TWENTY-FIFTH (25TH) INFANTRY REGIMENTSouth Carolina Volunteers - Eutaw Regiment - July 22nd, 1862,to May 1st, 1865
The following historical information is about the service of both the regiment, and the men, of the Twenty-Fifth (25th) South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment - Eutaw Regiment, which served in the American Civil War from July 22nd, 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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July to August 1862 - James Islands, 3rd Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida
August to December 1862 - James Island, 1st Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida
December 1862 to February 1863 - Colquitt's Brigade, Gist's Provisional Division, District of Cape Fear, Department of North Carolina & Southern Virginia
March to May 1863 - Steven's Brigade, James Island, 1st Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida
June to July 1863 - 1st Sub-Division, 1st Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida
July 1863 - Colquitt's Brigade, Morris Island, Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida
August to October 1863 - Hagood's Brigade, 1st Sub-Division, 1st Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida
October to December 1863 - Hagood's Brigade, Eastern Division (1st Sub-District), 7th Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida
January to April 1864 - Hagood's Brigade, 7th Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida
May to September 1864 - Hagood's Brigade, Hoke's Division, Department of North Carolina & Southern Virginia
October 1864 - Hagood's Brigade, Hoke's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
November to December 1864 - Hagood's Brigade, Hoke's Division, 4th (Anderson's) Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
January to March 10th, 1865 - Hagood's Brigade, Hoke's Division, Department of North Carolina
March 10th to April 9th, 1865 - Hagood's Brigade, Hoke's Division, Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee
July 22nd, 1862: The regiment is organized by addition of the Clarendon Guards to the Eleventh (11th) South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Battalion (Eutaw Battalion) in camp at the Wappoo Cut near Charleston, South Carolina, and is designated as the Twenty-Fifth (25th) South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The men select as their officers - Charleston Henry Simonton as Colonel, John Gotea Pressley as Lieutenant Colonel and John V. Glover as Major.
July to December 1862: Served in the defense of Charleston, South Carolina.
December 14th to 16th, 1862: Enroute from James Island, South Carolina, to Wilmington, North Carolina.
December 1862 to February 1863: Served in the defense of Wilmington, North Carolina, being stationed at Camp Cobb near Wilmington.
December 31st, 1862, to January 1st, 1863: Enroute from Wilmington, North Carolina, to James Island, South Carolina.
January 9th to 14th, 1863: Enroute from James Island, South Carolina, to Wilmington, North Carolina.
February 9th to 11th, 1863: Enroute from Wilmington, North Carolina, to James Island, South Carolina.
February 1863 to April 1864: Served in the defense of Charleston, South Carolina.
March 31st, 1863: Engaged at Grimball's Landing on James Island, South Carolina.
April 6th, 1863: Engaged in the skirmish on Horse Island near Green Creek, South Carolina.
July 16th, 1863: A detachment is engaged in the action at River's House on James Island, South Carolina.
July to September 1863: Engaged in the operations on Morris Island, South Carolina.
July 10th to 17th, 1863: Engaged in the defense of Fort Wagner, South Carolina.
August 4th, 1863: Engaged in action at the mouth of Vincent's Creek, South Carolina.
September 1st to 6th 1863: A detachment of the regiment is in the defenses of Fort Wagner, South Carolina.
November 17th, 1863: Company F is engaged in the attack on the USS Lehigh which was grounded near Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.
November 1863 to April 1864: The regiment serves by detachments as part of the garrison at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.
April 29th to 30th, 1864: The regiment is enroute from Charleston, South Carolina, to Wilmington, North Carolina
April 30th to May 5th, 1864: Encamped at Wilmington, North Carolina.
May 5th to 6th, 1864: En route from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Drewry's Bluff, Virginia.
May to December 1864: Served in the defense of Richmond & Petersburg, Virginia.
May 6th to 7th, 1864: 3 Companies are engaged at Port Walthall Junction, Virginia.
May 9th, 1864: 3 Companies are engaged at Arrowfield Church on Swift Creek, Virginia.
May 12th to 16th, 1864: Engaged at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia.
May 17th to 31st, 1864: In front of the enemy at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia.
June 1st to 13th, 1864: In front of the enemy at Cold Harbor, Virginia.
June 24th, 1864: Engaged at the South Side Railroad near Petersburg, Virginia.
August 21st, 1864: Engaged at Weldon Railroad, Virginia.
September 2nd to 15th, 1864: In camp at Dunlop's Park along Swift Creek near Petersburg, Virginia.
September 28th to 30th, 1864: Engaged at Fort Harrison (New Market Road), Virginia.
October 2nd, 1864: Engaged at Pegram's Farm, Virginia.
October 7th, 1864: Engaged at the Darbytown & New Market Roads, Virginia.
October 13th, 1864: Engaged at the Darbytown Road, Virginia.
October 27th & 28th, 1864: Engaged at the Fair Oaks & Darbytown Roads, Virginia.
December 10th, 1864: Engaged at Hatcher's Run, Virginia.
December 22nd to 26th, 1864: Enroute from Petersburg, Virginia, to Wilmington, North Carolina, via Danville and Greensboro.
December 1864 to February 1865: Served in the defenses of Wilmington, North Carolina.
