Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: O le 5th South Carolina Regiment (1st Rifle Regiment) na faavaeina i le aso 22 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 a le regiment i le taua i le
Taua o Savannah. Na tuufaatasia le regiment i le 1st South Carolina Regiment i le aso 11 Fepuari, 1780.