Beaufort Volunteer Artillery South Carolina Volunteers, May 3rd, 1861, to May 2nd, 1865       The following historical information is about the service of both the battery, and the men, of the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, South Carolina Volunteers, (also known as Elliot's Battery or Stuart's Battery) which served in the American Civil War from May 1861 to May 1865. If you have any corrections, suggestions, or additional information, photographs, artifacts, etc., that you wish to contribute, feel free to submit the information to the Webmaster. Timeline Assignments Roster References BATTERY TIMELINE 1802: The "Beaufort Volunteer Artillery" is organized and established in Beaufort, Beaufort District, South Carolina. December 20th, 1820: The Beaufort Volunteer Artillery is incorporated by the State of South Carolina as the "Beaufort Artillery Society." November 24th, 1860: The Battery, under Captain Stephen Elliott Jr., offers its services to the State through Adjutant & Inspector General States R. Gist. April 1861: The battery begins fully organizing and fills its ranks with new recruits, the majority of the members being from Beaufort District, South Carolina. May 3rd, 1861: The battery is called into State service and is assigned to duty with the 11th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment. June 12th, 1861: Mustered into service as Captain of Company A (Beaufort Volunteer Artillery) of the 11th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment, at Bay Point near Port Royal, South Carolina June to November 1861: The battery is on duty in Beaufort and Port Royal Harbor, South Carolina, engaged in the erection of defenses of that place. November 5th to 7th, 1861: Engaged in the defense of Fort Beauregard at Port Royal Harbor, South Carolina, Captain Elliott being wounded in action by a fragment of a bursting gun. November to December 1st, 1861: In camp, and on duty, at Camp Lee near Hardeeville, South Carolina. December 1st, 1861, to January 1862: The battery moves to, and is on duty at, Fort Drayton on New River, South Carolina. January to March 1862: In camp near Purysburg, South Carolina. February 18th, 1862: The Company is detached from the 11th Infantry Regiment and assigned to duty with the Siege Train. March 14th, 1862: The company re-enlisted and was mustered into service as a Light Artillery Company at Camp Sturgeon near Hardeeville, South Carolina, for two years and twenty-eight days' service. At this time the battery is detached from the 11th Infantry Regiment, and will be officially separated on September 20th, 1863, per General Order of the War Department. March to April 1862: In camp and on duty at Camp Sturgeon near Hardeeville, South Carolina. April to May 1862: In camp and on duty at Camp Elliot, South Carolina. May 18th, 1862: A detachment of thirty-men under Captain Elliott are detailed to duty at Camp Jones and returned to camp on May 29th. May to June 1862: In camp and on duty at Camp Jones near McPhersonville, South Carolina. May 29th, 1862: The battery moves from Camp Jones to Pocotaligo, going into camp for the night. May 30th, 1862: The battery moves from Pocotaligo to Sheldon, and then to Port Royal Ferry, where it engaged Federal pickets, and returned to camp at McPhersonville that night. June to November 4th, 1862: In camp and on duty at Camp Willis near McPhersonville, South Carolina. June 2nd, 1862: The battery is sent to Combahee Ferry, to meet a reported advance of the Federals, and returned to camp that evening. June 6th, 1862: One section with a detachment of twenty-men, along with a detachment of the 11th South Carolina Infantry and Rutledge Mounted Riflemen, is sent to Port Royal Ferry, where they engaged Federal pickets, removed flats and boats, and returned to camp on June 8th, 1862. June 18th, 1862: The battery moved to Gardner's Corner and returned to camp that evening. June 20th, 1862: One section with a detachment of fifty-men, is sent to Port Royal Ferry, and then withdrawn to Gardner's Corner for the night, returned to Port Royal Ferry on June 21st, and engaged Federal Pickets, returned to camp that evening. July 4th, 1862: Two detachments of the battery are moved to Page's Point and Port Royal Ferry, where they engaged in shelling Federal pickets and burned the Ferry House, and returned to camp that evening. July 7th, 1862: A detachment is sent, with a