BATTALION ROSTERFIRST (1ST) SOUTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEER SHARPSHOOTER BATTALION
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The battalion Field & Staff was appointed on June 21st, 1862, and organized under Major Joseph Abney, formerly Colonel of the 22nd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The staff initially consisted of Major Abney assisted by officers and non-commissioned officers detailed from the line companies, with 1st Lieutenant Julius G. Huguenin of Company B being detailed as Adjutant and 3rd Lieutenant John G. Guignard of Company A as Assistant Quartermaster. On September 30th, 1863, the battalion staff was consolidated with the 1st (Charleston) South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Battalion to create the 27th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and in the new organization Major Abney became Major of the new regiment while Assistant Quartermaster Abram Huguenin was transferred to the Quartermaster's Department in place of the Quartermaster of the 1st Battalion.
MAJOR
Abney, Joseph: Of Edgefield District, South Carolina. Enrolled in 1846, for the duration of the war; mustered into service as Second Lieutenant of Company D of the Palmetto Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers on December 14th, 1846, at Charleston, South Carolina; severely wounded in action (shoulder) on August 20th, 1847, at Churubusco, Mexico; mustered out of service with the company on June 30th, 1848, at Mobile, Alabama. Enrolled as Captain of the "Edgefield Reserves (Blues)" on December 7th, 1861, at Edgefield, South Carolina, for twelve months service; elected as the Colonel of the 22nd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on January 29th, 1862; served with the regiment at Camp Hampton in Columbia, South Carolina, from February to March 1862; with the regiment in camp at the Racecourse in Charleston, South Carolina, form March to May 1862; failed to be re-elected at the reorganization of the regiment and was dropped from the regimental rolls on May 5th, 1862. Appointed as Major of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Sharpshooter Battalion on June 21st, 1862, for the duration of the war; served with the battalion at Grahamville, South Carolina, from September to October 1862; at Hardeeville, South Carolina, from October to December 1862, during which time he was detailed to court-martial duty from November 10th to 13th, 1862; with the battalion at Coosawhatchie, South Carolina, from January to May 1863; at Secessionville, James Island, South Carolina, from May to June 1863; at Battery White near Georgetown, South Carolina, from June to September 1863; honorably discharged per orders on September 30th, 1863, upon the consolidation of the battalion. Enrolled and was mustered into service as Major of the 27th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry on October 2nd, 1863, at Legare's Point, James Island, South Carolina, for the duration of the war; absent, on a twenty-day leave of absence from December 10th, 1863, for the purpose of obtaining a horse; his leave of absence is extended six-days from December 28th, 1863, on a Surgeon' s Certificate due to "...a recent injury to left arm and wrist;" served with the regiment at Legare's Point, James Island, South Carolina, from January to April 1864; wounded in action (gunshot wound of the flesh of the right side) on May 16th, 1864, at Drewry' s Bluff, Virginia; admitted to General Hospital No. 4 in Richmond, Virginia, on May 17th, 1864, suffering from a gunshot wound; furloughed for thirty-days, due to wounds, from May 24th, 1864; absent, due to wounds, from May to December 1864; ordered on November 27th, 1864, to "...proceed to Edgefield & Barnwell Dist.'s for the purpose of inducing agriculturalists to send their produce to Government Depots, for security from the enemy...;" in a letter from Brigadier General Johnson Hagood on December 3rd, 1864, he wrote that: "Major Abney, within mentioned, has been "absent without leave" since 15th Oct. Tho letters have been rec'd from him in relation to his absence, they have been entirely unsatisfactory, he has been so informed by letter...The duty upon which he has been put by the within order does not appear to me to be of that kind which would warrant the local Comndr in interfering with this officers return to his proper duty...This whole matter is respectfully brought to the attention of Comndg Genl. It is an exceedingly difficult matter to get back persons to the command, as a general thing, when they once get home, & I must seriously object to my officers being stopped by local comndrs & put upon any such duty as this that could be infinitely better done by a committee of citizens or by the recognized civil authorities...There has been no field officer with Maj. Abney' s Regt since 21st Aug. last;" admitted to the Pettigrew General Hospital No. 13 in Raleigh, North Carolina, on January 20th, 1865, suffering from chronic diarrhea and rheumatism; returned to duty on January 24th, 1865; retired to the Invalid Corps, P.A.C.S., on March 6th, 1865, due to ill health; no further record after March 1865. [Born on December 2nd, 1819, near Lorick' s Ferry (later known as Herbert' s Ferry) on the Saluda River in Edgefield District, South Carolina, the son of John & Agatha Griffith Abney; employed as a teacher in Edgefield District, no dates; studied law in Abbeville, South Carolina, under Mr. Perrin, along with fellow student Samuel McGowan, to 1842; admitted to the South Carolina State Bar in 1842, at Columbia, South Carolina; opened, and operated, a law office in Abbeville, South Carolina, in partnership with John A. Calhoun, from 1842 to 1843; opened, and operated, a law practice in Edgefield, South Carolina, in partnership at various times with George McDuffie, James Terry, James A. Chapman and Henry T. Wright, from 1843 to 1861; served as the editor of the “Edgefield Advertiser” in Edgefield, South Carolina, no dates; elected from Edgefield District to, and served in, the South Carolina State House of Representatives from 1851 to 1852; married Miss Susan Margaret Miller in February 1858; elected, and served, as the Intendant (Mayor) of Edgefield, South Carolina, no dates; attended the organizational meeting of the Southern Colonization Society in Edgefield, South Carolina, on August 21st, 1865, and was elected as the President of the Society in September 1865; resided in Brazil from 1866 to 1868; elected from Edgefield County to, and served in, the South Carolina State House of Representatives, no dates; died (of meningitis) on February 2nd, 1870, at his home in Edgefield, South Carolina; buried at Willowbrook Baptist Church Cemetery in Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina.]
