The listed Order of Battle for the Southern Campaign needs some comments, are defensive reactions on my part as the case may be. Suprisingly enough, there are gaps in the historical record as to what units aaually participated in certain time frames. The picture is also often confusing when unit sizes fluctuated drastically and companies were detached to perform operations elsewhere. Even worse, you sometimes have duplicative regiments because some were destroyed only to be reconstituted later.

A perfect example of this is the 3rd and 4th Maryland Regiments. Elements of those units were at Charleston during the 1780 siege. I have not included them because of their size, or lack of size as the case may be. Yet I list them arriving with Washington in late 1781. That's because the regiments were reformed in early 1781. I have attempted to provide the most accurate OB possible given the source material but expect some differences of opinion to arise.

The OB is listed for use with my campaign game using Avalon Hill's 1776 as the strategic portion of the map. The unit sizes are slewed to my AWI rules, Pour Le Merite (see The Courier #67). Basically, a battalion consiss of 12 figures of line infantry. The American regiments have an additional 3 figures which represent the light infantry company while the British have that plus another 3 figures for the grenadier company.

German regiments were slightly larger with 18 line figures and 6 grenadiers. Obviously the actual Gemman Grenadier and Fusilier regiments, while being the same size, were composed of only those types of troops. The French regiments were huge, essentially 2 battalions per regiment. The first battalion would consist of 15 figures of line infantry plus 3 chasseurs light infantry) while the second would have 15 line figures plus 3 grenadiers.

The special units, like the various Legions, Loyalist unis, etc, I based their sizes on the organizational structure and not actually on what was fielded. That is an important point to make with the above unit sizes. All of them are PAPER strengths, not anything real. I use a roughly 1:30 ratio. Just by looking at the American dragoon sizes, one realizes that the Americans were lucky to field 80 dragoons on a given day much less 240. I am doing this for ease of play, nothing else.

Generals listed are also for use with a variant of 1776. I think their presence, and divergent ratings allows for more command control problems plus it better simulates the personalities ofthe period. One thing that we do to reflect the politics in Philadelphia at the time is to delay Greene's and Morgan's arrivals until 6 months after Gates loses a major battle. Of course if good ole Horatio doesn't lose, Greene and Morgan never show up.

Also, there is a cenain amount of "what if" in some portions of the OB. For example, Pulaksi's Legion was disbanded shortly after the Count's death in the aftermath of the aborted Seige of Augusta. The dragoons were merged into Continental mounted units, the infantry into the South Carolina Continental infantry. I choose to keep it just to make things slightly more interesting. It is also something of a play balance question since the American side is woefully inadequate qualitatively in the game and the dragoons make up for that somewhat. Also, it's hard to simulate the differences in quality among horseflesh.in the American counterparts. I simulate that by quantity of units rather than some qualitative measure.

Although I list militia at the beginning, I do not thereafter. That's because the play mechanics in 1776 allow for fluctuating militia levels. Since it is really impossible to try and draw up a realistic militia OB for the period and have it make any impact on the game itself, I prefer to let the boardgame do that work for me.

The morale grades listed run from A through F. A class units are the British Guards, F your run of the mill militia. Some rule sets do not make the distinction between the Guards and the British Fusiliers. That's ftne, just use the morale grades listed as a guideline of sorts if you convert from one rules set to another. The important thing is to realize the differences and relationships. The British Legion had horses that were consistently of less quality than the troops involved.

You also might want to take into account the possibility of morale degradation during the time frame. A good example of this would be the 71st Highlanders which are rated 'B" in my OB. Most accounts of them at the battle of Cowpens indicates that rating would be too high. In fact, the members of the 71st at Cowpens were mostly new recruits and not seasoned veterans. When gaming Cowpens as a stand alone game, I rate the 71st as "E" class.

If nothing else, this OB will give the reader an idea of the extent the British poured men and material into the Carolinas in 1780 and then Virginia in 1781. Although the Franco- American alliance trapped 7,000 British and Germans at Yorktown, and equal number of troops were still left in the Southern theater although they were mostly confined to the coastal regions of the Carolinas by the end of 1781.