boat gun, to the Ahsepoo River, and is on duty there until July 9th. July 10th, 1862: The battery is dispatched to the Port Royal Ferry in response to a reported Federal landing and returned to camp on July 11th. July 21st, 1862: A detachment of sixteen-men under Captain Elliott engaged Federal pickets at Laurel Bay and returned to camp on July 22nd. July 26th, 1862: A detachment of twenty-men under 1st Lieutenant J.J. Rhodes is on duty at the Port Royal Ferry and returned to camp on July 27th. August 19th to 22nd, 1862: A detachment of fitty men under Captain Elliott, along with a detachment from the 11th South Carolina Infantry Regiment, takes part in the expedition to Pinckney Island. August 21st, 1862: Engaged in the surprise and capture of Company H, 3rd New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, on Pinckney Island, killing fifteen and capturing thirty-six; then withdrew to Bear Island and arrived at Grahamville that evening. August 22nd, 1862: The detachment returned to camp. October 11th, 1862: A detachment of five men is sent on a reconnaissance down the Tulfinny River and returned that evening. October 12th, 1862: A detachment of two-men is sent to reconnoiter at Port Royal Ferry and returned on October 14th. October 22nd & 23rd, 1862: The battery is engaged in the action at Coosawhatchie, South Carolina. November 4th, 1862, to May 5th, 1863: In camp at Camp Beaufort near Pocotaligo, South Carolina. April 8th, 1863: The battery, along with Nelson's (Virginia) Battery, moves to Chisholm's Island on the Coosaw River near Beaufort, South Carolina, as part of an expedition against the Federal fleet. April 9th, 1863: At 5:00 A.M. the battery, with other troops, engages the steamer USS George Washington in the Coosaw River, "...in two rounds she was disabled & set on fire. She drifted with the tide & grounded in four feet of water where she burned to the waters edge, her crew having abandoned her, her armament was two 24-pdr. Bronze howitzers & one twenty-pndr. Parrott pivot gun, one of the howitzers was secured two days afterwards badly damaged by fire." May 5th to November 2nd, 1863: On duty at McPhersonville, South Carolina, during this time the battery is reported as being armed with two 12-pound Napoleons, two 12-pound howitzers and one 10-pound Parrott gun. June 30th, 1863: A detail of the twenty-five (25) men of the battery served in an expedition to Barnwell’s Island, South Carolina. November 2nd, 1863, to January 1864: On duty at Camp Wilderness near Pocotaligo Station, South Carolina. January to May 27th, 1864: In camp at Camp Beaufort near Pocotaligo, South Carolina. February 9th, 1864: The men of the battery re-enlisted to serve for the duration of the war. May 27th to October 24th, 1864: In camp, and on duty, at McPhersonville, South Carolina. October 25th to November 27th, 1864: In camp at Camp Beaufort near Pocotaligo, South Carolina. November 30th, 1864: One gun of the battery is engaged in the Battle of Honey Hill, South Carolina, the other three guns being enroute from Bee's Creek to Grahamville. November 30th to December 1864: On duty at Coosawhatchie, South Carolina. January to April 1865: Served in the Carolina's Campaign, at the start of the campaign the battery was reported as being armed with two 12-pound Napoleons and two 12-pound howitzers. February 2nd, 1865: Sections of the battery are engaged at Broxton's & River's Bridge's, South Carolina. March 15th & 16th, 1865: One gun of the battery was engaged in the Battle of Averysboro, North Carolina, however, due to soft ground, heavy rains, and the loss of the horses with the piece the gun (a 12-pound Napoleon) had to be abandoned on the field. April 26th, 1865: Surrendered with the Army at Durham Station, North Carolina. May 2nd, 1865: The men of the battery are paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina. ASSIGNMENTS September 1862 to July 1864 - 3rd Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida July to December 1864 - McLaws Division, Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida December 1864 - Taliaferro's Brigade, Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida December 1864 to January 1865 - 5th Battalion, Reserve Artillery, Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida January to February 1865 - Robertson's Brigade, Wrights Division, Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida February to March 1865 - Rhett's Artillery Battalion, Hardee's Corps, Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida April to May 1865 - Rhett's Artillery Battalion, 3rd Corps, Army of Tennessee ROSTER CAPTAIN ( a ) Elliott Jr., Stephen: Of Beaufort District, South Carolina. Enrolled on May 3rd, 1861, at Beaufort, South Carolina, for twelve months' service; mustered into service as Captain of Company A (Beaufort Volunteer Artillery) of the 11th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on June 12th, 1861, at Bay Point near Port Royal, South Carolina; served in the defense of Fort Beauregard, Port Royal Harbor, South Carolina, from November 5th to 7th, 1861, being wounded in action (leg) by a fragment of an exploding gun on November 7th; re-enlisted as Captain with the battery, as an independent company of artillery (Beaufort Volunteer Artillery) on March 17th, 1862, for two years or the war; detailed to duty with a General Court Martial at Hardeeville, South Carolina from May 5th to 10th, 1862; served as the Chief of Artillery of the 3rd Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida, from November 15th, 1862, to September 1st, 1863; absent, on a leave of absence, on public duty per orders of Brig. Gen. William S. Walker from March to April 1863; promoted to Major of Artillery on April 30th, 1863, with rank from November 15th, 1862, the appointment being confirmed on April 30th, 1863, and he officially accepted on May 20th, 1863; in command of the post at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, Charleston, South Carolina, from September 4th, 1863, to May 1864, being slightly wounded in action by a fragment of the powder magazine on December 11th, 1863; promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of Artillery on November 21st, 1863, with rank from September 9th, 1863; appointed as Colonel of the Holcombe's Legion, South Carolina Volunteers, on April 26th, 1864, with rank from April 20th, 1864, and accepted the appointment on May 2nd, 1864; appointed as a Brigadier General, special, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States, from the State of South Carolina, on May 28th, 1864, to rank from May 24th, 1864, the appointment being confirmed by the Confederate Congress on May 28th, 1864, and he officially on June 9th, 1864; served in command of Evan's Brigade, Johnson's Division, Department of North Carolina & Southern Virginia, from May to July 1864; served in the defense of Richmond & Petersburg, Virginia, from May to July 1864, being severely wounded in action (shoulder) on July 31st, 1864, at the Battle of the Crater; admitted to the General Hospital at Petersburg, Virginia, on July 31st, 1864, suffering from a gunshot wound of the chest, the ball passing through the left lung; furloughed for thirty-days from August 18th, 1864; absent in South Carolina, recovering from his wounds, from August 1864 to January 1865; in command of Elliott's Brigade, Taliaferro's Division, Hardee's Corps, from January to March 1865; served in the Carolina's Campaign from January to March 1865, being on duty on James Island from January to February 16th, was engaged at Averysboro, North Carolina, on March 15th & 16th, and was wounded in action (leg) on March 20th, 1865, at Bentonville, North Carolina; absent, in South Carolina, recovering from wounds, from April to May 1865; took the Oath of Allegiance on August 1st, 1865, at Camden, South Carolina, at the time he was described as 34 years of age, of light complexion, with brown hair, blue eyes, was 6 ft. 4 in. tall, and by profession a farmer. [Born on October 26th, 1830, in Beaufort, South Carolina, the son of Stephen (1771-1830) & Ann Hutson Habersham Elliott (1812-1843); attended Harvard University at Cambridge, Massachusetts, to 1848; attended the South Carolina College in Columbia, South Carolina, to 1850, when he graduated; employed as a planter on Parris Island near Beaufort, South Carolina, from 1850 to 1861; married Miss Charlotte Stuart (1833-1868), no date; elected, and served as a State Representative for St. Helena Parish in the South Carolina House of Representatives from November 5th, 1860, to December 22nd, 1864; served in the South Carolina State Militia to 1860 (as 1st Lieutenant of Artillery under Captain John Barnwell; as Captain of the Beaufort Artillery of Beaufort District from 1857 to 1861); employed as a fisherman, and resided