“H” is for Huger, Isaac (1743-1797)

“H” is for Huger, Isaac (1743-1797). Soldier. Born in South Carolina, Huger was educated in Europe. He began his military career as an officer in the provincial South Carolina Regiment during the expedition against the Cherokees in 1761. In 1775 he was lieutenant colonel in in the First South Carolina Regiment. In 1776 he was promoted to Colonel and appointed commander of the Fifth South Carolina Regiment and three years later promoted to brigadier general in the Continental Army. Huger fought and was wounded at the battle of Stono Ferry and commanded the South Carolina and Georgia militia during the siege of Savannah in October 1779. At the battle of Guilford Courthouse in 1781 Huger commanded a brigade of Virginia Continental regiments. Isaac Huger was General Nathanael Greene’s second in command of the Southern Department.