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Captain James Dugan Gist of the South Carolina Volunteers Private Eli Franklin of Company B, 1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment Private Amos Guise of Co. H, 3rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment Civil War veteran Masten Roe, Co. B, 14th South Carolina Infantry, in U.C.V. uniform with medals
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union in December 1860, and was one of the founding member states of the Confederacy in February 1861. The bombardment of the beleaguered U.S. garrison at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor on April 12, 1861, is generally recognized as the first military engagement of the war.
2nd South Carolina Infantry, private, April 1861, captain, May 1861, colonel, January 1862. Wounded at First Bull Run, four other times. South Carolina Governor Magrath asked that brigade be sent to help Johnston oppose Sherman. Kershaw, Joseph Brevard: Brigadier general nom: February 1, 1862 rank, conf: February 13, 1862 re-conf: February 17, 1864
Where it fought in Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina. The 24th fought in campaigns like, the Vicksburg Campaign, Chickamauga Campaign and Atlanta Campaign. On 9 April 1865, the 24th was consolidated with the 16th South Carolina Infantry Regiment to form the 16/24th Consolidated Infantry Regiment.
The 10th South Carolina Infantry Regiment was a Confederate volunteer infantry unit from the state of South Carolina during the American Civil War. It fought with the Army of Tennessee in the Western Theater for the duration of the war. Originally organized to serve for twelve months it was reorganized for the war in 1862.
On March 1, 1861, on behalf of the Confederate government, Davis assumed control of the military situation at Charleston, South Carolina, where South Carolina state militia besieged Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor, held by a small U.S. Army garrison. By March 1861, the Provisional Confederate Congress expanded the provisional forces and ...
The men were formally mustered into Confederate service as the 16th Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry on July 23, 1862. The 6th South Carolina Cavalry was then organized in January 1863, using the 16th Battalion as its nucleus. Some of the men were from Columbia, including several students from The Citadel Academy.
Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from South Carolina (9 P) Pages in category "People of South Carolina in the American Civil War" The following 130 pages are in this category, out of 130 total.