The 6th South Carolina Regiment (2nd Rifle Regiment) was authorized on 28 February 1776 in the

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State Troops and was organized during the spring of 1776 as five companies of volunteers from the northwestern region of the colony of

. It may have been composed exclusively of expert riflemen from the colony.

History

Listed below are the key events in the history of this unit, the commanders, and known engagements as a unit: * 28 February 1776, authorized as South Carolina Provincial Troops * Spring 1776, organized at Charleston to consist of five companies from northwestern South Carolina. * 25 March 1776, adopted into the Continental Army and assigned to the Southern Department * 18 October 1776, reorganized to consist of six companies (Captain Richbourg's Independent Company, organized in spring 1776 at Charleston with personnel from northwestern South Carolina, concurrently redesignated as the 6th Company, 6th South Carolina Regiment). * 23 November 1776, assigned to the 1st South Carolina Brigade, an element of the Southern Department. * 3 January 1779, relieved from the 1st South Carolina Brigade * 1 February 1779, assigned to the South Carolina Brigade, an element of the Southern Department * 11 February 1780, consolidated with the

2nd South Carolina Regiment The 2nd South Carolina Regiment was raised on June 6, 1775, at Charleston, South Carolina, for service with the Continental Army. History At organization the regiment consisted of 10 companies from eastern South Carolina and was part of the So ...

Commanders: * Major William Henderson (original officer, 1776), as Lt. Col (1778-1780) * Lt. Col./Col. Thomas Sumter (1776-1778) Known Engagements: * 28 June 1776, Battle of Sullivan's Island/Fort Moultrie, South Carolina * 1 August 1776, Seneca Town, South Carolina * 8-11 August 1776, Cherokee Towns, South Carolina * 12 August 1776, Tamassee, South Carolina * September 1776, St. Augustine, Florida * 19 September 1776, Coweecho River, North Carolina * May - July 1778, Florida Expedition * 29 December 1778,

Capture of Savannah The Capture of Savannah, or sometimes the First Battle of Savannah (because of the siege of 1779), or the Battle of Brewton Hill,Heitman, pp. 670 and 681 was an American Revolutionary War battle fought on December 29, 1778 pitting local Ameri ...

, Georgia * 3 March 1779, Battle of Briar/Brier Creek, Georgia * 3 May 1779,

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* 20 June 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 ...

, South Carolina * 16 September – 18 October 1779,

Siege of Savannah The siege of Savannah or the Second Battle of Savannah was an encounter of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) in 1779. The year before, the city of Savannah, Georgia, had been captured by a British expeditionary corps under Lieutena ...

, Georgia

References

Bibliography of the Continental Army in South Carolina
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History

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