The 3rd Georgia Regiment was an infantry regiment of the

Georgia Line The Georgia Line was a formation within the Continental Army. The term "Georgia Line" referred to the quota of one infantry regiment which was assigned to Georgia at various times by the Continental Congress. The term also included the three infant ...

during the

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. Raised in Georgia but recruited in North Carolina, the regiment fought in the

Siege of Savannah The siege of Savannah or the Second Battle of Savannah was an encounter of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) in 1779. The year before, the city of Savannah, Georgia, had been captured by a British expeditionary corps under Lieutena ...

and was surrendered to the British in the

Siege of Charleston The siege of Charleston was a major engagement and major British victory in the American Revolutionary War, fought in the environs of Charles Town (today Charleston), the capital of South Carolina, between March 29 and May 12, 1780. The Britis ...

History

It was raised on July 5, 1776, at

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for service with the Continental Army, assigned to the Southern Department. The 3rd Georgia was organized in late 1776 with eight companies, mainly recruited in North Carolina. On 23 December 1777, it joined the

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of the department. The regiment saw action in

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in 1777 and 1778, the

and the

. The regiment was captured along with the rest of the American southern army at Charleston, South Carolina, on May 20, 1780, by the

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gur ...

. The Regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1781.

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Bibliography of the Continental Army in Georgia
compiled by the

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