2nd South Carolina Regiment Records Book, 1778-1779

The 2^nd South Carolina Regiment Records Book, 1778-1779, is a bound volume written for the 2^nd South Carolina Regiment of the Continental Army. The volume consists of four pages (with writing on the insides of the front and back covers) and contains “Roll of Non Commissioned Officers, and Soldiers in Capt. Blake’s Company 8^th March 1778,” “Inventory of Arms & C Cloathing & C Delivered to the Colonel’s Company,” and “An Inventory of Arms, Accoutrements, and Cloathing Delivered Captain Blake’s Company in 2 Regiment 1 January 1778.” The roll lists the names of non-commissioned officers & soldiers and records court-martial details, discharges, desertions, deaths, and other information. The inventories list the names of non-commissioned officers & soldiers and the quantity of caps, shirts, blankets, bayonets, muskets, and other goods that they received.

Authorized June 6, 1775, the 2nd South Carolina Regiment was organized in Charleston and consisted of ten companies from eastern South Carolina. Adopted into the Continental Army in November 1775, the regiment was assigned to the Southern Department in February 1776, to the 2^nd South Carolina Brigade in August 1778, to the 1^st South Carolina Brigade in January 1779, to McIntosh’s brigade in June 1779, and to Huger’s brigade in September 1779. Retaining its name, the regiment was consolidated with the 6^th South Carolina Regiment in February 1780 and assigned to the South Carolina Brigade. The regiment was captured by the British Army at Charleston on May 12, 1780. John Blake was a captain in the 2^nd Regiment.