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| 2nd
Georgia Regiment
LINEAGE
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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.
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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
HISTORY
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