{"id":232,"date":"2009-07-22T07:07:38","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T13:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/?page_id=232"},"modified":"2009-07-22T07:07:38","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T13:07:38","slug":"regiments-troops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/military\/regiments-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"Regiments for the Continental Troops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Transcribed &amp; contributed by Diane Siniard from the book:\u00a0\u00a0Schenck, David.\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">North Carolina, 1780-&#8217;81. Being a History of the Invasion of the Carolinas by the British Army Under Lord Cornwallis in 1780-&#8217;81<\/span>. Raleigh, N.C.: Edwards &amp; Broughton, printers, 1889.<\/p>\n<p>We shall see in the sequel with what sanguinary results this proclamation was enforced; but the\u00a0blood of the patriots, to use a paraphrase, was the seed of the American cause, and the\u00a0&#8220;burnt houses of its citizens made patriots of them all.&#8221; \u00a0The military strength of North Carolina was greatly reduced by the surrender of General Lincoln&#8217;s\u00a0army at Charleston, and but for the unflinching patriotism and devotion to independence which\u00a0prevaded her people, she too, would soon have become a prostrate State. It will be with a\u00a0feeling of her military forces during this eventful period, from the seige of Charleston, its\u00a0darkest day, to the victory at Eutaw Springs, where her troops constituted so large a portion\u00a0of the army of General Greene and won for themselves imperishable laurels of victory.<\/p>\n<p>The Legislature of North Carolina, which met at Hillsboro the 21st day of August, 1775, in\u00a0the dawn of the revolution, passed an act to raise two regiments of Continental troops which\u00a0had been asked for by Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The following were the officers of these regiments:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">First Regiment<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>James Moore, Colonel<\/li>\n<li>Francis Nash, Lieutenant Colonel<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Clark, Major<\/li>\n<li>William WIlliams, Adjutant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Captains<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>William Daves<\/li>\n<li>George Daudson<\/li>\n<li>William Packett<\/li>\n<li>Alfred Moore<\/li>\n<li>Henry Dickson<\/li>\n<li>John Walker<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Allen<\/li>\n<li>William Greene<\/li>\n<li>Robert Rowan<\/li>\n<li>Caleb Grainger<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Lieutenants<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Lillington<\/li>\n<li>William Berryhill<\/li>\n<li>Hesekiah Rice<\/li>\n<li>Lawrence Thompson<\/li>\n<li>Joshua Bowman<\/li>\n<li>Abraham Tatum<\/li>\n<li>Hector McNeil<\/li>\n<li>William Hill<\/li>\n<li>William Brandon<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Hogg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Second Regimen<\/span>t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert Howe, Colonel<\/li>\n<li>Alexander Martin, Lieutenant Colonel<\/li>\n<li>John Patton, Major<\/li>\n<li>Dr. John White, Captain and Adjutant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Captains<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>James Blount<\/li>\n<li>Nathan Keais<\/li>\n<li>John Armstrong<\/li>\n<li>Simon Bright<\/li>\n<li>Charles Crawford<\/li>\n<li>Michael Payne<\/li>\n<li>Hardy Murfree<\/li>\n<li>John Walker<\/li>\n<li>Henry Irwin Toole<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Lieutenants<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Grainger<\/li>\n<li>Joseph tate<\/li>\n<li>Robert Smith<\/li>\n<li>William Fenner<\/li>\n<li>John Herritage<\/li>\n<li>John Williams<\/li>\n<li>Clement Hall<\/li>\n<li>James Gee<\/li>\n<li>Edward Vail, Jr.<\/li>\n<li>Benjamin Williams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Legislature met again the 4th day of April, 1776, at Halifax, when four additional regiments\u00a0were raised, James Moore and Robert Howe having been made Brigadier Generals. The field\u00a0officers were as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Regiment&#8211;Colonel, Francis Nash; Lieutenant Colonel, Thos. Clarke; Major, Wm. Davis.<\/li>\n<li>2d Regiment&#8211;Colonel, Alex. Martin; Lieutenant Colonel, John Patton; Major, John White.<\/li>\n<li>3d Regiment&#8211;Colonel, Jethro Sumner; Lieutenant Colonel, William Alston; Major, Samuel<\/li>\n<li>Lockhart.<\/li>\n<li>4th Regiment&#8211;Colonel, Thomas Polk; Lieutenant Colonel, James Thckston; Major, William<\/li>\n<li>Davidson.<\/li>\n<li>5th Regiment&#8211;Colonel, Edward Buncombe; Lieutenant Colonel, Henry Irwan; Major, Levi<\/li>\n<li>Dawson.<\/li>\n<li>6th Regiment&#8211;Colonel, Alexander Lillington; Lieutenant Colonel, William Taylor; Major, Gideon<\/li>\n<li>Lamb.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(The battalions for these were cut off on page.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcribed &amp; contributed by Diane Siniard from the book:\u00a0\u00a0Schenck, David.\u00a0North Carolina, 1780-&#8217;81. Being a History of the Invasion of the Carolinas by the British Army Under Lord Cornwallis in 1780-&#8217;81. Raleigh, N.C.: Edwards &amp; Broughton, printers, 1889. We shall see in the sequel with what sanguinary results this proclamation was enforced; but the\u00a0blood of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/military\/regiments-troops\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Regiments for the Continental Troops&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":83,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/232"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/232\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}