The Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment, most commonly known as Rawlings' Regiment in period documents, was organized in June 1776 as a specialized light infantry unit of riflemen in the Continental
Continental Army riflemen skirmishing with enemy troops at the Battle of Saratoga
Otho Holland Williams by Charles Willson Peale. Williams was initially first lieutenant and later captain of Capt. Thomas Price's Independent Rifle Company in 1775 and early 1776
View of the attack against Fort Washington (center background). New Jersey Palisades and Hudson River are in right background, and Harlem River is in foreground. View is toward the southwest. Contemporaneous watercolor by Thomas Davies
Daniel Morgan by Charles Willson Peale
Otho Holland Williams
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Brigadier General Otho Holland Williams was a Continental Army officer from Maryland in the American Revolutionary War. He participated in many battles throughout the war in the New York, New Jersey a
Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment
…three 1775 companies based on their seniority. Hugh Stephenson from Virginia became the colonel, and Marylanders Moses Rawlings of Cresap's company and Otho Holland Williams of Price's company were designated the lieutenant colonel and major, respectively. All company officers were appointed in the summer of 1776, and…
Battle of Guilford Court House