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List of South Carolina militia units in the American Revolution: District militia units were established on January 17, 1775 by the South Carolina Provincial Congress. These militia units were subordinate to the South Carolina Council of Safety. Officers were selected by February 1775. In November 1775, the Militia units were renamed regiments. In March 28, 1778, the South Carolina General Assembly consolidated the regiments into four brigades, each led by a Brigadier General.[1]Militia unitsRevolutionary War pension applications and colonial records provide considerable information on the South Carolina militia units and officers, and the battles in which they fought. When Charlestown fell on May 12, 1780, most of the generals were taken as prisoners by the British and the regiments were left to fend for themselves. Most new regiments were Light Dragoons vice infantry. The known regiments, brigades, and independent units included:[1][2] Unit | Subordinate Brigade | Date established | Year | Disbanded | Original Commander, Rank |
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1st Brigade | Council of Safety | Mar 25, 1778 | 1778 | May 12, 1780 | Bull, Stephen, BG | 2nd Brigade | Council of Safety | Mar 25, 1778 | 1778 | May 12, 1780 | Richardson, Richard, BG | 3rd Brigade | Council of Safety | Mar 25, 1778 | 1778 | May 12 1780 | Williamson, Andrew, BG | 4th Brigade | Council of Safety | Mar 25, 1778 | 1778 | May 12, 1780 | McIntosh, Alexander, BG | Beaufort District (Regiment) | 1st Brigade | Feb 1775 | 1775 | Bull, Stephen, Col | Forks of Saluda District (Regiment) (renamed Lower District Regiment in November 1775), aka Dutch Forks Regiment | 3rd Brigade | Feb 1775 | 1775 | Starke, Robert, Col | Camden District Militia (Regiment) | 2nd Brigade | Feb 1775 | 1775 | Richardson, Richard, Col | Little River District Militia (Regiment) | 3rd Brigade | Feb 1775 | 1775 | Lindsay, John, Col | Charles Town District Militia (Regiment) | 1st Brigade | Feb 1775 | 1775 | Moultrie, Willliam, Col | New Acquisition District Militia (Regiment) | 2nd Brigade | Feb 1775 | 1775 | Neel, Thomas, Col | Cheraws District Militia (Regiment) | 4th Brigade | Feb 1775 | 1775 | Powell, George Gabriel, Col | Upper Saluda District Militia (Regiment) (renamed Spartan Regiment in November 1775, split into 1st Spartan Regiment and 2nd Spartan Regiment in February 1777) | 2nd Brigade | Feb 1775 | 1775 | Fletchall, Thomas, Col | 1st Spartan Regiment | 2nd Brigade | Feb 1777 | 1777 | Thomas, John, Sr., Col | 2nd Spartan Regiment | 2nd Brigade | Feb 1777 | 1777 | Brandon, Thomas, Col | Georgetown District Militia (Regiment) | 4th Brigade | Feb 1775 | 1775 | Screven, Thomas, Col | Berkeley County Militia (Regiment) | 1st Brigade | Feb 1775 | 1775 | Singleton, Richard, Col | Ninety-Six District Militia (Regiment), (split into Upper Ninety-Six Regiment and Lower Ninety-Six Regiment on March 28, 1778) | 3rd Brigade | Feb 1775 | 1775 | Savage, John, Col | Upper Ninety-Six Regiment | 3rd Brigade | Mar 28, 1778 | 1778 | Pickens, Andrew, Col | Lower Ninety-Six Regiment | 3rd Brigade | Mar 28, 1778 | 1778 | Hammond, LeRoy, Col | Colleton County Militia (Regiment) | 1st Brigade | Feb 1775 | 1775 | Glover, Joseph, Col | Orangeburgh District Militia (Regiment) | 3rd Brigade | Feb 1775 | 1775 | Thomson, William, Col | Craven County Militia (Regiment) (split into Upper Craven County Regiment and Lower Craven County Regiment in November 1775) | Feb 1775 | 1775 | Rothmahler, Job, Col | Upper Craven County Regiment | 