3rd South Carolina Regiment
- 3rd South Carolina Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
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type=Ranger
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dates=1775-1783
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command_structure=Continental Army
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battles=Savannah and Charleston
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anniversaries=Campaign
name=Southern theater, 1775–1783
battles=Williamsburg – Great Bridge – Moore's Creek Bridge – Rice Boats – Alligator Bridge – Beaufort – Kettle Creek – Briar Creek – Stono Ferry – Savannah – Charleston – The 3rd South Carolina Regiment was raised on June 6, 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 May 12, 1780, together with the rest of the Southern Department. The regiment was disbanded on November 15, 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 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
References
*O'Kelly, Patrick. "Nothing but Blood and Slaughter", volume 2.
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