in a Fishing Shack near Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, from September 1865; applied for a Presidential Pardon to President Andrew Johnson on June 14th, 1865, the application was officially endorsed on October 25th, 1865, by Major General Quincy A. Gillmore who wrote that "...Mr. Elliott is now residing in this vicinity, supporting himself and family as best he can by fishing. He was at the beginning of the war, the owner of considerable land in the neighborhood of Port Royal, which is now in the custody of the agents of the Freedman's Bureau, and he would probably soon be restored to the possession of some of it, were he to receive pardon. I know of no more worthy object of Executive clemency, among the officers lately arrayed against the Union, then himself. He is a high toned gentlemen, & a man of truth and probity, and I earnestly recommend his case for early consideration;" officially pardoned by the President on November 4th, 1865; elected, and served as a State Representative for Beaufort District in the South Carolina House of Representatives from October 25th, 1865, to February 21st, 1866; died (of wounds suffered during the war) on February 21st, 1866, at Aiken, South Carolina; buried at the St. Helena's Episcopal Churchyard in Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina.] Sources - CMH, CRSC, CSR, GS, PA Stuart, Henry Middleton: Of Beaufort District, South Carolina. Sources - CRSC FIRST LIEUTENANT Baker, J.T. Sources - CRSC Hamilton, J.A.W. Sources - CRSC Jamison, John A. Sources - CRSC Rhodes, John J. Sources - CRSC SECOND LIEUTENANT Fuller Jr., R.B. Sources - CRSC Fuller, R.M. Sources - CRSC Montague, M.L. Sources - CRSC ASSISTANT SURGEON Barnwell, T.O. Sources - CRSC SERGEANT MAJOR Richardson, J. Sources - CRSC FIRST SERGEANT Sloman, R.W. Sources - CRSC QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT Wilcox, C.H. Sources - CRSC SERGEANT Fuller, N.B. Sources - CRSC Barnwell, N.H. Sources - CRSC Zealy, H.M. Sources - CRSC CORPORAL Bell, J.B. Sources - CRSC Ellis, T.H. Sources - CRSC Fripp, J.H. Sources - CRSC Fripp, M.W. Sources - CRSC Hemphill, D. Sources - CRSC Lanneau, K.P. Sources - CRSC Perryclear, W.H. Sources - CRSC Stoney, S.R. Sources - CRSC ARTIFICER Farris, B.E. Sources - CRSC Miller, A. Sources - CRSC Talbird, J.E. Sources - CRSC GUIDON (COLOR BEARER) Brawley, J.M. Sources - CRSC MUSICIAN Rhodes, D.B. Sources - CRSC PRIVATE Adams, B.C. Sources - CRSC Adams, M.S. Sources - CRSC Allen, J.G. Sources - CRSC Anderson, J.S. Sources - CRSC Baker, D.B. Sources - CRSC Baker, S.T. Sources - CRSC Barker, J.S. Sources - CRSC Barnwell, A. Sources - CRSC Barnwell, M.S. Sources - CRSC Bell, E.A. Sources - CRSC Bell, John Sources - CRSC Blount, S.E. Sources - CRSC Blount, T.M. Sources - CRSC Boineau, A.J. Sources - CRSC Boineau, S. Sources - CRSC Bold, J.W. Sources - CRSC Branch, W.A. Sources - CRSC Branson, G. Sources - CRSC Budden, A. Sources - CRSC Burnett, J. Sources - CRSC Carmichael, E.A. Sources - CRSC Catherwood, T.B. Sources - CRSC Chaplin, A.V. Sources - CRSC Chaplin, B.T. Sources - CRSC Chaplin, C.E. Sources - CRSC Chaplin, C.W. Sources - CRSC Chaplin, J.E. Sources - CRSC Chaplin, J.F. Sources - CRSC Chaplin, J.J. Sources - CRSC Chaplin, J.J. Sources - CRSC Chaplin, J.P. Sources - CRSC Chaplin, M.T. Sources - CRSC Chaplin, W.A. Sources - CRSC Chaplin, W.H. Sources - CRSC Chisolm, A.R. Sources - CRSC Colcock, J.W. Sources - CRSC Cole, T.T. Sources - CRSC Cunningham, H. Sources - CRSC Curtis, T.F. Sources - CRSC Cuthbert, E.B. Sources - CRSC Cuthbert, F.P. Sources - CRSC Cuthbert, J.A. Sources - CRSC Cuthbert, R. Sources - CRSC Cuthbert, T.F. Sources - CRSC Danner, William C. Sources - CRSC Davis, W.C. Sources - CRSC DeSaussure, C.A. Sources - CRSC DeTreville, J.L. Sources - CRSC Dow, T.C. Sources - CRSC Durban, E.G. Sources - CRSC Elliott, H.D. Sources - CRSC Fickling, J.V. Sources - CRSC Fripp, D.A. Sources - CRSC Fripp, J.E. Sources - CRSC Fripp, M.J. Sources - CRSC Fripp, R.F. Sources - CRSC Fuller, H.M. Sources - CRSC Fuller, R.M. Sources - CRSC Gibbes, J.S. Sources - CRSC Gibbes, R.M. Sources - CRSC Givens, P.D. Sources - CRSC Glover, L.H. Sources - CRSC Graham, William Sources - CRSC Hagood, R.M. Sources - CRSC Hall, W.E. Sources - CRSC Hamilton, J.A. Sources - CRSC Hardee, B. Sources - CRSC Hardee, J.F. Sources - CRSC Hardee, W.P. Sources - CRSC Harley, F.S. Sources - CRSC