Carroll 250 Speaker Series: “I am persuaded they will do great Execution.”
Carroll County Public Library, Mount Airy Branch 705 Ridge Avenue, Mount Airy, MD“I am persuaded they will do great Execution:” The Maryland and Virginia Rifle Companies of 1775. On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress authorized the formation of several independent companies of riflemen to reinforce the New Englanders then besieging British-occupied Boston. Among the first to answer the call were four companies of men – two