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Colonial and State Records of North Carolina
Return of the Continental Army troops at Charleston, South Carolina
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May 1780
Volume 15, Page 398

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GARRISON OF CHARLESTON, S. C.

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REGIMENTS OR CORPS. Commissioned Officers. Regt'l Staff.
Major Generals. Brigadier Generals. Majors of Brigade. Colonels. Lt. Colonels. Majors. Captains. Lieutenants. Ensigns. Paymasters. Adjutants. Quartermasters. Surgeons. Mates. Sergeants. Drummers. Rank and File.
General Staff 1 5
Engineer do 1 1 1 2 1
South Carolina Artillery 1 1 1 8 7 1 1 10 1 62
North Carolina do 3 1 12 2 46
Charlestown Batt. of do. 1 3 5 1 1 1 10 146
Cannoneers. 1 1 3 1 2 159
1st Reg. South Carolinians. 1 1 7 6 1 25 14 176
2d do. do. 1 7 10 1 1 22 9 195
3rd do. do. 1 9 6 1 1 19 14 208
1st Reg. North Carolinians. 1 1 1 6 8 2 1 1 1 21 10 234
2d do. do. 1 1 7 7 4 1 1 19 15 245
3rd do. do. 1 1 3 8 1 10 8 130
1st Reg. Virginians 1 1 1 5 7 5 1 1 20 26 268
2d do. do 1 1 1 1 6 7 4 1 1 20 17 216
3rd do. do 2 7 7 3 1 24 10 198
1st Detachment Virginians. 1 16 6 235
2d do. do 9 5 218
4th Virginia Reg 2 2 2
5th do. do. 3 3
6th do. do. 2 4 4
7th do. do. 3 2 1
8th do. do. 1 1 2
10th do. do. 1 1 2 3 2
11th do. do. 1 2 3
Light Dragoons 3 1 1 5 31
Officers of Georgia 1 3 1
1st Bat. Charlestown Militia 1 1 1 6 10 1 2 18 312
2d do. do. 1 1 6 10 1 20 446
S. and N. Carolina Militia 4 7 36 43 10 3 3 2 44 1,079
Citizens Company 28
French Company 40
Spanish Company 1 1 2 3 36
2 5 3 16 9 21 145 162 41 1 7 6 18 6 329 137 4,704

Charleston, S. C., May, 1780.