4th South Carolina Regiment order book, 1775-1778.

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4th South Carolina Regiment order book, 1775-1778.

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Order book of the South Carolina Militia, 4th Regiment (South Carolina Artillery Regiment) contains reports about activities at Fort Johnson, Gadsden's Wharf, Granville Bastion, Laurens Battery, and the battle of Fort Sullivan (Fort Moultrie). Volume includes a list of "soldiers belonging to the grenadier company of the Second Regiment employed on the Works of the Grand Battery," "men recruited to work filling in the merlons," and "men employed as carpenters." Also includes a record of "Palmetto posts delivered at Fort Johnson out of the Harlequin schooner belonging to Capt. Elliott."

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Elliott, Barnard, d. 1778.

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United States. Continental Army. South Carolina Regiment, 4th.

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Authorized November 13, 1775 in the South Carolina State Troops, the regiment was organized during late November and early December at Charleston, South Carolina to consist of three companies from the Charleston area. The Fourth South Carolina Regiment was incorporated into the Continental Army on June 18, 1776 and assigned to the Southern Department. Expanded into six companies on October 18, 1776, the Regiment was captured by the British Army at Charleston May 12, 1780 and disbanded January 1,...