| SC |
John |
Barnwell |
General |
SC 4th Brigade of Militia/State Troops |
1781 |
1783 |
Sept. 15, 1781, SC 4th Brigade of Militia/State Troops created by SC Legislature. |
Beaufort |
| SC |
John |
Bryant |
General |
Continental Army |
1779 |
1779 |
At Briar's Creek, Georgia. South Carolinian either in GA Militia or Continental Army. |
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| SC |
Stephen |
Bull |
General |
1st Brigade of SC Militia |
1778 |
1780 |
Promoted to Brig. Gen. March 1778. |
Port Royal Island #1, Siege of Charleston 1780 |
| SC |
Christopher |
Gadsden |
General |
SC 1st Regiment |
1776 |
1777 |
Colonel 6/17/1775, but was in Contental Congress until Feb 1776. Promoted to BG 9/16/1776. Resigned due to difficulties with Gen. Robert Howe 10/2/1777. Captured at Fall of Charleston as Lieutenant Governor. |
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| SC |
William |
Henderson |
General |
SC 1st Brigade of Militia/State Troops |
1782 |
1783 |
Promoted to Lt. Colonel 9/16/1776. Feb 1780 transferred to SC 3rd Regiment. POW at Fall of Charleston, exchanged Nov 1780. Transferred to SC 1st Brigade of SC Troops 1/1/1781 under BG Thomas Sumter. Promoted to Colonel 9/30/1781. Promoted to Brigadier General 1782. |
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| SC |
Isaac |
Huger |
General |
Continental Army |
1779 |
1783 |
9/16/1776 promoted to Colonel/commander of SC 5th Regiment. Promoted to Brigadier General 1/9/1779 in Continental Army. Jan. 1780, given command of SC Light Horse, outside of Charleston. Not captured at the Fall of Charleston. Later, given command of a VA Brigade under Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene. |
13-Mile House, Stono Ferry, Hobkirk Hill, Guilford Court House (NC) |
| SC |
Francis |
Marion |
General |
SC 2nd Brigade of Militia/State Troops |
1780 |
1783 |
June 17, 1775, a Captain. Promoted to Major 11/14/1775. Promoted to Lt. Colonel 9/23/1778. After the Fall of Charlestown, he was \elected\" as Colonel in the SC Militia" |
and soon assembled many others under his command. Promoted to Brigadier General 12/30/1780 over the SC 2nd Brigade of Militia / SC State Troops." |
| SC |
Alexander |
McIntosh |
General |
4th Brigade of SC Militia |
1778 |
1780 |
From Marlboro District. Promoted to Brig. Gen. March 1778. POW at the Fall of Charleston. Died 11/18/1780. |
Charleston Neck 1779, Siege of Savannah (GA), Siege of Charleston 1780 |
| SC |
Isaac |
Motte |
General |
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1783 |
1783 |
Promoted to Brevet Brigadier General on 9/30/1783. |
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| SC |
William |
Moultrie |
General |
Continental Army |
1776 |
1783 |
Promoted to Brigadier General 9/16/1776. POW at the Fall of Charleston. Exchanged in 1782. Promoted to Major General on 10/15/1782. |
Port Royal Island #1, Tullifinny Hill, Siege of Charleston 1780 |
| SC |
Andrew |
Pickens |
General |
SC 3rd Brigade of Militia/State Troops |
1781 |
1783 |
Promoted to Colonel 1778. Promoted to Brigadier General 1781. |
Siege of Ninety-Six 1781, Eutaw Springs, Edisto River, Indian Villages, Last Cherokee Campaign |
| SC |
Richard |
Richardson |
General |
2nd Brigade of SC Militia |
1778 |
1780 |
Promoted to Brigadier General 3/25/1778. POW at the Fall of Charleston. Died Sept. 1780. |
Siege of Charleston 1780 |
| SC |
Thomas |
Sumter |
General |
SC 1st Brigade of Militia/State Troops |
1780 |
1782 |
First under Col. Richard Richardson. Lt. Colonel 2/29/1776, commander of SC 6th Regiment. Promoted to Colonel (?) Resigned 9/23/1778. Sat at home until May 1780. Created Sumter's Brigade in early Summer of 1780. His men voted him as Brigadier General in June 1780, recognized by Gov. John Rutledge on October 6, 1780. Resigned on August 1781 and again in January 1782. |
