Siege of Charleston - Orders of Battle

Orders of Battle

British Forces:

  • British Army
    • 1st and 2d Battalions, Light Infantry, 800 men
    • 1st and 2d Battalions, Grenadiers, 900
    • 7th Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 400
    • 23d Regiment (Welsh Fusiliers), 400
    • 33d Regiment, 450
    • 42d Regiment (Royal Highlanders), 700
    • 63d Regiment, 400
    • 64th Regiment, 350
    • British Legion, 200
    • Queen's Rangers, 200
    • Guides and Pioneers, 150
    • Fanning's Corps, 100
    • Hessians, 1800
      • Linsing's Regiment
      • Lengerke's Regiment
      • Schuyler's Regiment
      • Huyn's Regiment
      • Graf's Grenadiers
    • Ferguson's Corps, 300
    • Jägers, 200
    • British Artillery, 200
    • 71st Regiment, 1st Battalion
    • South Carolina Volunteers
    • New York Hessians
    • New York Volunteers
  • Royal Navy
    • Ships
      • HMS Europe, 74 guns
      • HMS Russell, 74
      • HMS Robust, 74
      • HMS Raisonnable, 64
      • HMS Defiance, 64
      • HMS Renown, 50
      • HMS Adamant, 50
      • HMS Rainbow, 44
      • HMS Roebuck, 44
      • HMS Romulus, 44
      • HMS Assurance, 44
      • HMS Charon, 44
      • HMS Danae, 32
      • HMS Blonde, 32
      • HMS Pearl, 32
      • HMS Richmond, 32
      • HMS Thames, 32
      • HMS Delaware, 32
      • HMS Isis, 32
      • HMS Raleigh, 32
      • HMS Hussar, 28
      • HMS Medea, 28
      • HMS Pandora, 28
      • HMS Guadeloupe, 28
      • HMS Virginia, 28
      • HMS Shark, 28
      • HMS Camilla, 20
      • HMS Fowey, 20


    • Ships (continued)
      • HMS Galatea, 20
      • HMS Hind, 20
      • HMS Hydra, 20
      • HMS Hyaena, 20
    • Sloops
      • HMS Albany, 14
      • HMS Bonetta, 14
      • HMS Dispatch, 14
      • HMS Delight, 14
      • HMS Falcon, 18
      • HMS Nautilus, 18
      • HMS Raven, 14
      • HMS Scorpion, 16
      • HMS Otter, 14
      • HMS Vulture, 14
      • HMS Avenger, 14
    • Armed Ships
      • HMS Pacifique, 20
      • HMS Ranger, 20
      • HMS Valiant, 20
    • Bomb-Ketch
      • HMS Strombolo, 8
    • Fire-Ship
      • HMS Lucifer, 8
    • Galley
      • HM armed galley Viper, 4
    • Hospital Ship
      • HMS Jersey, 60

Colonial Forces:

Three current Army National Guard units (116th Inf, 263rd ADA and 131st MP Co are derived from American units that participated in the Siege of Charleston. There are only thirty Army National Guard and active Regular Army units with lineages that go back to the colonial era.

  • Continental Army:
    • Pulaski's Legion {Consolidated with Armand's Legion February 23, 1780}
    • North Carolina Continental Artillery Company
  • Georgia Line:
    • 1st Georgia Regiment
    • 2nd Georgia Regiment
    • 3rd Georgia Regiment
    • 4th Georgia Regiment
    • Georgia Regiment of Horse Rangers
  • North Carolina Line:
    • Hillsborough District militia
    • 1st North Carolina Regiment
    • 2nd North Carolina Regiment
    • 3rd North Carolina Regiment
    • 4th North Carolina Regiment
    • 5th North Carolina Regiment
  • South Carolina Line:
    • 1st South Carolina Regiment {had been merged with 5th South Carolina Regiment}
    • 2nd South Carolina Regiment {had been merged with 6th South Carolina Regiment}
    • 3rd South Carolina Regiment
    • 4th South Carolina Regiment {Included 2 Artillery units as 2 companies}
  • Virginia Line:
    • 1st Virginia Regiment {detachment-had been merged with 9th Virginia Regiment}
    • 2nd Virginia Regiment {detachment-had been merged with 6th Virginia Regiment}
    • 3rd Virginia Regiment {had been merged with 5th Virginia Regiment}
    • 4th Virginia Regiment {had been merged with 8th Virginia Regiment}
    • 7th Virginia Regiment
    • 10th Virginia Regiment
    • 11th Virginia Regiment
    • 12th Virginia Regiment
    • 14th Virginia Regiment
    • 15th Virginia Regiment

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