Continental Army » Southern Army (Continental Army)

Army · United States · September 25, 1778 – June 30, 1783

The Continental Army of the Southern Department: lost with Lincoln at Charleston in 1780, beaten under Gates at Camden, and rebuilt by Nathanael Greene.

Recorded for American Revolutionary War.

Sub-units 1

Morgan's flying army detachment

Attached units 3

1st Maryland Regiment July 25, 1780 – December 20, 1780 Sent south with de Kalb in April 1780
Lee's Legion January 13, 1781 – December 14, 1782
1st Maryland Regiment February 9, 1781 – June 30, 1783

Engagements 16

Siege of Boston April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776
Battle of Long Island August 26, 1776
Battle of White Plains October 28, 1776
Battle of Trenton December 26, 1776
Battle of Princeton January 3, 1777
Battle of Brandywine September 11, 1777
Battle of Germantown October 4, 1777
Battle of Monmouth June 28, 1778
Battle of Stony Point July 16, 1779
Siege of Savannah September 16 – October 18, 1779
Siege of Charleston March 29 – May 12, 1780
Battle of Springfield June 23, 1780
Battle of Camden August 16, 1780
Battle of Cowpens January 17, 1781
Battle of Guilford Courthouse March 15, 1781
Battle of Eutaw Springs September 8, 1781

Movements

January 3, 1779 – August 31, 1779 Lincoln takes command at Purrysburg on the Savannah River · map
September 16, 1779 – October 18, 1779 Siege of Savannah with the French (Siege of Savannah) · map
October 25, 1779 – March 28, 1780 Falls back to Charleston · map
March 29, 1780 – May 12, 1780 Siege of Charleston: Lincoln surrenders the army on 12 May (Siege of Charleston) · map
July 25, 1780 Gates takes command of the rebuilt army at Coxe's Mill, North Carolina · map
August 16, 1780 Battle of Camden: routed (Battle of Camden) · map
August 25, 1780 – November 20, 1780 Survivors regroup at Hillsborough · map
December 2, 1780 – December 20, 1780 Greene takes command at Charlotte · map
December 26, 1780 – January 27, 1781 Camp of repose at Cheraw · map
February 14, 1781 Race to the Dan: crosses into Virginia at Boyd's Ferry · map
March 15, 1781 Battle of Guilford Courthouse (Battle of Guilford Courthouse) · map
April 25, 1781 Battle of Hobkirk's Hill near Camden · map
May 22, 1781 – June 19, 1781 Siege of Ninety-Six · map
July 16, 1781 – August 22, 1781 Camp in the High Hills of Santee · map
September 8, 1781 Battle of Eutaw Springs (Battle of Eutaw Springs) · map
1782 – December 13, 1782 Hems in Charleston from the Jacksonborough and Ashley River camps (approximate) · map
December 14, 1782 – June 30, 1783 Enters Charleston as the British leave; remains until disbanded (date approximate) · map

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