11th South Carolina Infantry Regiment

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The 11th South Carolina Infantry Regiment is honored on the monument to Hagood’s Brigade at Stop One of the Petersburg National Battlefield Western Front Auto Tour.

1861
July-August Organized as the 9th South Carolina Volunteers under the command of Colonel William C. Heyward

Company A – (Beaufort Volunteer Artillery)  Mustered in June 12, 1861 at Bay Point.
Company B – (St. Pauls Rifles)  Mustered in June 17, 1861.
Company C – (Summerville Rifles)  Mustered in July 6, 1861 at Hilton Head Island.
Company D – (Whippy Swamp Guards) Mustered in July 15, 1861 at Bay Point.
Company E – (Hamilton Guards) Mustered in June 23, 1861 at Bay Point
Company F – (Republican Blues) Mustered in August 5, 1861 at Braddock’s Point.
Company G – (Butler Guard) Mustered in August 20, 1861 at Otter Island.
Company H – (St. George Volunteers) Mustered in July 26, 1861 at Hilton Head Island.
Company I – (Colleton Guard)
Company K – (Round O Guards)

-Baxley, Neil. No Prouder Fate : The Story of the 11th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry (Wilmington, North Carolina : Broadfoot Pub. Co., c2009)
November Assigned to the Department of South Carolina
November 7 Port Royal (three companies engaged)
November-December Assigned to the Department of South Carolina and Georgia
December-June Assigned to the 6th Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
1862
May 3 Reorganized for the duration of the war as the 11th South Carolina Infantry Regiment. One company became the Beaufort Artillery Battery, leaving the regiment with nine companies. Colonel Heyward was dropped, and Deniel H. Ellis was elected colonel.
June-July Assigned to the 4th Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
June 6 Port Royal Ferry (Company I)
July 4 Port Royal Ferry (Company I)
August Pinckney Island (detachent)
September Assigned to the 3rd Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
October 22-23
Cooswhatchie (Pocotaligo)

The regiment lost 4 men killed, 15 wounded, and 2 missing
1863
April 9 Destruction of the U.S. Army steamer George Washington near Beaufort (Company I)
May 19 Skirmish at Pope’s Island
June 2 Combahee River
June 4 Expedition from Fort Pulaski, Georgia, to Bluffton, South Carolina
July-August Assigned to 1st Sub-Division, 1st Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida (five companies)
July 30 Expedition to Barnwell’s Island
August-September
Charleston Harbor
September Assigned to Hagood’s Brigade, 1st Sub-Division, 1st Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
October Assigned to Hagood’s Brigade, Eastern Division, 7th Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, except for Companies E and G assigned to 3rd Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
December Assigned to 2nd Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
1864
January Assigned to Hagood’s Brigade, 7th Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
April Assigned to District of Florida, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
May Assigned to Hagood’s Brigade, Hoke’s Division, Department of North Carolina
May 9
Swift’s Creek

Commanded by Colonel F. Hay Gantt
May 12 & 16
Drewry’s Bluff
June 1-3
Battle of Cold Harbor

Colonel Gantt was captured. Lieutenant Colonel Allen C. Izard took command of the regiment.
June-April

Siege of Petersburg

The regiment lost 14 men killed, 39 wounded, and 12 missing during the first Union assaults on Petersburg.
July 26-27
Battle of Deep Bottom

The regiment lost 14 men killed, 28 wounded, and 45 missing
August 21
Battle of the Weldon Railroad/Globe Tavern

The regiment suffered 60% casualties in the attack on the final day around Globe Tavern.

From the monument:

Here a brigade composed of the 7th battalion, the 11th, 21st, 25th and 27th regiments South Carolina Volunteers, commanded by Brig. Gen. Johnson Hagood, charged Warren’s Federal Army Corps, on the 21st day of August 1864, taking into the fight 740 men, retiring with 273.
No prouder fate than theirs who gave their lives to liberty.
September 30
Second Battle of Fort Harrison

Commanded by Major John J. Gooding
October Assigned to Hagood’s Brigade, Hoke’s Division, 4th Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. Colonel Gantt was paroled and returned to resume command.
December Assigned to Hagood’s Brigade, Hoke’s Division, Department of North Carolina. Lieutenant Colonel Izard resigned to return to the Navy. Major John J. Gooding took over command of the regiment.
December 26 The regiment moved to Wilmington
1865
January 13-15
Second Battle of Fort Fisher
February-April
Carolinas Campaign
March Assigned to Hagood’s Brigade, Hoke’s Division, Hardee’s Corps
March 19-21
Battle of Bentonville
April Assigned to Hagood’s Brigade, Hoke’s Division, 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee
April 26
Durham Station

Surrendered by General Johnston