“C” is for Continental Regiments

“C” is for Continental Regiments. In the aftermath of the battles at Lexington and Concord, the Continental Congress passed resolutions that created the Continental army in June 1775. Congress then delegated the recruitment of soldiers up to the individual states. The First and Second Provincial Congresses of South Carolina in 1775 and 1776 created six regiments that were adopted into the Continental Line. The First, Second, Fifth, and Sixth South Carolina Regiments were infantry units.The Third South Carolina Regiment of Rangers was designed for protecting the frontier and the Fourth South Carolina Regiment was an artillery unit. Detachments from all South Carolina Continental Regiments participated in campaigns in South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia from the “Snow Campaign” of November and December 1775 to the Siege of Charleston and its surrender in the spring of 1780.