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The regiment was formed on August 2, 1775 at Wofford's Iron Mill. Thomas held the first muster at his house. [2] The Spartan Regiment met every two weeks to train for battle. [3] Thomas found himself fighting against his former militia leader, Col. Thomas Fletchall, who was a loyalist or Tory. [4] The patriots were also called Whigs. [5]
Cheraws District Militia/ Regiment 4th Brigade (1778–1780) Marion's Brigade (1781) February 1775 George Gabriel Powell, Col [18] Upper Saluda District Militia/ Regiment [note 2] 2nd Brigade February 1775 September 1775 Thomas Fletchall, Col [19] [20] 1st Spartan Regiment 2nd Brigade (1778–1780) February 1777 John Thomas, Sr., Col [21]
Fisher's Regiment of Militia (Tryon County Militia, 3rd Regiment), 1775–81 [97] Bellinger's Battalion of Militia (Tryon County Militia, 4th Regiment) [98] Harper's Battalion of Militia (Tryon County Militia, 5th Regiment) [99] Ulster County Militia Snyder's Regiment of Militia (Ulster County Militia, First Regiment), 1776–82 [100]
John was a local magistrate and militia captain. As the Revolutionary War began, he was elected Colonel of the Spartan Regiment. Captured in 1779, he was held in Ninety Six and Charleston up to the end of the war. Returning to the upstate, John farmed here till his death [on] October 2, 1811. [19]
[20] The Spartan regiment that was posted at the Cedar Springs [1] [21] were led by her son John Thomas, Jr. after her husband Col. Thomas was captured. [1] On July 12, 1780, the day after hearing the news Jane Thomas resolved to notify the rebels of the news, and left quickly [ 21 ] from Ninety Six, [ 18 ] riding 60 miles to relay the ...
1st Spartan Regiment; 2nd Spartan regiment; Roebuck's Battalion of Spartan; Lower District regiment; Little River District regiment; Loyalists under the command of Lt. Col. Alexander Innis South Carolina Royalists, a regiment of provincial loyalists trained and equipped as British Regulars; New Jersey Volunteers; DeLancey's Brigade, 1st Battalion
HMS Roebuck was a fifth-rate ship of the Royal Navy which served in the American and French Revolutionary Wars.Designed in 1769 by Sir Thomas Slade to operate in the shallower waters of North America, she joined Lord Howe's squadron towards the end of 1775 and took part in operations against New York the following year.
A flank company was a former military designation for two elite companies of a regiment.In regimental formation, the grenadier company constituted the right flank of the regiment and the light infantry constituted the left flank, with the other companies of the regiment referred as "battalion companies" or "centre companies".