The Regiment was authorized on September 16, 1776 in the Continental Army as the 14th Virginia Regiment. It was assigned on December 27, 1776 to the Main Continental Army. Organized on February 12, 1777 to consist of 10 companies from Halifax, Bedford, Pittsylvania, Hanover, Albemarle, Fincastle, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Goochland, Louisa, Charlotte, and Lunenburg Counties. It was assigned on May 22, 1777 to the 2nd Virginia Brigade, an element of the Main Continental Army. Reorganized and redesignated September 14, 1778 as the 10th Virginia Regiment, to consist of 9 companies. Most of the regiment was on May 12, 1780 by the British Army at Charleston, South Carolina. Disbanded on January 1, 1781.