List of South Carolina Confederate Civil War units
This is a list of South Carolina Confederate Civil War Units. The list of South Carolina Union Civil War units is shown separately.
Infantry
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- 1st Infantry, 6 months, 1861
- 1st (Butler's) South Carolina Regulars
- 1st (Hagood's) South Carolina Volunteers
- 1st (McCreary's) Infantry (1st Provisional Army)
- 1st South Carolina Rifle Regiment (1st (Orr's) Rifles)
- 2nd Infantry (2nd Palmetto Regiment)
- 3rd South Carolina Infantry
- 4th South Carolina Infantry
- 5th South Carolina Infantry
- 6th South Carolina Infantry
- 7th South Carolina Infantry
- 8th South Carolina Infantry
- 9th South Carolina Infantry
- 10th South Carolina Infantry
- 11th South Carolina Infantry (9th Volunteers)
- 12th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
- 13th South Carolina Infantry
- 14th South Carolina Infantry
- 15th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
- 16th Infantry (16th-24th Consolidated Infantry)
- 16th Infantry (Greenville Regiment)
- 17th Infantry
- 18th Infantry
- 19th Infantry
- 20th Infantry
- 21st Infantry
- 22nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment
- 23rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment
- 23rd Infantry (Hatch's Regiment, Coast Rangers)
- 24th South Carolina Infantry Regiment (Gist's Brigade, Colleton Guard)
- 25th Infantry (Eutaw Regiment)
- 26th Infantry
- 27th Infantry (Gaillard's Regiment)
- 1st (Charleston) Battalion, Infantry (Gaillard's Battalion)
- 3rd (Lawren's and James') Battalion, Infantry
- 6th (Byrd's) Battalion, Infantry
- 7th (Nelson's) Battalion, Infantry (Enfield Rifles)
- 9th Battalion, Infantry (Pee Dee Legion)
- 13th Battalion, Infantry (4th and Mattison's)
- 15th Battalion, Infantry
- South Carolina (Walker's) Battalion, Infantry
Sharpshooters
- 1st Battalion, Sharpshooters
- 2nd Battalion, Sharpshooters
- Palmetto (1st Palmetto) Sharp Shooters (Jenkins Regiment)
Cavalry
- 1st Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry
- 2nd Regiment South Carolina Cavalry
- 3rd Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry
- 4th Regiment South Carolina Cavalry
- 5th Regiment South Carolina Cavalry
- 6th Regiment South Carolina Cavalry (Dixie Rangers, 1st Partisan Rangers, Aiken's Partisan Rangers)
- 7th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry
- 4th Battalion, Cavalry
- 10th Battalion, Cavalry
- 12th Battalion, Cavalry (4th Squadron Cavalry)
- 14th Battalion, Cavalry
- 17th (6th) Battalion, Cavalry
- 19th Battalion, Cavalry
- Tucker's Company, Cavalry
- Walpole's Company, Cavalry (Stono Scouts)
- Percival's Company (Aiken) Mounted Infantry [1]
Artillery
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Light Artillery
- 1st Artillery
- Brooks Light Artillery (Company B)
- Pee Dee Artillery (Company D)
- 2nd Artillery
- Inglis Light Artillery (Company D)
- 3rd (Palmetto) Battalion, Light Artillery
- German Light Artillery Battalion
- Wagener's Company, Light Artillery (Company A)
- Melchers' Company, Artillery (Company B)
- Beaufort Volunteer Artillery
- Chesterfield Artillery
- Child's Company, Artillery
- Ferguson's (Beauregard's) Light Artillery Company
- Garden's Company, Light Artillery (Palmetto Light Artillery)
- Lafayette Artillery
- Lee's Company, Artillery
- Macbeth Light Artillery (Jeter's, Boyd's)
- Manigault's Battalion, Artillery
- McQueen Light Artillery (Gregg's)
- Marion Artillery
- Santee Light Artillery (Gaillard's)
- Palmetto Light Battery
- Waccamaw Light Artillery (Ward's)
- Washington Artillery
Heavy Artillery
- 15th (Lucas') Battalion, Heavy Artillery
- Gilchrist's Company, Heavy Artillery (Gist Guard)
