Warren County Regiment

American colonial military unit

Warren County Regiment
Active	1779-1783
Allegiance	North Carolina
Branch	North Carolina militia
Type	Militia
Role	infantry
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel Thomas Eaton

Military unit

The Warren County Regiment was established on January 3, 1779 by the North Carolina General Assembly when Bute County and its Regiment of militia were abolished. The regiment was engaged in battles and skirmished in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.^[1]

Leadership

Colonels:^[1]

Colonel Thomas Eaton, commander (1779-1783), former commander of the Bute County Regiment (1776-1779)
Colonel Herbert Haynes, second colonel (1779-1783)

Lieutenant Colonels:^[1]

Lt. Col. Alexander Dick
Lt. Col. Philemon Hawkins, Jr.
Lt. Col. William Christmas
Lt. Col. Joseph Hawkins

Known engagements

The regiment was known to be involved in 11 battles, skirmishes and sieges:^[1]^[2]^[3]

March 3, 1779, Battle of Briar/Brier Creek, Georgia
June 20, 1779, Battle of Stono Ferry, South Carolina
August 11, 1780, Battle of Little Lynches Creek, South Carolina
August 16, 1780, Battle of Camden, South Carolina
September 26, 1780, Battle of Charlotte. North Carolina
December 4, 1780, Battle of Rugeley's Mills #2, South Carolina
January 17, 1781, Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina
March 15, 1781, Battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina
April 25, 1781, Battle of Hobkirk's Hill, South Carolina
May 12, 1781, Battle of Fort Motte, South Carolina
May 24 to June 1, 1781, Siege of Augusta, Georgia

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lewis, J.D. "Warren County Regiment". The American Revolution in North Carolina. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
^ Babits, Lawrence E.; Howard, Joshua B. (2009). Long, Obstinate, and Bloody: The Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807832660.
^ Buchanan, John (1997). The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 047116402X.