3rd Georgia Regiment

LINEAGE

• Authorized on July 5, 1776 as the 3d Georgia Regiment and assigned to the Southern Department.
• Organized in the fall and winter of 1776 at Savannah to consist of 8 companies, recruited primarily in North Carolina.
• Assigned on Dec 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.
• Disbanded on January 1, 1781.

ENGAGEMENTS

• Florida
• Florida 1778
• Savannah
• Charleston 1780

HISTORY