1st Georgia Regiment

LINEAGE

• Authorized on November 4, 1775 in the Continental Army as the Georgia Regiment.
• Organized between January 20- 28 April 28, 1776 at Savannah to consist of 8 companies.
• Assigned on February 27, 1776 to the Southern Department.
• Redesignated on July 5, 1776 as the 1st Georgia Regiment.
• Assigned on December 23, 1777 to the Georgia Brigade, an element of the Southern Department
• Captured on May 12, 1780 at Charleston, South Carolina by the British Army.
• Redesignated on January 1, 1781 as the Georgia Regiment.
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1, 1783 as the Georgia Battalion to consisted of 3 companies.
• Furloughed in summer of 1783 at Charleston, South Carolina
• Disbanded on November 15, 1783.

ENGAGEMENTS

• Florida
• Florida 1778
• Savannah
• Charleston 1780

HISTORY