Fish Dam Ford, Brierley's Ferry, Blackstocks, Fort Granby #1, Thomson's Plantation, Big Savannah, Fort Watson #1, Lynches Creek, Radcliffe's Bridge, Mobley & Sandy Run, Orangeburgh #2, Quinby's Bridge, Orangeburgh #3 |
| SC |
James |
Williams |
General |
Not Defined |
1780 |
1780 |
Promoted to Major in mid-1776, Promoted to Lt. Colonel in 1776. Promoted to Colonel in Sept. 1779. Killed at battle of Kings Mountain 10/7/1780. Promoted to Brigadier General just before he was killed. |
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| SC |
Andrew |
Williamson |
General |
3rd Brigade of SC Militia |
1778 |
1780 |
Promoted to Colonel in 1776. Promoted to Brigadier General in 1778 and given command of the 3rd Brigade of SC Militia. Surrendered his entire brigade after fall of Charleston. Began cooperating with the British. Allegedly, a double-spy for the Patriots. |
Stono Ferry, Siege of Savannah |
| SC |
Robert |
Anderson |
Colonel |
Upper Ninety-Six District Regiment |
1781 |
1783 |
Promoted to Colonel of Upper Ninety-Six District Regiment on 4/18/1781 |
Tugaloo River #2, Siege of Ninety-Six 1781, Eutaw Springs, Indian Villages |
| SC |
Edward |
Barnwell |
Colonel |
Beaufort District Regiment |
1781 |
1783 |
Commander in 1781. |
Savannah River #2 |
| SC |
Jacob |
Baxter |
Colonel |
Upper Craven County Regiment |
1780 |
1783 |
Commander of Pee Dee Regiment, under Marion's Brigade. Some assert that this commandant was John Baxter, but this Author believes that Jacob Baxter is correct. However... |
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| SC |
Jonas |
Beard |
Colonel |
Lower District Regiment |
1776 |
1780 |
aka Dutch Fork Regiment. Commandant. |
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| SC |
Barnard |
Beeckman |
Colonel |
SC 4th Regiment |
1779 |
1780 |
Was a Captain, Major, and Lt. Colonel. Promoted to Colonel 6/20/1779, POW at the Fall of Charleston. Paroled till end of war. |
Siege of Savannah, Siege of Charleston 1780 |
| SC |
Lemuel |
Benton |
Colonel |
Cheraws District Regiment |
1781 |
1783 |
Was a Major and a Lt. Colonel. 4/28/1781, promoted to Colonel after Kolb's murder. |
Fort Motte, Quinby's Bridge, Shubrick's Plantation, Eutaw Springs, Wambaw Bridge |
| SC |
Thomas |
Brandon |
Colonel |
2nd Spartan Regiment |
1777 |
1782 |
After the Fall of Charleston, aligned himself under Col. James Williams until his death in Oct. 1780. Then, under BG Thomas Sumter. Aka Fair Forest Regiment. One source asserts this regiment was named the Tyger Regiment. |
Musgrove's Mill, Kings Mountain, Blackstocks, Cowpens, Bullock's Fork, Brandon's Camp, Stallion's Plantation, Sandy River, Siege of Ninety-Six 1781, Eutaw Springs |
| SC |
William |
Bratton |
Colonel |
New Acquisition District Regiment |
1781 |
1782 |
Promoted from Captain in 1779. 1779, elected Major and Lt. Colonel. Resigned upon learning of the Fall of Charleston. Richard Winn convinced him to return. Severely wounded at Williamson's Plantation (7/12). Took over the regiment after the battle of Cowpens. |
Big Savannah, Sandy Run Creek, Four Holes Bridge |
| SC |
Stephen |
Bull |
Colonel |
Beaufort District Regiment |
1775 |
1778 |
Promoted to Brig. Gen. March 1778. |
Hutchinson's Island (GA) |
| SC |
Marquis |
De Britigney |
Colonel |
Foreign Volunteers |
- |
- |
In April of 1779, recommended to Gov. John Rutledge to command a volunteer company composed of Frenchmen residing in SC. Became a Colonel in this new unit at the close of the war. |
