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1st South Carolina Regiment

Field	Value
unit_name	1st South Carolina Regiment
allegiance	South Carolina State Troops, Continental Congress of the United States
type	Infantry
dates	June 6, 1775 – November 15, 1783
command_structure	South Carolina Line
battles	Savannah, Florida (1778), Caribbean (1778), Savannah, Charleston (1775-1776, 1780)

Note

the Continental Army regiment

Col. Christopher Gadsen
Col. Charles C. Pinckney
Col. Isaac Huger The 1st South Carolina Regiment was authorized on June 6, 1775, at Charleston, South Carolina, for infantry service with the South Carolina State Troops. On November 4, 1775, the unit was adopted into the Continental Army and on February 27, 1776 was assigned to the Southern Department. The regiment saw action at the Siege of Savannah and the Siege of Charleston. The British Army captured the regiment at Charleston on May 12, 1780, together with the rest of the Southern Department.

Officers

Lt Col Isaac Huger (original officer)
Col. Christopher Gadsden
Col. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

History

The unit timeline includes the following events:

June 6, 1775, authorized as South Carolina State Troops
Summer of 1775, organized in Charleston, South Carolina to include 10 companies from eastern South Carolina
November 4, 1775, adopted into the Continental Army
February 27, 1776, assigned to the Southern Department
November 23, 1776, assigned to the 1st South Carolina Brigade of the Southern Department
January 3, 1779, relieved from the 1st South Carolina Brigade
February 1, 1779, assigned to the South Carolina Brigade of the Southern Department
February 11, 1780, consolidated with the 5th South Carolina Regiment
May 12, 1780, captured by the British Army in the Siege of Charleston
December 11, 1782, reorganized at Charleston to consist of three companies
May 1-14, 1783, furloughed at Charleston
November 15, 1783, disbanded

Engagements

The unit was involved in the following battles, skirmishes and sieges:

July 9, 1775, Bloody Point
September 15, 1775, Fort Johnson
November 11–12, 1775, Hog Island Channel
June 28, 1776, Fort Moultrie/Sullivan's Island
March 7, 1778, Battle of Barbados
February 3, 1779, Battle of Beaufort/Port Royal Island
March 3, 1779, Battle of Briar/Brier Creek, Georgia
May 1779, Prevost's March on Charleston
June 20, 1779, Battle of Stono Ferry
September 16 – October 18, 1779, Siege of Savannah, Georgia
March 28 – May 12, 1780, Siege of Charleston
March 29–30, 1780, Gibbes' Plantation
April 8, 1780, Sullivan's Island
April 12, 1780, Sullivan's Island
April 25, 1780, Sullivan's Island
May 2, 1780, Haddrell's Point
May 7, 1780, Fort Moultrie

References

Bibliography of the Continental Army in South Carolina compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History

References

Wright, Robert K. Jr. (1982). "The Continental Army". Center of Military History United States Army.
Lewis, J.D.. "The American Revolution in South Carolina, South Carolina 1st Regiment (Infantry)".

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