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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
During their military operations in Florida, the 1st South Carolina liberated enslaved people and recruited them into the Union Army. [22] The 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry regiment did an expedition up the St. Mary's River along the Georgia-Florida state line which lasted from January 23 to February 1, 1863.
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.
Pages in category "Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from South Carolina" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This unit was originally called the 16th Battalion South Carolina Partisan Rangers - Aiken's Regiment, the 1st Reg. South Carolina Partisan Rangers, and Aiken's 1st Regiment South Carolina Partisan Rangers. It was a part of the state militia troops. The men were formally mustered into Confederate service as the 16th Battalion, South Carolina ...
South Carolina's Confederate Dead (1879), also known as the South Carolina Soldiers Monument. [4] It was unveiled before a crowd of 15,000. [5] The monument was largely destroyed by lightning in 1882, but was replaced by the state two years later. [5] It is positioned on the northern end of the State House grounds.
The Edgefield Hussars comprised a military company raised in the state of South Carolina. It served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, being redesignated as Company A, Cavalry Battalion, Hampton Legion. It fought in numerous battles in the Eastern Theater. The original militia company was formed in 1833 by Capt ...
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.