In 1777 the regiment was still short of men, mostly in-part due to Georgia being sparsely populated, and the colonel reported that only 10 riflemen of the rifle company had been found, and needed additional soldiers soon.

St. Augustine was the objective of three expeditions to East Florida in which the 1st Georgia Regiment participated led under Colonel McIntosh.

Each of these missions were deemed a failure for various issues such as a lack of leadership and organizational abilities of the revolutionary government.

While not engaged in battles or expeditions the First Georgia Regiment was defensively stationed around the frontier of the state.

Reorganised and redesignated 1 January 1783 as the Georgia Battalion, and consisted of three companies, along with two troops of cavalry.