Virginia was called upon to contribute fifteen of these regiments. On September 16, 1776, the Continental Congress resolved to raise an army of eighty-eight infantry regiments which were to serve for the duration of the war. In the course of 1776 the state regiments were placed on the Continental establishment. The 1st and 2d Virginia Regiments were reconstituted the 3d through 6th Virginia Regiments were raised as Continental regiments and the 7th through 9th Virginia Regiments were raised as state troops. The new force was to serve for not exceeding two and a half years. The 87 companies were to be organized into nine regiments of ten companies each (the 9th Virginia Regiment having at first only seven companies). The Convention ordered that an additional 72 companies be raised and that the term of service of the original fifteen companies be extended. The Virginia Convention concurred on January 11, 1776. On December 28, 1775, the Continental Congress voted to raise four more regiments in Virginia. The regiments were designated the 1st and 2d Virginia Regiments. The Continental Congress resolved, on November 1, 1775, to place these two regiments on the Continental establishment. The companies were raised in the fall of 1775 and organized into two regiments. In August 1775 the Virginia Convention voted to raise fifteen companies to serve one year.
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