2nd Georgia Regiment

LINEAGE

• Authorized on July 5, 1776 in the Continental Army as the 2nd Georgia Regiment and assigned to the Southern Department.
  
• Organized in fall and winter of 1776 at Williamsburg, Virginia to consisted of 8 companies, recruited primarily in Virginia.
  
• Assigned on December 3, 1777 to the Georgia Brigade, an element of the Southern Department.
  
• Captured on May 12, 1780 at Charleston, South Carolina by the British Army.
  
• Disbanded on January 1, 1781.

ENGAGEMENTS

• Florida
• Florida 1778
• Savannah
• Charleston 1780

HISTORY