O le 5th South Carolina Regiment (1st Rifle Regiment) na faavaeina i le aso 22 o Fepuari, 1776, i Charleston, South Carolina, mo le auaunaga i le South Carolina Troops ma mulimuli ane tofia i le Continental Army. Na auai le vaega lea i le osofaʻiga a Savannah
. Na tuufaatasia le regiment i le 1st South Carolina Regiment i le aso 11 Fepuari, 1780.