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Carolina Continental Artillery Company
LINEAGE
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Authorized
on May 9, 1776 in the North Carolina State Troops as the North Carolina Artillery
Company.
- Organized
during the summer of 1776 at Wilmington with recruits from eastern North Carolina.
- Adopted
on July 19, 1777 into the Continental Army as the North Carolina Continental Artillery
Company and assigned to the Main
Army.
- Relieved
on November 11, 1779 from the Main
Army and assigned to the Southern
Department.
- Captured
on May 12, 1780 at Charleston, South Carolina,
by the British Army.
- Disbanded
on January 1, 1781.
HISTORY
Lineage
taken from "The Continental Army" by Robert K Wright |
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