Sources - CSR (1SS, 22IR, 27IR), GS, HE, MWS, OBIT
ADJUTANT
Huguenin, Julius Gillison: July 1st, 1862, to September 30th, 1863 - See 1st Lieutenant of Company B
ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER
Guignard, John G.: July 4th, 1862, to April 4th, 1863 - See 3rd Lieutenant of Company A
Huguenin, Abram (Abraham): Of Beaufort District, South Carolina.
ASSISTANT SURGEON
SERGEANT MAJOR
QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT
HOSPITAL STEWARD
The company was authorized on June 22nd, 1862, per special order of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida, and began its organization under Captain Robert Chisholm in Charleston, South Carolina. Designated as Company A of the First (1st) South Carolina Volunteer Sharpshooter Battalion, the men were composed of a handful of new recruits and men transferred from other regiments then serving along Coastal South Carolina, completing its organization by July 23rd, 1862. Reporting with the battalion, the men served from August to December 1862 at Grahamville, South Carolina, taking part on October 22nd in the action at Pocotaligo where they had two (2) men wounded. Moving to Coosawhatchie in January 1863, they were transferred with the battalion first to James Island in April and then to Georgetown in May 1863, and returned to James Island in mid-September 1863.
On September 30th, 1863, the battalion was ordered to be consolidated with the 1st (Charleston) Infantry Battalion and designated as the 27th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment, in this consolidation and reorganization on October 2nd, 1863, at Legare's Point, James Island, South Carolina, the company was designated as Company E of the new regiment.
CAPTAIN
Chisholm, Robert: Enrolled on July 23rd, 1862, at Charleston, South Carolina, for the duration of the war; mustered into service as Captain of Company A of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Sharpshooter Battalion on October 7th, 1862, to rank from June 22nd, 1862; absent, sick, in August 1862; absent, on inspection duty, in April 1863; in command of the battalion in June 1863; absent, on detached service arresting deserters from the battalion in August 1863; transferred as Captain of Company E of the 27th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on September 30th, 1863, at Legare's Point, James Island, South Carolina; on duty with a regimental court of inquiry in October 1863; present, sick in quarters, in December 1863; absent, on detached service guarding prisoners on James Island, South Carolina, to May 14th, 1864; absent, sick, in August 1864; absent, detailed to court-martial duty, in November 1864; court-martialed in February 1865; no further record after February 1865.
Sources - CSR (1SSB & 27IR), MWS
FIRST LIEUTENANT
Hayne, Isaac W.: Enrolled and was mustered into service as First Lieutenant of Company A of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Sharpshooter Battalion on July 2nd, 1862, at Charleston, South Carolina, for the duration of the war; tendered his resignation, having declined the appointment, which was accepted, and he was honorably discharged from the service on August 29th, 1862.
