South Carolina Line

These, together with similar contingents from the other twelve states, formed the Continental Line.

Officers of the Continental Army below the rank of brigadier general were ordinarily ineligible for promotion except in the line of their own state.

The following units belonged to the South Carolina State troops initially and were transferred to the Continental Army on the dates indicated.

The original commanders, their ranks, and the dates the units were established and disbanded are included.

[1][2] All of the State Troops that became Continental Line were effectively decimated during the Siege of Charleston—either by action or by surrender on May 12, 1780.