American Forces Southern Campaign, AWI
Date	Place	Unit	Size	Morale
12/79	Charleston	2nd SC	15	D
12/79	Charleston	1st Cont Drag	8	C
12/79	Charleston	3rd Cont Drag	8	C
12/79	Charleston	4th Cont Drag	10	C
12/79	Charleston	1st SC	15	D
12/79	Charleston	3rd SC	15	D
12/79	Charleston	Pulaski Legion	9inf, 10cav	C
12/79	Charleston	1st NC	15	D
12/79	Charleston	2nd NC	15	D
12/79	Charleston	3rd NC	15	D
12/79	Charleston	1st VA	15	D
12/79	Charleston	2nd VA	15	D
12/79	Charleston	3rd VA	15	D
12/79	Charleston	1st VA State Line	15	D
12/79	Charleston	2nd VA State line	15	D
12/79	Charleston	3 militia	54	F
12/79	Charleston	6 pnd x4	12	C
12/79	Charleston	12pnd x 1	4	C
12/79	Charleston	Magazine fort	-	-
12/79	Charleston	Lincoln, Pickens	-	-
12/79	Camden	3 militia	54	F
12/79	Camden	3 pnd x 1	2	E
12/79	Camden	Supply, Sumpter	-	-
12/79	Fort Motte	1 militia	18	F
12/79	Fort Watson	1 militia	18	F
4/80	PA/MD border	1st DE (Halls)	15	B
4/80	PA/MD border	1st MD	15	C
4/80	PA/MD border	2nd MD	15	C
4/80	PA/MD border	Armand Legion	9inf, 6cav	D
4/80	PA/MD border	6 pnd x 2	6	C
4/80	PA/MD border	DeKalb	-	-
4/80	With any militia	Marion	-	-
5/80	With DeKalb	Gates	-	-
5/80	VA/NC border	Lee's Legion	9inf, 8cav	C
5/80	VA/NC border	4th VA	15	D
5/80	VA/NC border	5th VA	15	D
5/80	VA/NC border	Supply Greene, Morgan	-	-
5/80	PA/MD border	1st Conv. Lites	15	C
3/81	PA/MD border	2nd Conv. Lights	15	C
3/81	PA/MD border	Hasken's Lites	15	C
3/81	PA/MD border	Congress' Own	15	C
3/81	PA/MD border	Supply, Lafayette	-	-
3/81	Remove	Morgan	-	-
5/81	PA/MD border	1st PA	15	D
5/81	PA/MD border	2nd PA	15	D
5/81	PA/MD border	Gaskin's VA	-	-
5/81	PA/MD border	State Reg	15	D
8/81	Charlotte	1st NC State Line	15	D
9/81	Baltimore	1st NY	15	D
9/81	Baltimore	2nd NY	15	D
9/81	Baltimore	1st NJ	15	D
9/81	Baltimore	2nd NJ	15	D
9/81	Baltimore	3rd RI (Olneys)	15	D
9/81	Baltimore	3rd MD	15	D
9/81	Baltimore	4th MD	15	D
9/81	Baltimore	6 pnd x 3	12	C
9/81	Baltimore	3 pnd x2	4	C
9/81	Baltimore	12pnd x 1	4	C
9/81	Baltimore	Supply, Washington	-	-
9/81	Baltimore	Bourbonais	36	D
9/81	Baltimore	Luzon Legion	18inf 16cav 4pnd x 1	B C C
9/81	Baltimore	Auxone Arty	6pnd x 3 8pnd x2 4pnd x1 12pnd x1	C C C C
9/81	Baltimore	Metz Arty	(as Auxone Arty)	C
9/81	Baltimore	Soisonais	36	D
9/81	Baltimore	Saintonge	36	D
9/81	Baltimore	Royal Deux Ponts	36	D
9/81	Baltimore	2 supplies, Rocheambeau, Viomenil, Chastellux, Choisy	-	-
9/81	Any Sea Hex	1BF, supply, St. Simon	-	-
9/81	Any Sea Hex	Gaitinais	36	D
9/81	Any Sea Hex	Torraine	36	D
9/81	Any Sea Hex	Aegenois	36	D
10/81	Border E of York	Supply	-	-

