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Edenton District Brigade. The Edenton District Brigade was an administrative division of the North Carolina militia during the American Revolutionary War (1776–1783). This unit was established by the North Carolina Provincial Congress on May 4, 1776, and disbanded at the end of the war. [1]
- 1776-1783
- North Carolina
- Brigade
- North Carolina militia
Gates County Regiment: Edenton District Brigade 1779 1783 Col Lawrence Baker: Hertford County Regiment: Edenton District Brigade 1775 1783 Col Benjamin Wynns: Martin County Regiment: Edenton District Brigade, Halifax District Brigade: 1775 1783 Col William Williams: 1st Pasquotank County Regiment: Edenton District Brigade 1775 1783
UnitSubordinationEstablishedDisbandedNorth Carolina Militia and State Troops ...17781783North Carolina Militia Command17761783Edenton District Brigade17801780Edenton District Brigade17801780People also ask
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The Edenton District Minuteman Battalion was created by the Continental Congress on September 9, 1775 for six months duration. It was disbanded on April 10, 1776 in favor of Edenton District Brigade of militia instead. The Battalion was commanded by Col. Edward Vail, Sr., who was the first
- 1775–1783
- North Carolina
- State Troops
- Major General John Ashe, Sr.
The Edenton District Brigade was a brigade of the North Carolina militia which served as a centralised command over the regiments close to the city of Wilmington. Edward Vail, Sr. was commissioned as the first commander of the Edenton District Brigade on May 4, 1776. William Skinner was appointed by the North Carolina General Assembly on December 20, 1777, to replace, general Edward Vail who ...
See Hertford County Regiment by J.D. Lewis for details and roster of soldiers. This category is managed by the 1776 Project in association with the Categorization Project . For assistance with this or related categories ask in G2G making sure to tag your question with both categorization and 1776 .
Chowan County Regiment: Currituck County Regiment: Gates County Regiment: Hertford County Regiment: Martin County Regiment* 1st Pasquotank County Regiment: 2nd Pasquotank County Regiment: Perquimans County Regiment--Tyrrell County Regiment * Martin County was transferred to the Halifax District Brigade of Militia in December of 1777.
Col. John Ashe, Sr. created his own small regiment of hand-picked men - the short lived Volunteer Independent Rangers in Feb 1776. Wilkes County Regiment added, December 9, 1777, profiles, details. Northern Orange Regiment created on April 22, 1776, profiles. Six (6) New Brigades of Militia Created on May 4, 1776:
