The 1st South Carolina Regiment (Infantry) was authorized on June 6, 1775, at

Charleston, South Carolina Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint o ...

, for service with the South Carolina State Troops. On November 4, 1775, the unit was adopted into the

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and on February 27, 1776 was assigned to the Southern Department. The regiment saw action at the

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and the

Siege of Charleston The siege of Charleston was a major engagement and major British victory in the American Revolutionary War, fought in the environs of Charles Town (today Charleston), the capital of South Carolina, between March 29 and May 12, 1780. The Britis ...

. The

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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 by 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 The 5th South Carolina Regiment (1st Rifle Regiment) was raised on February 22, 1776, at Charleston, South Carolina, for service with the South Carolina Troops and later assigned to the Continental Army. The regiment saw action at the Siege of Sa ...

* May 12, 1780, captured by the British Army in the

* 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 The Battle of Stono Ferry was an American Revolutionary War battle, fought on June 20, 1779, near Charleston, South Carolina. The rear guard from a British expedition retreating from an aborted attempt to take Charleston held off an assault by p ...

* September 16 – October 18, 1779,

, Georgia * March 28 – May 12, 1780,

* 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

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Bibliography of the Continental Army in South Carolina
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1st South Carolina Regiment

Officers

History

Engagements

See also

References