Captain Barnard Elliot and the Fourth South Carolina Regiment at the Battle of Sullivan’s Island

Elizabeth Chew and Melina Testin of the South Carolina Historical Society discuss a rare orderly book kept by Capt. Barnard Elliot of the Fourth South Carolina Regiment, which was incorporated into the Continental Army on June 18, 1776—ten days before the Battle of Sullivan’s Island—and disbanded on January 1, 1781. Drawing from the orderly book, this lecture focuses on the significance of its contents, including the Fourth South Carolina Regiment’s service during the Battle of Sullivan’s Island on June 28, 1776, in Charleston, S.C.

This program accompanies our current exhibition, Revolutionary Beginnings: War and Remembrance in the First Year of America’s Fight for Independence, on view through January 4, 2026.