Hayne, P.F. Sources - CRSC Holcombe, H.P. Sources - CRSC Hold, H.E. Sources - CRSC Holmes, A.G. Sources - CRSC Hutson, C.W. Sources - CRSC Hutson, M.M. Sources - CRSC Hutson, W.M. Sources - CRSC Jackson, O.P. Sources - CRSC Jamison, J.D. Sources - CRSC Jenkins, D. Sources - CRSC Jenkins, John Sources - CRSC Jenkins, M. Sources - CRSC Jenkins, W.O. Sources - CRSC Jerald, J. Sources - CRSC Jervey, ____ Sources - CRSC Johnson, A.W. Sources - CRSC Johnson, J.F. Sources - CRSC Jones, C.W. Sources - CRSC Jones, E.A. Sources - CRSC Joyce, E.W. Sources - CRSC Keyser, J.W. Sources - CRSC Killian, G. Sources - CRSC Ladd, G.D. Sources - CRSC Lanneau, A. Sources - CRSC Lawton, Judson Sources - CRSC Lessene, E.B. Sources - CRSC Leverett, M.M. Sources - CRSC MacKay, J. Sources - CRSC MacKay, W.A. Sources - CRSC McGrath, S.E. Sources - CRSC Mew, H. Sources - CRSC Mew, J.R. Sources - CRSC Miller, D.A. Sources - CRSC Mitchell, E. Sources - CRSC Moore, E.P. Sources - CRSC Morcock, P.D. Sources - CRSC Morgan, C.H. Sources - CRSC Morris, H. Sources - CRSC Munroe, George Sources - CRSC Murdaugh, F.N. Sources - CRSC Myers, C.A. Sources - CRSC Myers, H.M. Sources - CRSC Neil, J.J. Sources - CRSC Norton, R.W. Sources - CRSC Patterson, J.W. Sources - CRSC Patterson, W.D. Sources - CRSC Porter, J.J. Sources - CRSC Rhett, A. Sources - CRSC Rhett, T.S. Sources - CRSC Rhodes, J.R. Sources - CRSC Rice, D.P. Sources - CRSC Rice, H.W. Sources - CRSC Sams, B.R. Sources - CRSC Sams, F.F. Sources - CRSC Sams, J.E. Sources - CRSC Sams, J.G. Sources - CRSC Sams, J.V. Sources - CRSC Sams, L.B. Sources - CRSC Sams, Richards Sources - CRSC Sams, S.A. Sources - CRSC Sams, T.F. Sources - CRSC Stodey, S.B. Sources - CRSC Stoney, E.B. Sources - CRSC Stoney, George M. Sources - CRSC Stuart, J.R. Sources - CRSC Thomson, D.L. Sources - CRSC Thomson, William Sources - CRSC Townsend, W.H. Sources - CRSC Trescott, E.B. Sources - CRSC Veitch, H.F. Sources - CRSC Vern, W. Sources - CRSC Walsh, E.F. Sources - CRSC Walthie, R. Sources - CRSC Webb, John H. Sources - CRSC Webb, P.G. Sources - CRSC Wilcox, W.P. Sources - CRSC Wilkie, J.B. Sources - CRSC Wilson, W.B. Sources - CRSC SOURCE KEY 1860CEN - 1860 Census CSR - Compiled Service Record OBIT - Obituary CMH - Confederate Military History FH - Family History PR - Pension Record CRSC - Confederate Rolls of S.C. GS - Gravesite - REFERENCES & RESOURCES Published Books & Documents "Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia." Stewart Sifakis, Facts on File, Inc., New York City, New York, 1995. Volume V (South Carolina), "Confederate Military History. Clement A. Evans, Confederate Publishing Company, Atlanta, Georgia, 1899. Pages 529 & 530, "Confederate Rolls of South Carolina." Columbia, South Carolina, 1898. "The Flags of Civil War South Carolina." Glenn Dedmont, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, Louisiana, 2000. "Recollections and Reminiscences, 1861-1865, Thru World War I." South Carolina Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy; 1993. Volume 6 - Page 195 (Henry Mew & J.R. Mew) Volume 7 - Page 278 (Battery Roster) & 299 (C.A. DeSaussure) Volume 11 - Page 351 (Judson Lawton) "Report of the Historian of the Confederate Records to the General Assembly of South Carolina." John P. Thomas; The Bryan Printing Company, Columbia, South Carolina; 1900. "South Carolina's Military Organizations During the War Between the States." Robert S. Seigler, The History Press, Charleston, South Carolina, 2008. "The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies." Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1901. Documents, Papers, & Non-Published Materials Compiled Records of Confederate Soldiers who served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina (Roll 105 - South Carolina - Capt. Stuart's Company, Artillery). The National Archives Microfilm Publications. Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units in Confederate Organizations (Roll 44 - South Carolina - First Artillery through Capt. Zimmerman's Co.). The National Archives Microfilm Publications. Elliott Family Papers. South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. Artifacts, Images, etc. Battle Flag of the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery. Collection of the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum, Columbia, South Carolina.

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