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The Mecklenburg County regiment was active from its original authorization until the end of the war. It was subordinated to the Salisbury District Brigade under Brigadier General Griffith Rutherford. The Mecklenburg County regiment was involved in 39 known battles, sieges, and skirmishes in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
1st Mecklenburg County Regiment: Salisbury District Brigade 1775 1783 Col Thomas Polk: 2nd Mecklenburg County Regiment: Salisbury District Brigade 1779 1780 Col Caleb Phifer: Polk's Regiment of Light Dragoons: Mecklenburg County Regiment, State Troops Command (1781) 1780 1781 LTC William Polk, William
The Mecklenburg County Regiment was authorized on May 31, 1775 by the Province of North Carolina Congress. From November 7, 1779 until the 3rd Quarter of 1780, it was called the 1st Mecklenburg County Regiment when a 2nd Mecklenburg County Regiment existed.
Colonel over the Mecklenburg County Regiment of the North Carolina militia (1775) Colonel over the 2nd Battalion of Salisbury District Minutemen, North Carolina State troops (1775-1776) Colonel over the 4th North Carolina Regiment , Continental Line (1776-1778)
The Mecklenburg County regiment was active from its original authorization until the end of the war. It was subordinated to the Salisbury District Brigade under Brigadier General Griffith Rutherford. The Mecklenburg County regiment was involved in 39 known battles, sieges, and skirmishes in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Colonel Benjamin Williams. The North Carolina General Assembly created a State Regiment (also called a State Legion) to subdue loyalists in the state with men from militia units all over the state in January 1779. The troops were to serve for terms of three months. The regiment was commanded by Colonel John Herritage.
20 de dez. de 2022 · The middle son, Caleb, was commissioned a captain in the Mecklenburg County Regiment of Militia in September 1775. As part of the second battalion of Salisbury District Minutemen, Captain Phifer joined his company in the Snow Campaign of December 1775 and in the February 1776 Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge .