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| SC |
James |
Dillard |
Colonel |
Little River District Regiment |
1781 |
1783 |
Promoted to Corporal 4/20/1777. Reinlisted several times. Made Captain 1780 under Col. James Williams. Promoted to Major in 1781. Later under BG Andrew Pickens as Colonel of Little River District Regiment after the death of Col. Joseph Hayes. |
Edisto River, Indian Villages |
| SC |
Stephen |
Drayton |
Colonel |
Continental Army |
1778 |
- |
Was a Major and Aide-de-Camp to Maj. Gen. Robert Howe. 11/12/1778, promoted to full Colonel as the Deputy QM of Southern Department. |
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| SC |
Hugh |
Ervin |
Colonel |
SC 2nd Brigade of SC Troops |
1781 |
1782 |
Marion's Second in Command of the new Brigade. Promoted to Colonel in Jan 1781. |
Snow's Island |
| SC |
John |
Ervin |
Colonel |
Lower Craven County Regiment |
1781 |
1783 |
Commander of Britton's Neck Regiment, within Marion's Brigade after the resignation of Col. Hugh Giles in June of 1781. Comissioned as a Colonel on 6/28/1781. |
Quinby's Bridge, Shubrick's Plantation, Santee River, Godfrey's Savannah, Parker's Ferry #2, Eutaw Springs, Georgetown #6, Wiboo Swamp |
| SC |
Nicholas |
Eveleigh |
Colonel |
SC State |
1777 |
1778 |
Was a Captain. Promoted to Colonel and Deputy Adjutant General for SC and GA on 8/11/1777. He resigned his commission on 8/24/1778. |
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| SC |
Thomas |
Fletchall |
Colonel |
Upper Saluda Regiment |
1775 |
1775 |
Soon forced to resign since he was a Loyalist. |
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| SC |
Christopher |
Gadsden |
Colonel |
SC 1st Regiment |
1775 |
1776 |
Colonel 6/17/1775, but was in Contental Congress until Feb 1776. Promoted to BG 9/16/1776. Resigned due to difficulties with Gen. Robert Howe 10/2/1777. Returned to Militia, captured at Fall of Charleston. |
Fort Moultrie |
| SC |
Tacitus |
Gaillard |
Colonel |
Continental Army |
- |
- |
Also QM General 1776 for Southern Department. |
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| SC |
Benjamin |
Garden |
Colonel |
Granville County Regiment |
1775 |
1780 |
POW at the Fall of Charleston. Afterwards, a Lt. Colonel under Col. William Harden. |
Siege of Charleston 1780 |
| SC |
Hugh |
Giles |
Colonel |
Lower Craven County Regiment |
1776 |
1781 |
Early in 1775, a Lieutenant. From Britton's Neck. POW at the Fall of Charleston, paroled. Resigned in June of 1781. |
Siege of Charleston 1780, Black Mingo, Georgetown #6, Wiboo Swamp, Fort Watson #2, Fort Motte |
| SC |
Joseph |
Glover |
Colonel |
Colleton County Regiment |
1775 |
1776 |
- |
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| SC |
David |
Glynn |
Colonel |
Lower District Regiment |
1780 |
1783 |
Private, Captain, Adjutant, Commissary, Lt. Colonel, and Colonel of Lower District Regiment [aka Dutch Fork Regiment]. |
Fish Dam Ford, Blackstocks, Cowpens, Siege of Ninety-Six 1781, Eutaw Springs |
| SC |
LeRoy |
Hammond |
Colonel |
Lower Ninety-Six District Regiment |
1778 |
1782 |
Promoted to Colonel in 1778 when Andrew Williamson was promoted to Brigadier General. Maintained his HQ at Anderson's Mills on the Saluda River. \Bloody Bill\" Cunningham went after him personally in Nov. 1781.""" |
Herbert's Store (GA), Stono Ferry, Rocky Comfort Creek (GA), Fort Grierson (GA), Siege of Augusta, Fort Galphin |
| SC |
Samuel |
Hammond |
Colonel |
Hammond's Regiment of Light Dragoons |
1781 |
1782 |
First in VA unit. 1779 moved to Edgefield District joined militia. Commissioned Captain 3/3/1779. Promoted to Major in 1780 and Lt. Colonel in 1781. Ended up as a full Colonel around mid-September of 1781 over a new regiment of Light Dragoons. |
