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2nd Georgia Regiment

Field	Value
unit_name	2nd Georgia Regiment
dates	1776–1781
country	United States United Colonies of America
allegiance	Continental Congress of the United States
branch	United States Army Continental Army
type	Line Infantry
size	Regiment
command_structure	Southern Department
garrison	* Williamsburg, Virginia (raised)
nickname	"Second Georgia"
battles	*First Florida Expedition
notable_commanders	Colonel Samuel Elbert

Second Florida Expedition
Siege of Savannah
Siege of Charleston The 2nd Georgia Regiment, or as it was also known, the 2nd Georgia, was a regiment of the Continental Army, which formed part of the Georgia Line. Due to bad recruitment and horrible discipline, the 2nd-4th Georgia regiments were all later disbanded, and personnel joined the (1st) Georgia Regiment.

History

On 5 July 1776, as part of the 1776 quotas, the 2nd Georgia Regiment was formed as part of the Continental Army and subsequently assigned to the Southern Department. The regiment was organised in the fall and winter of 1776 in Williamsburg, Virginia, consisting of eight companies, and recruited primarily in Virginia. On 23 December 1777 the regiment was assigned to the new formed Georgia Brigade which contained the 1st-3rd Georgian regiments, an element in the Southern Department.

By March 1780, the regiment moved into the Charleston, South Carolina garrison, and captured there by the British Southern Army on 12 May 1780. The regiment was officially disbanded following the 1781 quotas on 1 January 1781, and personnel joined the Georgia Regiment.

There is very little information on the uniform of the regiment, but the norm seems to have been hunting shirts and gaiter trousers.

Engagements

Engagements which the regiment took part in were:

First Florida Expedition (1776)
Second Florida Expedition (1778)
Siege of Savannah (1779)
Siege of Charleston (1780)

Commanding Officers

Commanding officers of the regiment were:

5 July 1778–????, Colonel Samuel Elbert

Footnotes

References

Robert K. Wright Jr., The Continental Army, 2006 United States Army Center of Military History, Washington District of Columbia, United States of America.
Lucian Lamar Knight, Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, 1920 Index Printing Company, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
Frank Berg, Encyclopedia of Continental Army Units Battalions, Regiments, and Independent Corps, 1972 Stackpole Company, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America. .
Digby Smith, Kevin E. Kiley, and Jeremy Black, An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Uniforms of the American War of Independence, 2017 Lorenz Books, London, United Kingdom. .

References

Wright, p. 313.
Knight, pp. 7, 9, 10.
(2017-12-21). "Georgia Regiments in the Continental Army".
Berg, pp. 46.
Smith, Kiley, and Black, pp. 79, 90, 99, 107, 111.
(2017-12-21). "Georgia Regiments in the Continental Army".

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