The 15th Virginia Regiment was authorized on September 16, 1776, as a part of the Virginia Line for service with the Continental Army under the command of Col. David Mason of Sussex County. Initially, it included companies from thirteen mostly Tidewater counties: Brunswick, Princess Anne, Nansemond, King William, Westmoreland, Northumberland, Isle of Wight, Sussex, Southampton, Surry, Amelia, Norfolk and Chesterfield Counties. James Innes served as lieutenant Colonel, and Holt Richardson held the rank of Major. In 1778, manpower shortages caused its absorption into the 11th Virginia Regiment.Gay Neale, Brunswick County, Virginia 1720 - 1975 Revised to 2000, (Lawrenceville: Brunswick County Bicentennial Committee 1999 LC No. 74-29817) p. 66 All or part of the regiment saw action at Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and the Siege of Charleston where all of the Regiment was captured in the last. The regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1781.
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External links 15th Virginia Regiment at Revolutionary Virginia Bibliography of the Continental Army in Virginia compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History Virginia Regiments in the Continental Army