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Continental Artillery Companies LINEAGE
- Authorized on July
5, 1776 in the Continental Army as the 1st and 2d Georgia Continental Artillery Companies
and assigned to the Southern
Department.
- Organized
in fall 1776 at Savannah and Sunbury, respectively.
- Georgia
Provincial Artillery Company (organized on May 15, 1776 in the Geoargia State Troops
at Savannah) adopted on February 6, 1777 into the Continental Army; concurrently redesignated
as the 3rd Georgia Continental Artillery Company and assigned to the Southern
Department.
- 1st
and 3rd Georgia Continental Artillery Companies consolidated on February 19, 1778 and
redesignated as the 1st Georgia Continental Artillery Company.
- 1st
Georgia Continental Artillery Company captured on December 29, 1778 at Savannah,
Georgia by the British Army.
- 2nd
Georgia Continental Artillery Company captured on January 10, 1779 at Sunbury,
Georgia by the British Army
- 1st
and 2nd Georgia Continental Artillery Companies disbanded on November 29, 1779.
HISTORY
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