Confederate Regiments & Batteries * South Carolina
The field officers of the Holcombe Legion were Colonels William J. Crawley, Stephen Elliot, Jr., W. Pinkney Shingler, and P.F. Stevens; Lieutenant Colonels F.G. Palmer and Thomas V. Walsh; and Majors A.C. Garlington and Martin G. Zeigler.
1861
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November 21 |
The Holcombe Legion was created under the command of Colonel Peter F. Stevens, an Episcopal priest who had been Superintendant of The Citadel. The Legion consisted of an infantry and a cavalry battalion but no artillery, whcih was normally part of a legion. The infantry battalion originally consisted of eight companies, which later expanded to ten companies. Company A (Smith’s Riflemen and the Palmetto Riflemen) – Captain William James W. Smith The four cavalry companies served separately and eventually became part of the 7th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment. The Holcombe Legion was named for the wife of the Governor of South Carolina, Lucy Holcombe Pickens. |
1862
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January 22-25 | Expedition to Edisto Island (detachment) |
March 29 | Edisto Island |
May-June | Assigned to 3rd Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. |
June-July | Assigned to 2nd Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. |
July 17 | Moved to Virginia and assigned to Evans’s Brigade, Drayton’s Division, Longstreet’s Command, Army of Northern Virginia. The Legion’s cavalry was separated at this time and would serve apart from the infantry of the Legion. |
August-October | Assigned to Evans’s Independent Brigade, Longstreet’s Command, Army of Northern Virginia. |
August 23 |
Rappahannock Station |
August 28-30 |
Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)The Legion lost 24 men dead and 131 wounded. Lieutenant Colonel F.G. Palmer was mortally wounded. |
September 14 |
Battle of South Mountain (Boonsborough)The Legion mustered 276 men. Colonel Stevens took command of the brigade as senior colonel while Brigadier General Evans commanded the division. Major William Crawley took over the Legion. |
September 17 |
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)The Legion lost 18 men wounded. |
October-November | Assigned to Evans’s Brigade, McLaws’s Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. |
October 8 | Colonel Stevens resigned, having decided that he had enlisted to defend his home state, not the fight in Virginia. He returned to the ministry. |
November-February | Assigned to Evans’s Brigade, French’s Command, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia. |
1863
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February-March | 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 | Assigned to Evans’s Brigade, Breckinridge’s Division, Department of the West. |
July-August | Assigned to Evans’s Brigade, French’s Division, Department of the West. |
July |
Siege of Jackson |
August | Assigned to Evans’s Brigade, Military District of Georgia, Department of South Carolina Georgia, and Florida. |
August-September |
Charleston HarborAssigned to Evans’s Brigade, 2nd Sub-Division, 1st Military District of South Carolina, 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. |
1864
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May 7 | Stony Creek Station (detachment) |
May 8 | Nottoway Bridge and Jarratt’s Station (detachment) |
May 17-June 16 | Bermuda Hundred |
June-October | Assigned to Evans’s-Wallace’s Brigade, Johnson’s Division, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia. |
June-April |
Siege of Petersburg |
July 30 |
Battle of The Crater |
October-April | Assigned to Wallace’s Brigade, Johnson’s Division, 4th Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. |
1865
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March 25 |
Battle of Fort Stedman |
April 1 |
Battle of Five Forks |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseThe Holcombe Legion surrendered 2 officers and 30 enlisted men. |