The 15th Virginia Regiment was authorized on September 16, 1776, as a part of the

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for service with the

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under the command of Col. David Mason of Sussex County. All or part of the regiment saw action at Brandywine, Germantown,

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, and the

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where all of the Regiment was captured in the last. The regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1781.

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Bibliography of the Continental Army in Virginia
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