Category: 6th South Carolina Regiment, Continental Army, American Revolution

Categories: South Carolina Line, American Revolution | Battle of Sullivan's Island | Siege of Savannah | Battle of Stono Ferry | Siege of Charleston

The 6th South Carolina Regiment was authorized on 28 February 1776 and was organized during the spring of 1776 as five companies of volunteers from the northwestern region of the colony of South Carolina.

On 11 February 1780 the regiment was consolidated with the Category: 2nd South Carolina Regiment, Continental Army, American Revolution.

Details of Personnel
A number of the officers and soldiers serving in the 6th are recorded as SC Sixth Regiment (2nd Rifle Regiment).


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Person Profiles (24)

A

1770 South Carolina - Apr 1826

B

abt 1757 North Carolina - 1842 photo

C

abt 1753 - 13 Sep 1846

D

abt 1750 Edgefield County, South Carolina - abt 1810
1747 Ireland - 19 Nov 1832 photo
1756 North Carolina - 1830

F

1752 Richmond, Henrico, Virginia - 1810

G

abt Feb 1753 Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland - 02 Dec 1833

H

abt 25 Dec 1752 Halifax, Halifax, Virginia - abt 04 Feb 1835 photo

H cont.

09 Oct 1745 Berkeley, South Carolina - 20 Jan 1798
abt 1763 Colony of South Carolina - 09 Dec 1845 photo

J

1755 South Carolina - 24 Aug 1834

K

17 Dec 1754 Argyll, Scotland - 26 Jan 1849
abt 1745 Chester, South Carolina - aft 1840

L

abt 1750 South Carolina - bef 26 Apr 1782

M

1755 South Carolina - 1781
17 Sep 1757 Albemarle, Virginia - 05 Nov 1842

N

1736 Berkeley County, South Carolina - bef 1790 photo

R

27 Mar 1763 South Carolina - Sep 1829

S

1756 King George, Virginia - 1843 photo
abt 1759 Chester, South Carolina - 28 May 1836

T

1740 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 20 Apr 1798

W

22 Sep 1740 South Carolina - 17 Jan 1833

Y

abt 1740 Culpeper, Colony of Virginia - abt Aug 1788




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