British Forces Southern Campaign, AWI
Date	Place	Unit	Size	Morale
12/79	Savannah	16th	18	D
12/79	Savannah	71st Fraser-Hiland	18	B
12/79	Savannah	British Legion	12inf, 14cav	C
12/79	Savannah	Delancy Brigade I	18	D
12/79	Savannah	Delancy Brigade II	18	D
12/79	Savannah	Georgia Loyalists	9	D
12/79	Savannah	NJ Volunteers	18	D
12/79	Savannah	NY Volunteers	18	D
12/79	Savannah	SC Royalists	3rif, 9musk	D
12/79	Savannah	D'Angelili	Gren 24	B
12/79	Savannah	Von Bose Musk	24	D
12/79	Savannah	Von Knoblach Garrison	18	E
12/79	Savannah	Royal Artillery	6pnd x2 3pnd x1 12pnd x1	C C
12/79	Savannah	Magazine, entrenchment	-	-
12/79	Savannah	Prevost, Panerson, Tarleton	-	-
12/79	At Sea	Converged Lights	12	C
12/79	At Sea	7th-Royal Fus.	18	B
12/79	At Sea	23rd-Welsh Fus.	18	B
12/79	At Sea	33rd	18	D
12/79	At Sea	42nd-Royal High	18	B
12/79	At Sea	63rd	18	D
12/79	At Sea	64th	18	D
12/79	At Sea	Volun. of Ireland	18	D
12/79	At Sea	V. Lengerke Gren	24	B
12/79	At Sea	Hesse Cassel Chas	6cav	C
12/79	At Sea	V. Ditfurth Fus	24	C
12/79	At Sea	V. Benning Garrison	18	E
12/79	At Sea	Anspach Jaegers	6	C
12/79	At Sea	HesseCassel Jaeg Corp	18rif, 6cav	C
12/79	At Sea	Vonlinsingen Gren	24	B
12/79	At Sea	Prince Carl Mus	24	D
12/79	At Sea	Royal Artillery	6pnd x3	C
12/79	At Sea	2 Supplies, 1 BF, 1 TR	-	-
12/79	At Sea	Militia	18	F
12/79	Ninety Six	Fort 1 militia	18	F
3/80	Any 1 Port	American Vol.	6rifl	D
4/80	Any 1 Port	Prince of Wales Regt	18	D
4/80	Any 1 Port	Vonlowenstein Gren	24	B
6/80	Charleston	Royal NC Reg	18	D
6/80	Remove	16th, fleets, Clinton,Prevost, Patterson	-	-
10/80	Any 1 Port	1st Guards	9	A
10/80	Any 1 Port	Coldstream Gds	9	A
10/80	Any 1 Port	3rd Guards	9	A
10/80	Any 1 Port	Kings Am Reg	18	D
10/80	Any 1 Port	NC Highlanders	18	D
10/80	Any 1 Port	Supply, Leslie	-	-
12/80	Remove	Hessecassal Chaaseurs	-	-
1/81	Any 1 Port in VA	Queens Rangers	21inf, 10cav 3pnd x1	C C
1/81	Any 1 Port in VA	American Legion	9inf, 6cav	C
1/81	Any 1 Port in VA	80th-Edinburg	18	D
1/81	Any 1 Port in VA	Supply, Arnold	-	-
3/81	Any 1 Port	Erbrintz Fusiliers	24	C
4/81	Charleston	Strarkloffs Drag	10cav	C
4/81	Any 1 Port in VA	84th-Highland Emmigr	18	D
4/81	Any 1 Port in VA	82nd	18	D
4/81	Any 1 Port in VA	76th-McDonell Highlanders	18	D
4/81	Any 1 Port in VA	43rd	18	D
4/81	Any 1 Port in VA	17th	18	D
4/81	Any 1 Port in VA	Supply, Phillips	-	-
5/81	Any 1 Port in VA	1st Anspach Reg	24	D
5/81	Any 1 Port in VA	2nd Anspach Reg	24	D
5/81	Any 1 Port in VA	Anspach Arty	6pnd x2	C
6/81	Any 1 Port in VA	3rd	18	D
6/81	Any 1 Port in VA	19th	18	D
6/81	Any 1 Port in VA	30th	18	D
6/81	With SC Royalists	SC Dragoons	10cav	C
6/81	Remove	Phillips, Arnold, Clinton, Cornwallis, Rawdon	-	-

More AWI Southern Campaign

Part I: Origins to Battle of Camden
Part I: Post Camden to Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Part II: Post Guilford to the End
OOB: American and British Forces in the Campaign
Campaign Rules for American Revolutionary War

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