A Guide to the General George Weedon Revolutionary War Letter 1781
A Collection in
The Special Collections Department
Accession number 11259
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Preferred Citation
George Weedon Letter, 1781, Accession # 11259, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
This letter was purchased by the University of Virginia Library on October 22, 1996, from Jerry Showalter, Ivy, Virginia.
Bioqgraphical & Historical Information
Weeden was an officer in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Scope and Content Information
This collection consists of a two page letter, February 28, 1781, from General George Weedon (1734-1793) Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Virginia Governor Thomas Jefferson, Richmond, in which Weedon discusses the progress of assembling various units of Virginia militia to march to [Hanover?] Court House to receive further orders from the Baron [von Steuben?] and the need for additional boxes of ammunition. During the Yorktown campaign, under the direction of the recently elected governor, Thomas Nelson, Weedon commanded a brigade of 1,500 militia who were investing Gloucester.