AWI Americans # 5 - The 1st Virginia State Regiment

Thanks to our old friends at Wikipedia this time - seeing as somebody cast aspersions on my AI buddy for the last unit potted history - here is what "we" know about this unit:

The 1st Virginia State Regiment was a regiment of regular state troops from Virginia which fought during the American Revolutionary War.

Formation

The regiment was authorized by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia in December 1776 as a force of regular troops for the Commonwealth's defense.

In the Continental Army

In 1777, Virginia had difficulty meeting its quota for the regular line of the Continental Army. As a result, in July 1777 under the command of Colonel George Gibson, the regiment began a march North to temporarily join the Continental Army in the Philadelphia Campaign. In January 1778, the Virginia General Assembly passed an act directing that the 1st Virginia State Regiment "now in Continental service, be continued in said service instead of the Ninth Virginia Regiment, made prisoners by the enemy in the Battle of Germantown." The regiment camped at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-78 and at Middlebrook in the winter of 1778-79 and participated in the Battle of Monmouth. The regiment remained in the service of the Continental Army until late 1779 when redeployed to Virginia.

A rather fetching uniform of red and blue

The eagle eyed may have noticed these boys are a bit thin on the ground, the whole unit only comprising 13 figures rather than the more usual 18.

I thought these were all I had left, but after painting and basing was completed, I found a sprue with another four unassembled infantrymen on it - dammit! Maybe I need to build one more unit......!

Well, that's the last of my AWI "Rebel" units and probably all I need although as Jon alluded to last time - never say never! I only have one gun and no cavalry in this collection, so maybe they are on the cards - I will have a look at the Perry metal range for those probably. 

On the painting desk, I am moments away from completing a 12-figure version of the 7th Chasseurs a Chevel de la Ligne, using Perry plastic figures, so they will likely be my next post in a few days' time.

BREAKING NEWS!!!!

Just randomly checked our local version of eBay, called TradeMe, and saw this - at that price, it was obviously meant to be -