FIRST (1ST) CAVALRY REGIMENTSouth Carolina Volunteers, June 25th, 1862, to May 1st, 1865
The following historical information is about the service of both the regiment, and the men, of the First (1st) South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, which served in the American Civil War from June 25th, 1862, to May 1st, 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.
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| Regimental Field & Staff |
| Company A - Abbeville District - Abbeville Troop |
Company F - Pickens District - Allen Hussars |
| Company B - Spartanburg & Laurens Districts - Ferguson Rangers |
Company G - Abbeville District - L.J. Johnson's Cavalry |
| Company C - Edgefield & Barnwell Districts - Edgefield Rangers |
Company H - York District - Robin Jones Cavalry |
| Company D - Chester District - Chester Troop |
Company I - Colleton District - Round O' Troop |
| Company E - Orangeburg District - Fort Motte Rangers |
Company K - Chester, Barnwell, Edgefield, & Pickens District |
June to August 1862 - 2nd Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, & Florida
September 1862 - 3rd Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, & Florida
November 1862 to September 1863 - Hampton's Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of Northern Virginia
September 1863 - W.H.F. Lee's Brigade, Lee's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
September 1863 to March 1864 - Butler's-Young's Brigade, Hampton's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
July to December 1864 - Taliaferro's Brigade, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, & Florida
December 1864 - Harrison's Brigade, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, & Florida
January 1865 - Cavalry Command, McLaw's Division, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, & Florida
January 1865 - Harrison's Brigade, McLaw's Division, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, & Florida
January to February 1865 - Elliot's Brigade, Taliaferro's Division, Hardee's Corps, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, & Florida
March to April 1865 - Logan's Brigade, Butler's Division, Hampton's Cavalry Command
April to May 1865 - Logan's Brigade, Butler's Division, Hampton's Cavalry Command, Army of Tennessee
June 25th, 1862: With the creation of Company K by using new recruits and men from Companies C, D, & F of the 1st Cavalry Battalion, the battalion reaches the strength of ten companies, and is redesignated as the First (1st) Cavalry Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers.
November to December 1862: Served in the Fredericksburg Campaign (Virginia)
December 12th: Engaged at Fredericksburg, Virginia.
December 19th: Engaged in a skirmish at the Occoquan River.
December 27th to 29th, 1862: Served in the Raid on Dumfries and Fairfax Station (Virginia)
April 27th to May 6th, 1863: Served in the Chancellorsville Campaign (Virginia)
June 3rd to August 1st, 1863: Served in the Gettysburg Campaign (Virginia, Maryland, & Pennsylvania)
June 9th: Engaged at Brandy Station, Virginia.
July 2nd: Engaged at Hunterstown, Pennsylvania.
July 3rd: Engaged at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
October 9th to 22nd, 1863: Served in the Bristoe Campaign (Virginia)
November to December 1863: Served in the Mine Run Campaign (Virginia)
February 15th, 1864: The regiment, along with the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, is ordered to return to South Carolina, to recruit men and to remount the regiment with new horses.
March 23rd to 26th, 1864: The regiment leaves from Hanover Courthouse, Virginia, by rail for South Carolina; the horses of the regiment are taken overland rather than by rail.
March 29th, 1864: The regiment begins arriving by detachments at Columbia, South Carolina.
April 1864: The regiment is moved to James Island near Charleston, South Carolina.
May 26th, 1864: Engaged at Chapman's Fort on the Ashepoo River near Charleston, South Carolina (Detachments of Companies I & F)
January to May 1865: Served in the Carolina's Campaign (South & North Carolina)
January 3rd to 15th, 1865: Engaged in the defense of Fort Fisher, North Carolina.
March 19th to 21st: Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina.
April 10th: Engaged at Moccasin Swamp, North Carolina.
April 26th, 1865: The regiment is included in the surrender of the Confederate forces under the command of General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, North Carolina.
Published Books & Documents
"Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia." Stewart Sifakis, Facts on File, Inc., New York City, New York, 1995.
"Confederate Rolls of South Carolina." Columbia, South Carolina, 1898.
"Crumbling Defenses or Memoirs and Reminiscences of John Logan Black." Eleanor D. McSwain; n.p.; 1960.
"The Flags of Civil War South Carolina." Glenn Dedmont, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, Louisiana, 2000.
"Rebels in Gray, Soldiers from Pickens District 1861-65." Louise Bell; n.p., n.d..
"Recollections and Reminiscences, 1861-1865, Thru World War I." South Carolina Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy; 1993.
Volume 2, Page 530 (J.H. Ligon, Co. A)
Volume 3, Pages 205 (J.G. Jenkins, Co. K) & 211 (E.W. Creswell, Co. E)
Volume 6, Pages 82 (J.F. Stewart, Co. K), 227 (R.C. Jones, Co. H), & 356 (J.W. Marshall)
Volume 7, Page 302 (J.E. Stewart)
Volume 8, Pages 77 (Samuel T. Anderson) & 279 (J.A. Gill)
Volume 9, Page 537 (Samuel T. Anderson)
Volume 11, Page 215 (John W. Marshall, Co. I)
"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.
Pages 275 to 285, Volume 2 (The Midlands), "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 (Roll 43 (South Carolina - First Cavalry through Capt. Walpole's Company, Cavalry), Roll 45 (South Carolina - Seventh Cavalry, A-D), Roll 46 (South Carolina - Seventh Cavalry, E-L), Roll 47 (South Carolina - Seventh Cavalry, M-Sl) & Roll 48 (South Carolina - Seventh Cavalry, Sm-Y). The National Archives Microfilm Publications.
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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