From URL: http://wm.rhodesfamily.org/Wm2ndVA.htm   <<About June 1781, the American captives at Charleston were exchanged, or paroled, and warned not to be within forty miles of a British camp. Most of the men went home, but some of the soldiers did not heed the warning, and private James Keep and Corporal William Rhodes where put under command of Captain Alexander Parker at Yorktown, Virginia. Parker’s Company was made up the few veterans left in Virginia’s Continental Army since the fall of Charleston SC. On October 1781 at Yorktown, Virginia, Captain Alexander Parker's company was given the post of honor, the front line-right flank of Anthony Wayne's Brigade on the attack force against the British. In the late fall of 1781, Captain Alexander Parker's company of old soldiers were included in a newly formed Virginia Battalion, commanded by Lieut. Col. Thomas Posey. His battalion consisted of nine companies from various Virginia regiments, and Captain Parker's company was its Light Infantry. The Battalion was sent south under General Arthur St. Clair during the winter of 1781 to aid General Greene, and they where put under the command of General "Mad" Anthony Wayne in an attempt to recapture Charleston, SC and Savannah, Georgia. >> __________ David This account seems to get at the organization of The Virginia Battalion. Note the influx of veterans in June and the suggestion that the companies were organized by old regiment affiliation. This suggests that the reference to the 14th was to previous service of the individual. Incidentally, this also doesn't give Posey credit as commander until late fall 1781. Gaskins could well be in command from Feb to Oct 1781. What do you think? Best regards, Hugh <[email protected]>