Weedon's Brigade Monument

The monument's plaque lists regiments in Weedon's Brigade.

NPS Photo / B. Dhunjisha

Quick Facts

Location:

On the North Side of North Outer Line Drive in front of the Muhlenberg Brigade Huts at Stop 2 of the Driving Tour.

Significance:

Marks the encampment location of troops in Weedon's Brigade.

Designation:

Brigade Monument

Amenities

8 listed

Cellular Signal, Information, Parking - Auto, Parking - Bus/RV, Pet Waste Disposal, Pets Allowed, Scenic View/Photo Spot, Trash/Litter Receptacles

Monument Description

This monument, donated by the Valley Forge Park Commission under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1908, marks the location of the encampment of Weedon's Brigade. Fourteen complete Virginia Regiments wintered at Valley Forge with more units arriving early in 1778. General George Weedon of Virginia commanded five of these regiments. His orderly book, a record of the orders issued during parts of the Philadelphia Campaign and the Valley Forge ecnampment, provides detailed insight into the activities and conditions of the Army as it endured privations and worked to function as a single fighting force.

Sources: Dodd, C., Dodd, J. (1981) List of Classified Structures Reports. Volume VI: Monuments. Valley Forge National Historical Park.
Weedon, George, and American Philosophical Society. Valley Forge orderly book of General George Weedon of the Continental Army under command of Genl. George Washington, in the campaign of -8, describing the events of the Battles of Brandywine, Warren Tavern, Germantown, and Whitemarsh, and of the camps at Neshaminy, Wilmington, Pennypacker's Mills, Skippack, Whitemarsh, & Valley Forge. New York, Dodd, Mead, 1902. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/02030083/.

Inscription

CONTINENTAL ARMY
VALLEY FORGE DECEMBER 19 1777 JUNE 18 1778
GREENE'S DIVISION
MAJOR GENERAL NATHANIEL GREENE
WEEDON'S BRIGADE
BRIG. GENERAL GEORGE WEEDON
COMMANDING

13th. Regiment Infantry Pennsylvania Line | Col. Walter Stewart | (Raised as "State Regiment of Foot" March 1 1777 attached to Pennsylvania Line as 13th Regiment Infantry November 12 1777 - Consolidated with 2d. Regiment Infantry July 1 1778)

2d. Regiment Virginia Infantry | Lieut. Colonel Charles Dabney

6th. Regiment Virginia Infantry | Colonel John Gibson

10th. Regiment Virginia Infantry | Colonel John Green

14th. Regiment Virginia Infantry | Lieut. Colonel William Davis