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.
View on map Fought in American Revolutionary War
Sub-units 1
- Detachment Morgan's flying army
Attached units 3
- July 25, 1780 – December 20, 1780 1st Maryland Regiment Sent south with de Kalb in April 1780
- January 13, 1781 – December 14, 1782 Lee's Legion
- February 9, 1781 – June 30, 1783 1st Maryland Regiment
Movements
- April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776 Siege of Boston
- August 26, 1776 Battle of Long Island
- October 28, 1776 Battle of White Plains
- December 26, 1776 Battle of Trenton
- January 3, 1777 Battle of Princeton
- September 11, 1777 Battle of Brandywine
- October 4, 1777 Battle of Germantown
- June 28, 1778 Battle of Monmouth
- January 3, 1779 – August 31, 1779 Lincoln takes command at Purrysburg on the Savannah River Map
- July 16, 1779 Battle of Stony Point
- September 16, 1779 – October 18, 1779 Siege of Savannah Siege of Savannah with the French 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 Map
- June 23, 1780 Battle of Springfield
- July 25, 1780 Gates takes command of the rebuilt army at Coxe's Mill, North Carolina Map
- August 16, 1780 Battle of Camden Routed 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
- January 17, 1781 Battle of Cowpens
- February 14, 1781 Race to the Dan: crosses into Virginia at Boyd's Ferry Map
- March 15, 1781 Battle of Guilford Courthouse Map
- April 25, 1781 Battle of Hobkirk's Hill near Camden Map
- April 25, 1781 Battle of Hobkirk's Hill
- 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 Map
- September 28 – October 19, 1781 Siege of Yorktown
- 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