STONO SCOUTSSouth Carolina Volunteers, November 10th, 1861, to May 1st, 1865
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November 10th, 1861: Organized and called into State service per orders of the Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, for the purpose acting as videttes, scouts and pickets between the North Edisto and Stono Inlets.
January 7th, 1862: The company is discharged from the State service to reorganize.
January 8th, 1862: The company is reorganized for active service and ordered to report to Brigadier General Roswell S. Ripley, PACS.
July 7th, 1864: Engaged at Waterloo Plantation on John's Island, South Carolina.
January to April 1865: Served in the Carolina's Campaign.
April 26th, 1865: Surrendered with the Army of Tennessee at Durham Station, North Carolina.
January 1862 - 2nd Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida
December 1864 to April 1865 - Robertson's Brigade, Wright's Division, Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida
CAPTAIN
Walpole, John Basnett Legare: Enrolled and was mustered into service as Captain of Walpole's Company (Stono Scouts) of South Carolina Militia on November 10th, 1861; mustered out of State service with the company on January 7th, 1862. Enrolled and was mustered into service as Captain of Walpole's Company (Stono Scouts) of South Carolina Volunteers on January 8th, 1862, for the duration of the war; detailed to duty inspecting the Marion Artillery in August 1864; surrendered with the company on April 26th, 1865, at Greensboro, North Carolina; paroled on May 1st, 1865, at Greensboro, North Carolina. [Born on November 1st, 1824, in Charleston District, South Carolina; married Lydia Bryan Legare (1837-1899), no date; died on October 13th, 1893; buried at John's Island Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Charleston County, South Carolina.]
FIRST LIEUTENANT
Gervais, Paul Trapier: [Born on January 2nd, 1824, in Charleston District, South Carolina, the son of Paul Trapier (1785-1856) and Sarah Dewar Wainwright Gervais (1789-1826); died on February 2nd, 1874, at Charleston, South Carolina; buried at John's Island Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Charleston County, South Carolina.]
SECOND LIEUTENANT
Fripp, J. Evans
Whaley, Joseph S.
ASSISTANT SURGEON
Mitchell, Charles A.
FIRST SERGEANT
Bailey, Ephraim C.
Roper, William
SERGEANT
Chisolm, J.J.
Moore, Maurice A.
Walker, William H.
Whaley, John B.
CORPORAL
Fripp, William Edings
Johnston (Johnstone), William C.
Mathews (Mathis), Benjamin H.
Sanders, Joseph O'Hear
PRIVATE
Anderson, Alex C.
Bacot, A. Jane W.
Bacot, Tours L.
Ball, Elias
Ball, J. Cummins
Bryan, B.S.
Bryan, Edward B.
Burden, K.
Chalmers, John C.
Chalmers, Thomas B.
Coleman, Henry H.
Creighton, John McP.
Curtis, Francis S. (F.L.)
Curtis, Thomas S.
Davis, Benjamin F.
Davis, Charles S.
Davis, Joseph W.
Dorrel, James M.
Dow, J.R.
Fripp, J.A.
Frost, William B.
Gardner, George B.
Gibbes, Mat G.
Glover, Charles F.
Godfrey, William
Grimball, Isaac P.
Grimball, P.C.
Grimball, Thomas H.
Grimkle, T.S.
Hanahan, William S.
Hay, C. Gadsden
Heriot, William J.
Heyward, Alfred R.
Johnson, J. Bridges
King, Samuel J.
Legare, James Christopher Wilkinson
Legare, Solomon E.
Mathews, J. E.
Mathews, W.E.
Mayes, William G.
McElhenney, Eugene F. (Eugin T.)
Messervy, Thomas Hervieu
Miles, E. Scott
Miles, R. Peake
Miller, Bender N.
Miller, John M.
Mott, Charles I.
Mott, J. Rhett
Mott, Maham H.
Nott, Angus P.
Peeples, Thomas M.
Peoples, T.M.
Pringle, James R.
Pritchard, W.W.
Rabb, William S.
Ravenel, Edward
Richards, Frederick
Riker, David
Rivers, George W.
Rivers, J. Townsend
Rivers, William S.
Robertson, Duncan C.
Seabrook, William
Simmons, Arthur W.T.
Sligh, George A.
Smith, E.D.
Steele, William
Stevens, D. Augustus
Stevens, J.L.
Stevens, William
Taylor, J. Lawton
Thompson, Henry T.
Townsend, D.J.
Trenholm, Charles L.
Walpole, Benjamin M.
Walpole, Horace E.
Walpole, Horace George
Walpole, James L.
Welch, B.
Wescoat (Wescott), N. Lawrence
Wescoat, Arthur B.
Whaley, Thomas
Whaley, William B.
Wilson, C.H.
Wilson, John R.
SOURCE KEY
| 1860CEN - 1860 Census |
FH - Family History |
PR - Pension Record |
| CSR - Compiled Service Record |
HM - History of Marlboro County |
SCCR - S.C. Confederate Roll |
| GS - Gravesite |
OBIT - Obituary |
SCTCS - SC Troops in CS Service |
Published Books & Documents "Broken Fortunes: South Carolina Soldiers, Sailors, & Citizens who died in the service of their country and the State in the War for Southern Independence, 1861-1865." Randolph W. Kirkland Jr., The South Carolina Historical Society, Charleston, South Carolina, 1995.
"Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia." Stewart Sifakis, Facts on File, Inc., New York City, New York, 1995.
"Recollections and Reminiscences, 1861-1865, Thru World War I." South Carolina Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy; 1993.
"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.
Documents, Papers, & Non-Published Materials
Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units in Confederate Organizations. The National Archives Microfilm Publications. (Roll 43, South Carolina - First Cavalry through Capt. Walpole's Company, Cavalry & Roll 48, South Carolina - Twentieth Infantry through Miscellaneous)
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina. NARA M267; National Archives & Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
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