Confederate Regiments & Batteries > South Carolina
1861
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April 13 | Organized at Orangeburg under Colonel Micah Jenkins for twelve months service |
April 20 | Defense of Charleston |
June 4 | Mustered into Confederate Service |
June 10 | Moved to Virginia |
Assigned to D.R.Jones’ Brigade of Hill’s Division | |
July 18 | Blackburn’s Ford |
July 21 |
First Battle of ManassasThe regiment lost 3 men killed and 23 wounded |
September 5 | Expedition to Great Falls |
1862
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April | At Fort Magruder under Lt. Colonel Andrew Jackson. Assigned to Anderson’s Brigade, Longstreet’s Division, Magruder’s Command |
April 13 | The regiment disbanded at the end of their twelve month enlistment. Most of the men organized in a new regiment, the Palmetto Sharpshooters, under Colonel Jenkins. |
April 23 | Reorganized for the duration of the war with a number of men from the old 5th, 6th and 9th regiments and a number of new recruits, totalling about 650 men. Captain John R.R. Giles ws elected colonel, Captain Andrew Jackson of Company B was elected lieutenant colonel and William M. Foster was elected major. |
Assigned to Jenkins’ Brigade of Anderson’s Division. | |
May 31 |
Battle of Seven Pines, or Fair OaksCommanded by Colonel J.R.R. Giles. Assigned to Anderson’s Brigade, Longstreet’s Division, Magruder’s Command. Colonel Giles was killed and Lt. Colonel Andrew Jackson took command of the regiment. |
June 27 |
Battle of Gaines’ MillThe regiment lost 81 casualties. Lieutenant Colonel Jackson was badly wounded, losing his arm. |
June 30 |
Frayser’s FarmThe regiment lost 73 men |
August 12 | Major Asbury Coward, a.d.c. to General D.R. Jones, was promoted to colonel and given command of the regiment. |
August | Transferred with Jenkins’ Brigade to Kemper’s Division of Longstreet’s Command |
August 29-30 | Second Battle of Manassas
Fighting around the Chinn House, under the command of Colonel Asbury Coward. Assigned to Jenkins’ Brigade, Kempers’ Division of Longstreet’s Command |
September | Transferred with Jenkins’ Brigade to D.R. Jones’ Division of Longstreet’s Command |
September 14 | Boonsboro, Maryland (South Mountain)
Commanded by Captain T.C. Beckhan, the regiment lost 6 men wounded. |
September 19 | Battle of Sharpsburg
Defended Burnside’s Bridge. |
October | Attached to Jenkins’ Brigade, Pickett’s Division of Longstreet’s Command |
November 15 | Colonel Asbury Coward took command of the regiment |
November 21 | Left Culpeper for Fredericksburg |
November 23 | Arrived at camp near Fredericksburg |
December 13 |
Battle of FredericksburgThe regiment was not engaged. |
December 24 | Major Foster resigned. |
1863
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April 10 | Detached on Longstreet’s Suffolk Campaign |
May 3 | Left bivouac near Suffolk and marched 23 miles to the regiment’s old encampment near the South Quays on the Blackwater River. |
May 5 | Marched about 15 miles to Blackwater Bridge |
May 7 | Returned to camp |
May 15 | Marched past Franklin and formed line of battle about 1/4 mile from Carsville. Under occasional fire from artillery and infantr but not engaged. |
May 16 | Returned to entrenchments and picket lines. |
May 23 | Crossed Blackwater Bridge and marched 5 miles to Windsor, where the regiment was under occational artillery fire. |
May 26 | Returned to camp |
May 27 | Marched to Franklin and occupied breastworks |
May 28 | Marched to Joiners Church |
June-July | The regiment was detatched in Virginia during the Gettysburg Campaign |
June 2 | Returned to camp, moving camp up the river 10 miles to Laurences Ford. |
June 4 | Marched to Joiners Church |
June 5 | Marched to Monroe’s Ferry on the Nottoway River and went into camp |
June 7 | Marched 26 miles to Murfreesboro, North Carolina |
June 7-11 | In bivouac, picket duty |
June 11 | Marched 18 miles to Boyakins Station on the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad. |
June 12 | Marched to Monroe’s Ferry |
June 13 | Marched to Murfees Station |
June 14 | Took the train to Weldon |
June 15 | By train to Petersburg |
June 18 | Took train to Murfee Station |
June 21 | Marched 25 miles to Ivor Station on the Petersburg & Norfolk Railroad, then boarded train to Petersburg |
June 22 | Reached Petersburg and camped 3 miles outside of town |
June 28 | Took train from Petersburg to Richmond |
October 2 |
Battle of ChattanoogaCaptain Beckham was wounded |
October 28-29 |
Battle of WauhatchieThe regiment lost 102 men. Attached to Jenkins’ Brigade, Hood’s Division, First Corps |
November 12 |
Battle of KnoxvilleAttached to Jenkins’ Brigade, Field’s Division, First Corps |
1864 |
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May | Attached to Bratton’s Brigade, Field’s Division, First Corps |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the WildernessColonel Coward was wounded |
May 8-20 |
Battle of Spottsylvania Court HouseCommanded by Major T.C. Beckham |
May 16 |
Drewery’s BluffCommanded by Colonel Coward |
May 23-25 |
North Anna |
June 3 |
Battle of Cold Harbor |
June | Siege of Petersburg. Duty in the trenches. |
Jul 28 | Moved to north side of James River near New Market Heights |
August 14 |
Fussell’s MillThe enemy pressed the regiment’s picket line. Ten men of Company I and one of Company H were captured. |
August 16 | The regiment was temporaril detatched from the brigade and assigned to General Gregg on Darbytown Road. The regiment joined with three regiments of Benning’s Brigade to charge and recapture a line of works that had been carried b the enemy. One officer was killed and two wounded, six enlisted men were killed and eighteen wounded. |
August 24 | Ordered to Petersburg, where the reiment was in reserve. |
September 4 | Left the line near Petersburg and marched to Reams Station |
September 8-25 | At Squirrel Level Road erevting a line of works |
September 28-30 |
Fort Harrison & New Market Road |
October 1-5 | Constructing works near Fort Gilmer |
October 6 | Moved to Darbytown Road |
October 7 |
DarbytownThe regimental sergeant major was mortally wounded |
October 27 | Williamsburg Road |
1865
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February 24 | Moved to near Fort Gilmer |
April 6 | Farmville |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseThe regiment surrendered 19 officers and 263 men under Colonel Coward. |