Hugh, You may want to visit Col. Daniel Morgan's Frontier rifle Corp. At the request of George Washington , Daniel Morgan formed a unit of 500 expert riflemen from the Virginia frontier. The unit drew from several other Va units. For example, Capt. Thomas Posey's Co. fought in several battles in early 1777, then in mid-1777 was assigned to Daniel Morgan's Corp for a few months during the Battles of Saratoga, then resumed their normal duties following Saratoga. The life expectancy for soldiers assigned to Morgan wasn't real great but he had little difficulty recruiting. It seems that so many were killed or wounded that sometimes whole units were depleted to the point where they were re-assigned to other units. Again, tracking Capt. Thomas Posey's unit for a couple of years (perhaps 1777-1778) would demonstrate why it is so difficult to keep up with individual soldiers assigned to specific units. I can only imagine how confusing it must have been during that time period. Best of luck, george ----- Original Message ----- From: <HFTHusma@aol.com> To: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: <bomendal@bellsouth.net> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 5:50 AM Subject: [AMERICAN-REVOLUTION] 4th VA and 8th VA Consolidaton > There is conflicting data regarding the consolidation of the 4th VA and > the > 8th VA and redesignated as the 4th VA. > > One source says they were consolidated in Sep 1778 > > Other source says consolidation was on 12 May 1779. > > Any help here? > > Best, Hugh > List Mom for the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION mailing list: > Diana Boothe philsbarbie1@arkansasfamilies.net > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > We have archives! Search for your AMERICAN-REVOLUTION information > here..... > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AMERICAN-REVOLUTION > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most > helpful site http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.2/442 - Release Date: 9/8/2006 > >