Pennsylvania, and northernmost West Virginia, respectively. Change in command of the regiment occurred for the third time in late 1780. Under continual pressure to maintain sufficient troop strength in the unit, regimental commander Capt. Thomas Beall ran afoul of army regulations and Western Department commander Brodhead by approving the enlistment of a British prisoner of war in February 1780. Beall tried to rectify his lapse in judgment by discharging the recruit, although after he had already been given his recruitment bounty and service clothes. On August 14, 1780, at Fort Pitt, Captain Beall was tried by court-martial, found guilty of "discharging a Soldier after having been duly inlisted and receiving his regimental cloathing through private and interested views thereby defrauding the United States," and on October 13, was dismissed from the service. Capt. Adamson Tannehill succeeded Beall as commander of the regiment for the remaining few months of the unit's existence. Disbanding On November 1, 1780, Washington issued orders approved by Congress that specified plans for the comprehensive reorganization of the Continental Army effective January 1, 1781. All Additional and Extra Continental regiments, such as the Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment, that had not been annexed to a state line organization were disbanded by that date. The much-diminished unit comprised only 2officers and 50 enlisted men in late December 1780. The officers received discharges on January 1, 1781, and the enlisted men of the unit were transferred to the Maryland Line. Relocation of the men from their remote post at Fort Pitt to their new assignments, however, was not completed until November 1781, at least in part because their officers were not present to supervise the process. The lineage of the regiment's Virginia elements is carried on by the 201st Field Artillery Regiment (United States). Notes References Primary references (books) Balch, Thomas, ed. (1857). Papers relating chiefly to the Maryland Line during the Revolution. Philadelphia: T. K. and P. G. Collins, pp. 4–5 (Proceedings of the Frederick County Committee of Observation, June 21, 1775). Browne, William H., ed. (1897). Archives of Maryland: journal and correspondence of the Council of Safety, January 1 – March 20, 1777; Journal and correspondence of the State Council, March 20, 1777 – March 28, 1778. Baltimore: The Friedenwald Co., v. 16, pp. 448–450 (Washington to Johnson, December 29, 1777), 555–556 (Council of Maryland to Gates, March 27, 1778). Browne, William H., ed. (1901). Archives of