Confederate Regiments & Batteries > South Carolina
1861
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March | Organized at Marion under Colonel Ellerbe Boggan Crawford Cash, Lieutenant Colonel John W. Henagan, Major Thomas E. Lucas and Adjutant C.B. Weatherly
Company A—A. I. Hoole, Darlington. |
April 14 | Reached Charleston Harbor after the fall of Fort Sumter |
June 20 | Sent to Virginia and assigned to Bonham’s Brigade at Manassas |
July 21 |
Battle of ManassasThe regiment lost 5 men killed and 3 officers and 29 enlisted men wounded |
1862
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January | General Bonham resigned to enter Congress. The Brigade command was taken over by Brigadier General J. B. Kershaw. |
May 4-5 | Battle of Williamsburg |
May 14 | At the reorganization of the regiment it mustered 276 men in 12 companies, Companies L and M having been added. Colonel Cash was dropped. Lieutenant Colonel Henagan was elected colonel and Captain Axalla J. Hoole of Company A was elected lieutenant colonel. |
June 29 | Savage Station |
June 30 | Frayser’s Farm |
July 1 |
Malvern HillThe regiment lost 7 men killed, 36 wounded and 9 missing. Captain J.H. Muldrow was killed. |
September 13 |
Maryland HeightsThe regiment attacked and captured the Union position on Maryland Heights that was the key to the Harpers Ferry defences. It lost 6 killed and 28 wounded out of 126 engaged. Colonel Henegan was wounded after having taken the colors from the wounded Captain A.T. Harlee to lead the charge, but remained on the field to rally the regiment and order the successful attack upon the Union works. Lt. Colonel Hoole took command after Colonel Henegan finally left the field. |
September 17 |
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)Lieutenant Colonel A.J. Hoole commanded the regiment, which lost 1 killed, 17 wounded and 4 missing out of 71 men engaged. Captain T. E. Howle was killed. |
September 22 | At Opequon Creek |
December 13 |
FredericksburgThe regiment lost 2 killed and 29 wounded, including Captain Duncan McIntyre wounded. |
1863
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May 5 |
Battle of ChancellorsvilleColonel Henagan returned to the regiment. |
July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgCommanded by Colonel John Henagan, the regiment brought 300 men to the field. The regiment lost 26 men killed and 74 wounded in fighting around the Rose farm on July 2. Lieutenant Colonel D.M. McLeod and Captain Thomas E. Powe were mortally wounded and Capt. John K. McIver was mortally wounded and later captured at Williamsport. |
July 5 | Captain Eli T. Stackhouse of Company I was promoted to major. |
September | Transferred west with Longstreet’s Corps |
September 19-20 |
Battle of ChickamaugaLieutenant Colonel Hoole was killed. Major Stackhouse was promoted to lieutenant colonel. |
November 16 | Campbell’s Station |
November-December | Knoxville Campaign |
November 29 | Fort Sanders |
December 14 | Bean’s Station |
1864
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March | Returned to Virginia |
May 5-7 |
Battle of The WIldernessCommanded by Lt. Colonel Eli Stackhouse |
May 8-20 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
May 23-26 | North Anna |
June 1-3 |
Second Battle of Cold Harbor |
July |
Siege of PetersburgLt. Colonel E.T. Stackhouse was wounded in the chest. |
July 27-29 |
Deep BottomCaptain McIntyre was wounded for the second time |
August | Petersburg |
August-December | Shenandoah Campaign |
September 3 | Berryville |
September 14 | A large part of the regiment, including its colors, was surrounded and captured by the 1st Connecticut Cavalry near Winchester. Colonel Henegan was captured and eventually died in prison at Johnston’s Island, Ohio. Lt. Colonel Stackhouse took command of the survivors of the regiment. |
October 7 | Port Republic |
October 14 | Strasburg |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
Late October | Returned to Richmond defenses |
1865
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January | Transferred to North Carolina. |
February | Carolinas Campaign |
March 16 |
Battle of Averasborough |
March 19 |
Battle of Bentonville |
March 23 | The regiment had 52 men present for duty |
April 26 | Surrendered with the Army of Tennessee |