The 3rd South Carolina Regiment was raised on 6 June 1775, at Ninety-Six Court House, South Carolina

South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...

, for service with the Continental Army

Continental Army

The Continental Army was formed after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States of America. Established by a resolution of the Continental Congress on June 14, 1775, it was created to coordinate the military efforts of the Thirteen Colonies in...

. The regiment saw action at the Siege of Savannah

Siege of Savannah

The Siege of Savannah or the Second Battle of Savannah was an encounter of the American Revolutionary War in 1779. The year before, the city of Savannah, Georgia, had been captured by a British expeditionary corps under Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Campbell. The siege itself consisted of a joint...

 (16 September 1779 to 18 October 1779) and the Siege of Charleston

Siege of Charleston

The Siege of Charleston was one of the major battles which took place towards the end of the American Revolutionary War, after the British began to shift their strategic focus towards the American Southern Colonies. After about six weeks of siege, Continental Army Major General Benjamin Lincoln...

. The regiment was captured by the British Army

British Army

The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...

 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
  Benjamin Lincoln
  Benjamin Lincoln was an American army officer. He served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War...
  
  
• Continentals - Brigadier General William Moultrie
  William Moultrie
  William Moultrie was a general from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War.He was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He fought in the Anglo-Cherokee War and served in the colonial assembly before the advent of the American Revolution....
  
  
• South Carolina Continental Brigade - Colonel Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
  Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
  Charles Cotesworth “C. C.” Pinckney , was an early American statesman of South Carolina, Revolutionary War veteran, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention. He was twice nominated by the Federalist Party as their presidential candidate, but he did not win either election.-Early life and...
  
  
• 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**

External links

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