Virginia militia in the Revolutionary War: McAllister's data

About this book

McAllister’s volume is a documentary reference to Virginia militia service in the Revolution, collecting veterans’ declarations for people tracing individual soldiers and local military history. In one 1781 account, Leonard Drumheller recalls serving as a fifer at Halifax House, between Hampton and Yorktown, before joining a later march with Lafayette’s force. Such entries preserve the small details of service, including where men went, who commanded them, and how long their tours lasted. At the back, an alphabetical index links names to counties and page numbers for further lookup.