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Featured Article Quiz #137

Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment
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#1 The Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment was organized in which month and year?
June 1776
January 1777
November 1781
#2 What role did the riflemen typically serve compared with main musket line troops?
Acting as forward skirmishers, flankers, and performing scouting, escorting, and post-guard duties
Fighting only in tight, organized formations as the main line of battle
Serving exclusively as artillery crews behind the lines
#3 Which unit did Washington create in early June 1777 under Daniel Morgan, involving provisional rifle companies?
The Provisional Rifle Corps (Morgan’s Rifle Corps)
The Continental Artillery Brigade
The 1st Maryland Militia Regiment