3rd South Carolina Regiment

3rd South Carolina Regiment
Active	1775-1783
Country	United States
Type	Ranger
Part of	Continental Army
Engagements	Savannah and Charleston

Southern theater, 1775–1783

Williamsburg – Great Bridge – Moore's Creek Bridge – Rice Boats – Alligator Bridge – Beaufort – Kettle Creek – Briar Creek – Stono Ferry – Savannah – Charleston –

American Revolutionary War units of the United States

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The 3rd South Carolina Regiment was raised on 6 June 1775, at Ninety-Six Court House, South Carolina, for service with the Continental Army. The regiment saw action at the Siege of Savannah (16 September 1779 to 18 October 1779) and the Siege of Charleston. The regiment was captured by the British Army at Charleston on 12 May 1780, together with the rest of the Southern Department. The regiment was disbanded on 15 November 1783.

Charleston, South Carolina Siege

Charleston Campaign: 7 March - 12 May 1780

American forces:

Commanding Officer - Major General Benjamin Lincoln
Continentals - Brigadier General William Moultrie
South Carolina Continental Brigade - Colonel Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Lieutenant Colonel William Henderson - 3rd South Carolina (Ranger) Regiment
Major Edmund Hyrne - Light Infantry Company
Captain Felix Warley - 1st Company
Captain Joseph Warley - 2nd Company
Captain Uriah Goodwyn - 3rd Company
Captain Robert Lyle - 3rd South Carolina Regiment
Captain John Buchanan - 6th South Carolina Regiment
Captain Jesse Baker - 5th Company
Captain Field Farrer - 6th Company
Captain George Liddell - 7th Company
Captain Richard Pollard - 8th Company
Captain John Carraway Smith - 9th Company
Captain Oliver Towles - 10th Company
Captain William Caldwell - 3rd South Carolina Regiment**
Captain Daniel R. McDuff - 3rd South Carolina Regiment

References

O'Kelly, Patrick. Nothing but Blood and Slaughter, volume 2.
Continental Army Payroll Records, 1779, Book 89, pp. 164ff

External links

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

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