Confederate Regiments & Batteries > South Carolina
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1862
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| May 12 | Created by expanding the 5th South Carolina Rifle Battalion to regimental strength under the command of Colonel John V. Moore. Assigned to 3rd Military District of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. |
| June | Moved to Virginia and assigned to R.H. Anderson’s-Jenkins Brigade, Longstreet’s Division, Army of Northern Virginia |
| June-August | Assigned to R.H. Anderson’s-Jenkins Brigade, Longstreet’s Division, Longstreet’s Command, Army of Northern Virginia |
| June 25-July 1 |
Seven Days Battles |
| June 27 |
Gaines’s Mill |
| June 30 |
Frayser’s FarmThe regiment suffered 149 casualties from June 27-30 |
| July 6 | Captain Robert A. Thompson of Company B was promoted to major |
| August-September | Assigned to Jenkin’s Brigade, Kemper’s Division, Longstreet’s Command, Army of Northern Virginia |
| August 28-30 |
Second Battle of Manassas (Second Bull Run)The regiment lost 58 men. Colonel Moore was killed. |
| September 3 | Major Anderson was promoted to lieutenant colonel. |
| September 14 |
Battle of South Mountain |
| September 17 |
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)The regiment was commanded by Colonel Robert A. Thompson. It lost 18 casualties. |
| September | Assigned to Jenkin’s Brigade, D.R. Jones’s -Pickett’s Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
| December 13 |
Battle of Fredericksbug |
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1863
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| May | Assigned to Jenkin’s Brigade, Department of North Carolina |
| July | Assigned to Jenkin’s Brigade, Department of Richmond |
| July-September | Assigned to Jenkin’s Brigade, Ransom’s Division, Department of Richmond |
| September | Assigned to Jenkin’s Brigade, Hood’s Division, Longstreet’s Corps, Army of Tennessee. Lieutenant Colonel Anderson resigned. |
| October 28-29 |
Battle of WauhatchieThe regiment suffered 64 casualties. Colonel Bowen was wounded. |
| November | Assigned to Jenkin’s Brigade. Hood’s-Field’s Division, Department of East Tennessee |
| November-December |
Siege of Knoxville |
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1864
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| April | Assigned to Jenkins-Bratton’s Brigade, Field’s Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
| May 5-6 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
| May 23-26 | Battle of North Anna |
| June 1-3 |
Battle of Cold Harbor |
| June-April 1865 |
Siege of Petersburg |
| September 30 |
Second Battle of Fort Harrison |
| October 27 | Williamsburg Road |
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1865
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| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseThe regiment surrendered 22 officers and 274 enlisted men |