1st South Carolina Regiment
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ActiveJune 6, 1775 – November 15, 1783
AllegianceSouth Carolina State Troops, Continental Congress of the United States
TypeInfantry
PartofSouth Carolina Line
| 1st South Carolina Regiment | |
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| Active | June 6, 1775 – November 15, 1783 |
| Allegiance | South Carolina State Troops, Continental Congress of the United States |
| Type | Infantry |
| Part of | South Carolina Line |
| Engagements | Savannah, Florida (1778), Caribbean (1778), Savannah, Charleston (1775-1776, 1780) |
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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.[1]
- Lt Col Isaac Huger (original officer)
- Col. Christopher Gadsden
- Col. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
History
The unit timeline includes the following events:[1]
- 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