 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 2 officers 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 . 
