 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - 3rd North Carolina Regiment yakamutswa musi wa 16 Ndira 1776 paWilmington, North Carolina kuti ishandire neContinental Army. Muna April, Jethro Sumner akagadzwa kuva mukuru mukuru. Chirongwa chacho chaivapo pakudzivirirwa kweCharlestonmuna June 1776. Rechi 3 rakatamisirwa kubva kuDhipatimendi reMaodzanyemba kuenda kuhondo huru yaGeorge Washington muna Kukadzi 1777. Yakagoverwa kuna Francis Nashs North Carolina Brigade muna Chikunguru 1777, yakakurumidza kuona chiito muhondo dzeBrandywine neGermantown, uye yaivepo kuWhite Marsh. Sumner akaenda kumusha achirwara mukuvamba kwa 1778. Pamwe chete ne4th, 5th, uye 6th North Carolina Regiments, 3rd Regiment yakaderedzwa kuva cadre uye yakatumirwa kumusha kunotora kusvika pa1 June 1778. Hurumende yakavakwazve yakadzokera kuhondo huru mukupera kwa1778, asi yakaderedzwa kuva cadre zvakare muna Kubvumbi 1779 uye yakadzoserwa kumusha kwayo. Yakagoverwa kuNorth Carolina Brigade, iyo regiment yakarwa paSiege yeCharleston kwayakabatwa neBritish Army musi wa12 Chivabvu 1780. Chirongwa ichi chakaparadzwa musi wa15 Mbudzi 1783. 