Two more cents to add to the pile. My guy (Charles Bodkin) was in the 13th VA. The 13th was redesignated the 9th in 1778. I have seen overlapping documents where they to referred to themselves as the 13th as well as the 9th. Mark Allen ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Armstrong" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 2:11 PM Subject: Re: [AMER-REV] 14th VA Regiment > > James Stone wrote: > > > " I had a relative in the 10th NC Line Regiment in the Continental Army. > However, he didn't join until the last 3 years of the war. Scholors say > that the 10th was dissolved by then. Near as I can *guess, *some units > kept their own names, even though they were officially mixed into other > Regiments. " > > Thanks James for the info. It would appear from our common experiences that > not everything is known about Continental regiments even though one would > think all would be known. But as Ed pointed out a short time ago on this > list some of the records (if not all) are reconstructed. I don't think my > guy's 14th VA was the same one but apparently a NEW one Von Steuben put > together getting recruits ready for the Continental Army. > > Best Regards > David Armstrong > Elkins, WV > > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION list, send the command "unsubscribe" to > [email protected] (if in mail mode) or > [email protected] (if in digest mode.) > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx