South Carolina Line

For the Norfolk Southern Railway line, see SC Line.

The South Carolina Line was a formation within the Continental Army. The term "South Carolina Line" referred to the quota of numbered infantry regiments assigned to South Carolina at various times by the Continental Congress. These, together with similar contingents from the other twelve states, formed the Continental Line. The concept was particularly important in relation to the promotion of commissioned officers. Officers of the Continental Army below the rank of brigadier general were ordinarily ineligible for promotion except in the line of their own state.

References

• Wright, Robert K. The Continental Army. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History, 1983. Available online.

External links

• Bibliography of the Continental Army in South Carolina compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History