Culpeper Minutemen
| Culpeper Minutemen | |
|---|---|
| Active |
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| Disbanded | Merged into the Company B, 13th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States Army |
| Country | Great Britain Confederate States of America United States Virginia |
| Allegiance | United States Confederate States of America Virginia |
| Branch | (Infantry) Virginia Militia Virginia Defense Force |
| Type | Militia, army, National Guard, state defense force |
| Size | (250) American Revolutionary War ? American Civil War |
| Nickname(s) | The Old Bergaide |
| Engagements | American Revolutionary War
American Civil War Spanish–American War World War I |
| Commanders | |
| American Revolutionary Commander | Colonel Lawrence Taliaferro |
| American Revolutionary Executive Officer | Lieutenant Colonel Edward Stevens |
The Culpeper Minutemen were a militia group formed in 1775 in the district around Culpeper, Virginia. Like minutemen in other British colonies, the men drilled in military tactics and trained to respond to emergencies "at a minute's notice".