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The Spartan Regiment, a militia group of South Carolina in the American Revolution, was formed in 1775 by John Thomas at the request of the Council of Safety. [1] 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]
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
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] 2nd Spartan Regiment 2nd Brigade (1778–1780) Col Sumter (backcountry) (1780) February 1777 Thomas Brandon, Col [22]
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] McClaughrey's Regiment of Militia (Ulster County) Militia, Second Regiment), 1776–81 [101]
At organization the regiment consisted of 10 companies from eastern South Carolina and was part of the South Carolina State Troops. On November 4, 1775, the regiment was adopted by the Continental Army, and on February 27, 1776, it was assigned to the Southern Department. On November 23, 1776, the regiment was assigned to the 2nd South Carolina ...
Roebuck married his first wife Kittie Rice on September 2, 1890, in York, Ontario, Canada, and had a son Theodore Roebuck, born 2 July 1891. Roebuck later married Sarah Blanche Lett. [3] They lived in Tujunga, Los Angeles, California. [3] They had a son, Alvah Curtis Roebuck, Jr., born 27 April 1914, who also lived in Tujunga, and a daughter ...
The Battle of Cowpens was a military engagement during the American Revolutionary War fought on January 17, 1781, near the town of Cowpens, South Carolina.American Patriot forces, estimated at 2,000 militia and regulars under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan faced 1,000 British troops under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton.
When the Continental Army was demobilized in 1783, a single regiment, the 1st American Regiment remained, under the command of Colonel Henry Jackson. In 1784 this regiment was disbanded. A single company of artillery was reassigned to a new regiment, the First American Regiment, the predecessor to the United States Army's 3rd US Infantry Regiment.