Greene Eludes Cornwallis](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/greene-eludes-cornwallis)
- [It's Not "Presidents' Day"](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/its-not-presidents-day)
- [Three Centuries of Violence](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/three-centuries-of-violence)
- [Virginia's Independent Frontier Companies, Part One: 1775-1776](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/virginias-independent-frontier-companies-part-one-1775-1776)
- [Virginia's Independent Frontier Companies, Part Two: 1776-1778](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/virginias-independent-frontier-companies-part-two-1776-1778)
- [James Craig Trampled Under Foot](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/james-craig-trampled-under-foot)
- [A First-Person History of the Regiment](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/a-first-person-history-of-the-regiment)
- [Presidential Praise](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/presidential-praise)
- [The Battle of Drake's Farm](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-battle-of-drakes-farm)
- [Lost & Found: James Kay and Thomas Berry](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/lost-found-james-kay-and-thomas-berry)
- [Disestablishment: The Separation of Faith from Government Power](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/disestablishment-the-separation-of-faith-from-government-power)
- [Veterans at Rest: Known Graves, L-Z](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/veterans-at-rest-known-graves-l-z)
- [Veterans at Rest: Known Graves, A-K](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/veterans-at-rest-known-graves-a-k)
- [Biggs and Brady at Fort McIntosh](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/biggs-and-brady-at-fort-mcintosh)
- [The Dunmore & Frederick Resolves](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-dunmore-frederick-resolves)
- [The “Grand Division Standard” of the 8th Va.](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-grand-division-standard-of-the-8th-va)
- [Catholics and the Founding](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/catholics-and-the-founding)
- [The Fort Gower Resolves](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-fort-gower-resolves)
- [The Stamp Act and Captain Berry](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-stamp-act-and-captain-berry)
- [What Are Unalienable Rights?](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/what-are-unalienable-rights)
- [Grave Errors: Erroneous Burial Markings](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/grave-errors-erroneous-burial-markings)
- [A Little Help for Lt. Jacob Parrot](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/a-little-help-for-lt-jacob-parrot)
- [Root Hog or Die!](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/root-hog-or-die)
- [8th Virginia Houses](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/8th-virginia-houses)
- [The 8th Virginia Book List](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-8th-virginia-book-list)
- [Stories From the Postwar Frontier](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/stories-from-the-postwar-frontier)
- [The 8th Virginia Reading List](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-8th-virginia-reading-list)
- [The 8th Virginia Links List](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-8th-virginia-links-list)
- [The Other 8th Virginia Regiments](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-other-8th-virginia-regiments)
- [Not Worth a Continental Dollar?](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/not-worth-a-continental-dollar)
- [A New Stone For An Old Soldier](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/a-new-stone-for-an-old-soldier)
- [Riding to the Rescue](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/riding-to-the-rescue)
- [The Birth of the Longrifle: Martin Meylin's Gun Shop](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-birth-of-the-longrifle-martin-meylins-gun-shop)
- [The Last Men Standing: The 8th Virginia Regiment in the American Revolution.](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/the-last-men-standing-the-8th-virginia-regiment-in-the-american-revolution)
- [Dunmore County Prepares for Revolution](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/dunmore-county-prepares-for-revolution)
- [8th Virginia Command Sequence](https://www.8thvirginia.com/p/8th-virginia-command-sequence)