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| SC |
Wade |
Hampton |
Colonel |
SC 1st Regiment of State Dragoons |
1781 |
1783 |
March 1781, made a Colonel under BG Thomas Sumter. His unit was called the SC 1st Regiment of State Dragoons. |
Manigault's Ferry, Orangeburgh #1, Siege of Ninety-Six 1781, 10-Mile House, 15-Mile House, Goose Creek Bridge, St. James Goose Creek Church, Quarter House, Strawberry Ferry, Quinby's Bridge, Shubrick's Plantation, Eutaw Springs, Fort Dorchester |
| SC |
William |
Harden |
Colonel |
Upper Granville County Regiment |
1781 |
1782 |
Beaufort Volunteer Artillery Company under Col. Joseph Glover. In 1779, under Col. Skirving. 1780 Lt. Colonel commanding Upper Granville County Regiment. 1781, promoted to Colonel, attached to Marion's Brigade, to operate between Charleston and Savannah. After John Barnwell was made a Brigadier General in September of 1781, Harden resigned in disgust during November of 1781. |
Four Holes Swamp, Parker's Ferry #1, Salkehatchie Bridge, Pocotaligo/Fort Balfour, Fort Grierson (GA), Siege of Augusta |
| SC |
John |
Harleston |
Colonel |
Charles Town District Regiment |
1775 |
1778 |
Allegedly, a POW at the Fall of Charleston. |
Fort Moultrie, Siege of Charleston 1780 |
| SC |
Reuben |
Harrison |
Colonel |
Lower District Regiment |
1780 |
1780 |
1781, under Col. William Henderson, capacity unknown. |
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| SC |
Joseph |
Hayes |
Colonel |
Little River District Regiment |
1780 |
1781 |
Promoted to Lt. Colonel under Col. James Williams. Took over after Kings Mountain when Col. Williams was killed. Hanged by \Bloody Bill\" Cunningham at Hayes' Station 11/19/1781.""" |
Blackstocks, Hammond's Store, Cowpens, Indian Creek, Williams's Plantation, Fair Forest Creek #3, Siege of Ninety-Six 1781, Eutaw Springs. Hayes' Station, |
| SC |
Isaac |
Hayne |
Colonel |
Colleton County Regiment |
1779 |
1780 |
Captain of Pon Pon Company 1775-1776. Promoted to Lt. Col. In 1776 as commander of Colleton County Regiment. Promoted to Colonel in 1779. POW at the Fall of Charleston, paroled. Recaptured in 1781 and executed by British for allegedly violating his parole. |
Siege of Charleston 1780, Gen. Andrew Williamson's Capture, Horse Shoe |
| SC |
Charles |
Heatley |
Colonel |
Orangeburgh District Regiment |
1780 |
1782 |
After the Fall of Charleston, Colonel/Commander of the Orangeburgh District Regiment. aka Charles Hicksley. |
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| SC |
William |
Henderson |
Colonel |
SC 1st Brigade of SC Troops |
1781 |
1783 |
Promoted to Lt. Colonel 9/16/1776. Feb. 11, 1780 transferred to SC 3rd Regiment. POW at Fall of Charleston, exchanged Nov 1780. Transferred to SC 1st Brigade of SC Troops 1/1/1781 under BG Thomas Sumter. Promoted to Colonel 9/30/1781. Promoted to Brigadier General 1782. |
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| SC |
Robert |
Herriot |
Colonel |
Georgetown District Regiment |
1775 |
1780 |
POW at the Fall of Charleston. |
Siege of Charleston 1780 |
| SC |
George |
Hicks |
Colonel |
Upper Craven County Regiment |
1775 |
1782 |
From Marlboro District. POW at the Fall of Charleston. Later attached to Marion's Brigade. |
Siege of Charleston 1780 |
| SC |
William |
Hill |
Colonel |
Hill's Regiment of Light Dragoons |
1780 |
1782 |
July 1780, Commandant. Within Sumter's Brigade (SC 1st Brigade of SC Troops). Wounded at Hanging Rock. |
Rocky Mount, Hanging Rock, Kings Mountain, Cowpens, Fishing Creek, Fish Dam Ford, Blackstocks, Orangeburgh #1, Quinby's Bridge, Shubrick's Plantation |
