Duke of Cumberland's Regiment

Duke of Cumberland's Regiment
British Royal Governor Lord Charles Montagu organized and led the Duke of Cumberland's Regiment during the American Revolutionary War
Active1781-1783
Country Great Britain
Allegiance Great Britain
BranchBritish provincial unit
Typeinfantry (auxiliary troops)
SizeBattalions:

1st Battalion
2nd Battalion

5 companies (500 men)
Part ofGovernor Lord Charles Montagu
Garrison/HQProvince of South Carolina
Colony of Jamaica
Province of New York
EngagementsAmerican Revolutionary War
  • Never saw combat
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Governor Lord Charles Montagu
Captain Gideon White

The Duke of Cumberland's Regiment, also known as Montagu's Corps, South Carolina Rangers, and the Loyal American Rangers, was a British Loyalist provincial unit raised from American colonists and rebel prisoners by the former British Royal Governor of the Province of South Carolina, Lord Charles Montagu as well as in the colony of the Province of New York.[1][2]

  1. ^ "The journal of Alexander Chesney : A South Carolina loyalist in the revolution and after". 1921.
  2. ^ p. xxv