Letter : Bacon Bridge, S.C., to Major Harleston, Charleston, S.C., 1780 Feb. 29.
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United States. Continental Army
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In response to the expansion of the Continental Army the number of staff was increased and reorganized in 1776. Changes included the creation of a new unit to supplement George Washington's personal staff. This special unit, the Commander in Chief's Guard, was formed on March 12, 1776 with Captain Caleb Gibbs (formerly adjutant of the 14th Continental Regiment and appointed Aid to Major General Greene) as commander. The unit protected Washington, the army's cash, and official papers. ...
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United States. Continental Army. South Carolina Regiment, 2nd
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The 2nd South Carolina was organized in summer 1775 at Charleston to consist of ten companies from eastern South Carolina. On Nov. 4, 1775, it was adopted into the Continental Army and assigned to Southern Department. Until Francis Marion took over the command of the regiment on Sept. 23, 1778, it had been under command of William Moultrie (June 1775 - Sept. 1776 and Isaac Motte (Sept. 1776- Sept. 1778). From the description of Orderly book of the 2nd South Carolina Regiment, 1778, A...
Moultrie, Thomas, 1740-1780.
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U.S. Continental Army officer from South Carolina. Thomas Moultrie was an officer of the 2nd South Carolina Regiment and was killed during the siege of Charleston, S.C. on April 24, 1780. From the description of Letter : Bacon Bridge, S.C., to Major Harleston, Charleston, S.C., 1780 Feb. 29. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32141455 ...
Harleston, Isaac Child, 1745-1798.
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Son of Hannah Child and John Harleston. Isaac Child Harleston owned The Bluff plantation in St. John Berkeley Parish and Irishtown plantation in St. Thomas and St. Denis Parish on the Cooper River in South Carolina. Harleston served in the Second Regiment of the South Carolina Militia (1775), the Sixth Regiment of the Continental Army (1778), and the Second Regiment of the Continental Army. Harleston was taken prisioner (1780) when Charleston, South Carolina fell. Harleston served in the Royal A...
