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Virginia Regiment
The Virginia Regiment was formed in 1754 by Virginia 's Governor Robert Dinwiddie, initially as an all volunteer corps, and he sent George Washington, the future first president of the United States of America, to assume command upon the death of Colonel Joshua Fry. Washington, who had previously been a Lt.
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