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2nd Georgia Regiment

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Active
  
1776-1781

Part of
  
Type
  
Infantry

Allegiance
  
Continental Congress of the United States

Engagements
  
Savannah and Charleston

The 2nd Georgia Regiment was raised on July 5, 1776, at Williamsburg, Virginia for service with the Continental Army. The regiment saw action in Florida in 1777 and 1778, the Siege of Savannah and the Siege of Charleston. The regiment was captured along with the rest of the American southern army at Charleston, South Carolina, on May 20, 1780, by the British Army. The Regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1781.

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