Confederate Regiments & Batteries * South Carolina
“Coast Rangers”
1861
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November 11 | Organized at Camp Green in Charleston under the command of Colonel Lewis M. Hatch by adding three companies to the seven companies of Hatch’s Battalion of Coast Rangers. Assigned to the Department of South Carolina and Georgia. |
1862
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January-June | Assigned to 2nd Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida |
May | Reorganization of the regiment, which formally became the 23rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment. Colonel Hatch resigned and returned to state commands. Henry L. Benbow was elected colonel. |
June-July | Assigned to 1st Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida |
July | Moved to Virginia and assigned to Evans’s Brigade, Drayton’s Division, Longstreet’s Command, Army of Northern Virginia |
August-October | Assigned to Evans’s Independent Brigade, Longstreet’s Command, Army of Northern Virginia |
August 6 | Occupation of Malvern Hill |
August 23 |
Rappahannock Station |
August 28-30 |
Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)The regiment lost 153 casualties out of the 225 men engaged. Colonel Benbow and Lieutenant Colonel Roberts were wounded, Major John Whilden was killed, and Captain Murden of Company A was wounded and captured. Captain Solomon A. Durham of Company H took command as senior surviving officer. |
September 14 |
Battle of South MountainThe regiment was commanded by Captain Durham of Company H until he was wounded. Lieutenant Edwin R. White of Company D then took command. |
September 17 |
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)The regiment lost 10 men killed, 22 wounded, and 5 missing in the Maryland Campaign. |
October-November | Assigned to Evans’s Brigade, McLaws’s Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
November-February | Moved to North Carolina and assigned to Evans’s Brigade, French’s Command, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia |
December 31 |
Battle of Goldsborough BridgeColonel Benbow was wounded and Captain Durham was wounded and disabled for further field service. |
1863
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February-March | In camp near Wilmington, North Carolina. Assigned to Evans’s Brigade, District of Cape Fear, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia. |
May | Assigned to Evans’s Brigade, 1st Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida |
June | Moved to Jackson, Mississippi by way of Meridian. Assigned to Evans’s Brigade, Breckinridge’s Division, Department of the West |
June-July | Assigned to Evans’s Brigade, French’s Division, Department of the West |
July |
Siege of Jackson, Mississippi |
July-August | Assigned to Evans’s Brigade, French’s Division, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana |
August | Moved by rail to Mobile, to Savannah, Georgia and assigned to Evans’s Brigade, 2nd Sub-division, 1st Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida |
August-September |
Charleston HarborMoved to Charleston and assigned to Evans’s Brigade, Military District of Georgia, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. |
October-March | Assigned to Evans’s Brigade, 1st Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The regiment mustered 297 men. |
November-February | On Sullivan’s Island, Charleston Harbor. |
1864
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May 17-June 16 |
Bermuda Hundred |
June 9 |
First Assault on Petersburg(Company F) |
June 18 | The regiment was divided. Colonel Benbow commanded the right and lieutenant Colonel Kinloch the left of the regiment. Major Matthew V. Bancroft was mortally wounded. |
June |
Siege of PetersburgAssigned to Elliott’s-Wallace’s Brigade, Johnson’s Division, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia |
July 30 |
Battle of the CraterThe regiment lost 49 casualties. Colonel Benbow was wounded and Captain Edwin R. White took command as senior officer. |
October | Assigned to Wallace’s Brigade, Johnson’s Division, 4th Corps. Army of Northern Virginia. Captain Henry H. Lesesne of Company I was promoted to major. |
1865
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March 25 |
Battle of Fort Stedman |
April 1 |
Battle of Five ForksColonel Benbow was wounded and captured. |
April 6 |
Battle of Saylers Creek |
April 9 |
Appomattonx Court HouseThe regiment surrendered 5 officers and 103 enlisted men. Lieutenant Colonels Allen J. Green, John M. Kinloch, Edgar O. Murden, and John Roberts; and Majors L.P. Miller |