- Mathewes' Company, Heavy Artillery
Legions
- Hampton's Legion
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- Infantry Battalion
- Cavalry Battalion (2nd Cavalry Regiment)
- Edgefield Hussars (Company A)
- Hart's (Halsey's) Company, Horse Artillery (Washington Artillery)
- Holcombe Legion
- Infantry Battalion
- Cavalry Battalion
Others
- 1st Regiment Charleston Guard
- Battalion State Cadets, Local Defense Troops Charleston
- Charleston Arsenal Battalion
- Conscripts, South Carolina
- 2nd Rifles
- Cordes' Company, Cavalry (North Santee Mounted Rifles)
- De Saussure's Squadron of Cavalry
- Earle's Cavalry
- Estill's Company, Infantry, Local Defense (Arsenal Guard, Charleston)
- Hamilton's Company, Provost Guard
- Kirk's Company, Partisan Rangers
- Miscellaneous, South Carolina
- Ordnance Guards (Dotterer)
- Rhett's Company (Brooks Home Guards)
- Senn's Company, Post Guard
- Shiver's Company
- Simon's Company
- Simon's Company, Volunteers (Etiwan Rangers)
- Manigault's Battalion, Volunteers
- Symons' Company, Sea Fencibles
- Trenholm's Company, Rutledge Mounted Riflemen and Horse Artillery
- South Carolina College Cadets
- Palmetto Battalion
- Charleston Battalion
- Washington Light Infantry
Militia
- 1st Regiment Rifles, Militia (Branch's Rifle Regiment)
- 1st Regiment, Militia (Charleston Reserves)
- 5th Militia
- 16th Regiment, Militia
- 17th Regiment, Militia
- 18th Regiment, Militia
- 24th Militia
- 25th Militia
- Charbonnier's Company, Militia (Pickens Rifles)
- Trenholm's Company, Militia (Rutledge Mounted Riflemen)
- 1st (Martin's) Mounted Militia
- 4th Regiment, Cavalry Militia
- Cordes' Company, Cavalry Militia (German Hussars)
- Rutledge's Company, Cavalry Militia (Charleston Light Dragoons)
- 1st Regiment Artillery, Militia
State Troops
- 1st State Troops, 6 months, 1863–64
- 2nd State Troops 6 months, 1863–64
- 3rd State Troops, 6 months, 1863–64
- 4th State Troops, 6 months, 1863–64
- 5th State Troops, 6 months, 1863–64
- Rodgers' Company, Cavalry (State Troops)
Reserves
- 2nd Reserves, 90 days, 1862–63
- 3rd Reserves, 90 days, 1862–63
- 5th Reserves, 90 days, 1862–63
- 6th Reserves, 90 days, 1862–63
- 7th Reserves, 90 days, 1862–63
- 8th Reserves
- 9th Reserves, 90 days, 1862–63
- 11th Reserves 90 days, 1862–63
- 3rd Battalion Reserves
- 4th Battalion, Reserves
- 5th (Brown's) Battalion, Reserves
- 6th (Merriwether's) Battalion, Reserves
- 7th (Ward's) Battalion, State Reserves
- 8th (Stalling's) Battalion, Reserves
- 2nd Battalion, Cavalry Reserves
See also
References
- "The Civil War in South Carolina". researchonline.net. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
- "Confederate Regimental Index". The Civil War Archive. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
- Crute, Joseph H. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA.: Derwent Books, 1987. ISBN 978-0-942211-53-5.
- Estes, Claud. List of Field Officers, Regiments and Battalions in the Confederate States Army, 1861-1865. Macon, Georgia: The J. W. Burke Company, 1912. OCLC 1728286
- Jones, Jr., Charles C. General Officers, Heads Of Departments, Senators, Representatives, Military Organizations, &c,, &c., In Confederate Service During The War Between The States. Richmond, VA: Southern Historical Society, 1876. OCLC 2050210. pp. 91-95. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
- Rucker, Christopher. "Ferguson's (Beauregard's) SC Artillery Company. Farm Lake Press, 2020.
- United States National Park Service. Louisiana Civil War Units. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
External links
- Confederate Financier Praises Palemtto Riflemen, 1861 Shapell Manuscript Foundation