4th Brigade | Nov 1775 | 1775 | Hicks, George, Col | Lower Craven County Regiment | 4th Brigade | Nov 1775 | 1775 | Rothmahler, Job, Col | Fairfield Militia (Regiment) | 2nd Brigade | Feb 1775 | 1775 | Kershaw, Joseph, Col | Granville County Militia (Regiment) | 1st Brigade | Feb 1775 | 1775 | June 1780 | Garden, Benjamin, Col | Upper Granville County Regiment | Jun 1780 | 1780 | Harden, William, Ltc, Col | Lower Granville County Regiment | Jun 1780 | 1780 | Stafford, William, Ltc, Col | Kingstree Regiment (established in late 1779 or 1780) | 4th Brigade | Dec 1779, Jan 1780 | 1779 | McDonald, Archibald | Kershaw Regiment | May/Jun 1780 | 1780 | Postell, James, Col | Turkey Creek Regiment | May 1780 | 1780 | Lacey, Edward, Col | Polk's Regiment of Light Dragoons | Mecklenburg County Regiment, State Troops (Apr 1781) | July 1780 | 1780 | Polk, William, Col | Hampton's Regiment of Light Dragoons | Militia, State Troops (Apr 1781) | Jul 1780 | 1780 | Hampton, Henry/Wade, Col | Hill's Regiment of Light Dragoons | Militia, State Troops (Apr 1781) | Jul 1780 | 1780 | Hill, William, Col | South Carolina 1st Brigade of Militia | Aug 1780 | 1780 | Sumter, Thomas, Col/BG | South Carolina 2nd Brigade of Militia | Aug 1780 | 1780 | Marion, Francis, Col/BG | South Carolina 3rd Brigade of Militia | Jul 1781 | 1781 | Picken, Andrew, BG | Horry's Light Dragoons (Militia) | South Carolina 2nd Brigade of Militia | Feb 16, 1781 | 1781 | Horry, Peter, Ltc | Maham's Light Dragoons (Militia) | South Carolina 2nd Brigade of Militia | Mar 1781 | 1781 | Maham, Hezekiah, Maj | Hammond's Regiment of Light Dragoons | South Carolina 3rd Brigade of Militia, State Troops (Sep 1781) | Apr 1781 | 1781 | Hammond, Samuel Ltc/Col | South Carolina 4th Brigade of Militia | Sep 1781 | 1781 | Barnwell, John BG | South Carolina 3rd Regiment of State Dragoons | South Carolina 2nd Brigade of Militia | Oct 1781 | 1781 | Maham, Hezekiah, Ltc | South Carolina 4th Regiment of State Dragoons | South Carolina 2nd Brigade of Militia | Oct 1781 | 1781 | Horry, Peter, Ltc |
Independent companies: - Independent Company of Rangers, 1775-1776, Bowie, Francis, Capt
- Independent Company of Rangers, 1775, Ellison, Robert, Capt
- Independent Company of Rangers, 1775-1776, Tutt, Benjamin, Capt
- Independent Company of Rangers, 1775-1780, Polk, Ezekiel, Capt
- Indian Field Company, 1775, Fullerton, John, Capt
- Catawba Indian Company of Rovers, 1775-1776, Boykin, Samuel, Capt
- Charles Town Artillery Company, 1775, Robert, Owen, Capt
- Racoon Company, 1776-1780, Allston, John, Capt
- Indian Company of Rovers, 1776, Withers, John, Lt/Capt
- Charles Town Artillery Company, 1778-1780, White, Sims, Capt
- Independent Company, 1781, Snipes, William Clay, Maj
Provincial and State unitsFor clarification and comparison purposes, the South Carolina provincial and state troop units are listed below:[3] Unit | Date established | Year | Disbanded | Continental Line, Date | Original Commander, Rank |
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South Carolina 1st Regiment (Infantry) | June 6, 1775 | 1775 | 5/12/1780 | Yes, November 4, 1775 | Gadsen, Christopher, Col | South Carolina 2nd Regiment (Infantry) | June 6, 1775 | 1775 | 5/12/1780 | Yes, November 4, 1775 | Moultried, William, Col | South Carolina 3rd Regiment (Rangers) | June 6, 1775 | 1775 | 5/12/1780 | Yes, July 24, 1776 | Thomson, William, Ltc | South Carolina 4th Regiment (Artillery) | November 14, 1775 | 1775 | 5/12/1780 | Yes, June 18, 1776 | Roberts, Owen, Ltc | South Carolina 5th Regiment (Rifles) | February 22, 1776 | 1776 | Feb. 1780 | Yes, March 25, 1776 | Huger, Isaac, Col | South Carolina 6th Regiment (Rifles) | February 28, 1776 | 1776 | Feb. 1780 | Yes, March 25, 1776 | Sumter, Thomas. Ltc | South Carolina Light Dragoons | February 1779 | 1779 | 5/12/1780 | No | Horry, Daniel, Col | South Carolina 1st Regiment of State Dragoons | April 1781 | 1781 | 1783 | No | Hampton, Wade I. Col | South Carolina 2nd Regiment of State Dragoons | April 1781 | 1781 | 1783 | No | Myddleton, Charles, Col | Hampton's Regiment of Light Dragoons | April 1781 | 1781 | 1783 | No | Hampton, Henry. Ltc | Polk's Regiment of Light Dragoons | April 1781 | 1781 | Feb. 1782 | No | Polk, William, Ltc | Hill's Regiment of Light Dragoons | April 1781 | 1781 | 1782 | No | Hill, William, Col | Hammond's Regiment of Light Dragoons | September 1781 | 1781 | 1782 | No | Hammond, Samuel, Col | South Carolina 3rd Regiment of State Dragoons | October 1781 | 1781 | 1783 | No | Maham, Hezekiah. Ltc | South Carolina 4th Regiment of State Dragoons | October 1781 | 1781 | 1782 | No | Horry, Peter, Ltc |
See also- South Carolina in the American Revolution
- Pension Transactions for a description of the transcription effort by Will Graves
- Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
- South Carolina Line: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Regiments
References1. ^1 {{cite web|author=Lewis, J.D.|accessdate=March 24, 2019|title=The American Revolution in South Carolina, Militia|url=http://www.carolana.com/SC/Revolution/revolution_patriots_militia_sc.html}} 2. ^Pension Transactions by William Graves 3. ^{{cite web|title=South Carolina in the America Revolution, Provincial and State Troops|url=http://www.carolana.com/SC/Revolution/revolution_state_troops_sc.html|author=Lewis, J.D.|accessdate=March 25, 2019}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/revolutionary-war/|title=South Carolina Encyclopedia, Revolutionary War|author=Walter, Edgar|year=2016}}
- {{cite book|author=Buchanan, John|title=The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas|publisher=New York: Wiley|year=1997}}
- {{cite book|author=Edgar, Walter|title=Partisans and Redcoats: The Southern Conflict That Turned the Tide of the American Revolution|publisher=New York: Morrow|year=2001}}
- {{cite book|author=McCrady, Edward|title=The History of South Carolina in the Revolution. 2 vols|publisher=New York: Macmillan|year=1901–1902}}
- {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5DFy0eWaPxIC&lpg=PA339&ots=XbVu0Hnc1M&dq=Russell%2C%20Phillips%20(1965).%20North%20Carolina%20in%20the%20Revolutionary%20War.%20Charlotte%3A%20Heritage%20Printers.&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=Russell,%20Phillips%20(1965).%20North%20Carolina%20in%20the%20Revolutionary%20War.%20Charlotte:%20Heritage%20Printers.&f=false|title=The American Revolution in the Southern Colonies|author=Russel, David Lee|accessdate=March 9, 2019|date=2000}}
- {{cite book|title=Backcountry Revolutionary James Williams (1740-1780), With Source Documents|author=William T. Graves|publisher=Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution Press, Lugoff, SC|year=2012}}
- {{cite book|title=Memoirs of the American Revoloution|author=William Moultrie|publisher=The New York Times & Arno Press|year=1968}}
- {{cite book|title=A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a History of His Brigade From its Rise in June 1780 until Disbanded in December 1782|author=James, William Dobein|publisher=Continental Book Company|year=1948}}
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