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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
HISTORY
Lineage
taken from "The Continental Army" by Robert K Wright |
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