January 13th to 15th, 1865: Engaged at Fort Fisher, North Carolina; in which the balance of the regiment was captured when the Fort fell.
February 17th to 19th, 1865: Engaged in the action at Fort Anderson near Wilmington, North Carolina.
February 20th, 1865: Engaged at Town Creek, North Carolina.
February 21st, 1865: Engaged in the skirmish at Eagle Island, North Carolina.
February 22nd, 1865: Engaged at Northeast Station, North Carolina.
March to April 1865: Served in the Carolina's Campaign (North Carolina).
March 7th to 10th, 1865: Engaged at Kinston, North Carolina.
March 19th, 1865: Engaged at Bentonville, North Carolina.
March 10th, 1865: The regiment is temporarily consolidated with the other units of the brigade into a consolidated regiment, designated as Rion's Regiment.
April 26th, 1865: The regiment is surrendered with the Army of Tennessee at Durham Station, North Carolina.
May 2nd, 1865: The regiment is paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina.
May 7th, 1865: The regiment is disbanded at Lancaster Courthouse, South Carolina.
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Charleston Depot Battle-flag. The Charleston Depot flag of the Twenty-Fifth (25th) South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment was produced by the Charleston Clothing Depot in mid-1863, and most likely presented to them around the time they were assigned to Hagood's Brigade in September 1863. Carried by the regiment throughout 1863 and into 1864, during the Battle of Weldon Railroad on August 21st, 1864, the regiment's flag was captured, along with those of the 21st & 27th Regiments and 7th Battalion, during the attack on the Federal defenses, and only the 11th South Carolina's flag was saved from being captured.
After the fighting these flags were turned over to the commanding officer and eventually transferred to the War Department in Washington, D.C. The flags were assigned capture numbers 154, 155, 156 & 159, however, only that of the 27th Regiment was identified (Capture No. 159), and exactly which flag belonged to the 7th Battalion, 21st & 25th Regiments was lost - being one of the remaining three. From 1865 to 1905 the flags remained in storage at the War Department building in Washington, until March 1905, when the captured flags were ordered to returned to the States from which they came, however, since no positive identity could be attached to Capture Numbers 154, 155 & 156 they, with other unknown flags, were transferred in 1906 to the Confederate Memorial Literary Society in Richmond, Virginia. The Society eventually became the Museum of the Confederacy and is today known as the American Civil War Museum, which retains possession of the three flags. |
Of the three flags, Capture Number 154 may have belonged to the 7th Battalion, leaving Capture Numbers 155 & 156 as belonging to the 21st and 25th Infantry Regiments; Capture No. 156 (for No. 155 see the 21st Infantry Regiment) is made of red, white and blue wool bunting, this flag measures 50" on the fly and 46" on the hoist and is attached to the staff by a 2' 1/4" wide strip of blue bunting, sewn along the leading edge. The cross is made of dark blue bunting 8' 1/2" wide, with a 1" wide white edging around the borders of the blue, and each of the thirteen (13) five-pointed stars are made of cotton and measure 4' 1/4" in diameter and sewn on both sides. The white border surrounding the flag is 2' 1/2" wide.
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.
Volume V (South Carolina), "Confederate Military History." Clement A. Evans, Confederate Publishing Company, Atlanta, Georgia, 1899.
"Historical Sketch of the South Carolina 25th Infantry Regiment." John C. Rigdon; Eastern Digital Resources; 2004.
"Memoirs of the War of Secession." Johnson Hagood, The State Company, Columbia, South Carolina, 1910.
"Recollections and Reminiscences, 1861-1865, Thru World War I." South Carolina Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy; 1993.
Volume 2 - Page 578 (Co. H)
Volume 3 - Pages 5 (D.B. McCreight, Co. C), 11 (W.W. Culler) & 175 (J.J. McIntyre, Co. D)
Volume 5 - Pages 116 (S. Dibble, Co. G), 124 (T.J. Glover), 130 (Co. G), 135 (W.V. Izlar, Co. G), 136 (J.F. Izlar, Co. G), 159 (Co. F) & 164 (T. Kohn, Co. G)
Volume 6 - Page 25 (J.J. McIntyre, Co. D)
Volume 7 - Pages 17 (D.B. Bookhart), 61 (J.M. Matthews), 71, 75, 78 (L.T. Izlar, Co. G), 203 (M.J.D. Dantzler, Co. G), 276 (Co. F) & 440 (L.F. Rush)
Volume 8 - Page 36 (T.G. Simmons)
"A Sketch of the War Record of the Edisto Rifles, 1861-1865." William V. Izlar; The State Company, Columbia, South Carolina; 1914.
"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 161 to 174, Volume I (The Lowcountry & Pee Dee), "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. (M267 Rolls 343 - Twenty Fifth Infantry (Eutaw Regiment), A-B; 344 - C-E; 345 - F-H; 346 - I-Ma; 347 - Mc-O; 348 - P-Si; 349 - Sm-Z). The National Archives Microfilm Publications; Washington, D.C.
Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units in Confederate Organizations. (Roll 48 - South Carolina - Twentieth Infantry through Miscellaneous). The National Archives Microfilm Publications; Washington, D.C.
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