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Proctor, Stephen Royer: Enrolled and was mustered into service as First Lieutenant of Company A of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Sharpshooter Battalion on October 30th, 1862, to rank from October 12th, 1862, for the duration of the war, vice Lieutenant Hayne had resigned; absent, on sick furlough, in June 1863; present, sick in camp, in August 1863; absent, sick, from September 27th, 1863, to January 1864; transferred as First Lieutenant of Company E of the 27th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on September 30th, 1863, at Legare's Point, James Island, South Carolina; wounded in action on June 18th, 1864, at Petersburg, Virginia; admitted to the Virginia Hospital at Richmond, Virginia, on June 19th, 1864; transferred to the Jackson Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, on June 20th, 1864; furlough for thirty-days from July 1864; admitted to the Receiving & Wayside Hospital (General Hospital No. 9) in Richmond, Virginia, on December 12th, 1864, suffering from orchitis; transferred to the Jackson Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, on December 13th, 1864; returned to duty on December 20th, 1864; captured in action on February 20th, 1865, at Town Creek, North Carolina; taken as a prisoner of war to Fort Anderson, North Carolina, on February 20th, 1865; transferred to the prisoner of war camp at Point Lookout, Maryland, on February 25th, 1865, arriving on February 28th, 1865; transferred to the Old Capital Prison at Washington, D.C., on February 28th, 1865, arriving on March 1st, 1865; transferred to the prisoner of war camp at Fort Delaware, Delaware, on March 24th, 1865, arriving on March 25th, 1865; released upon taking the oath of allegiance on June 4th, 1865, at Fort Delaware, Delaware, at the time he was described as being 5 ft. 7 in. tall, of a dark complexion, with dark hair and grey hairs. [Born in 1844 in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Stephen Richard (1816-1882) & Elodie Marie Louise Toutant Beauregard Proctor (1823-1889); died on September 27th, 1878, at New Orleans, Louisiana; buried at the Saint Vincent de Paul Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.]
Sources - CSR (1SSB & 27IR), GS, MWS
SECOND LIEUTENANT
Crooker, T.B.: Enlisted and was mustered into service as a Private in Company A of the 22nd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on January 25th, 1862, at Camp Hampton near Columbia, South Carolina, for twelve months' service; appointed as the Regimental Adjutant, with the rank of First Lieutenant, in February 1862 at Camp Hampton, South Carolina; failed to be re-elected upon the reorganization of the regiment and was honorably discharged per orders on May 5th, 1862. Enlisted and was mustered into service as First Sergeant of Company A of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Sharpshooter Battalion on August 12th, 1862, at Edgefield, South Carolina, for the duration of the war; honorably discharged per orders on November 18th, 1862, to accept an appointment. Enrolled and was mustered into service as Third Lieutenant of Company A of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Sharpshooter Battalion on November 18th, 1862, to rank from October 1st, 1862, for the duration of the war, vice Lieutenant Guignard had resigned; promoted to Second Lieutenant on July 13th, 1863, to rank from July 9th, 1863, vice Lieutenant Dunovant had resigned; absent, without leave, from September 23rd, 1863; transferred as Second Lieutenant of Company E of the 27th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on September 30th, 1863, at Legare's Point, James Island, South Carolina; under arrest from December 22nd, 1863, and had charged preferred against him in January 1864, however, remained on duty due to the lack of officers then on duty with the regiment; wounded in action (right ankle) on May 15th, 1864, at Petersburg, Virginia; admitted to the Receiving & Wayside Hospital (General Hospital No. 9) in Richmond, Virginia, on May 16th, 1864, suffering from a gunshot wound of the right ankle; transferred to the Jackson Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, on May 17th, 1864; furloughed from May 28th, 1864; returned to duty on June 1st, 1864; admitted to the Receiving & Wayside Hospital (General Hospital No. 9) in Richmond, Virginia, on December 4th, 1864, suffering from chronic dysentery; transferred to the Jackson Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, on December 5th, 1864; furloughed from December 16th, 1864; returned to duty on January 12th, 1865; no further record after January 1865.
Sources - CSR (1SSB, 22IR & 27IR), MWS
Dunovant, T.J.: Enrolled and was mustered into service as Second Lieutenant of Company A of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Sharpshooter Battalion on August 5th, 1862, with rank from July 1st, 1862, for the duration of the war; brought up on court-martialed charges in February 1863, the charges are unknown; absent, without leave, in April 1863; tendered his resignation on May 23rd, 1863, as a result of "...my health is bad, and charges moreover having been preferred against me, it has been unpleasant for me to remain an officer of the corps to which I belong...," his resignation was accepted, and he was honorably discharged from the service on June 5th, 1863. [Born ca. 1828.]
Sources - CSR (1SSB), MWS
THIRD LIEUTENANT (BREVET SECOND LIEUTENANT)
Guignard, John G.: Enrolled on June 23rd, 1862, at Charleston, South Carolina, for the duration of the war; mustered into service as Third Lieutenant of Company A on October 4th, 1862, with rank from July 5th, 1862; detailed as the Battalion Assistant Quartermaster from July 5th, 1862; tendered his resignation, which was accepted, and he was honorably discharged from the service in November 1862.
Sources - CSR (1SSB & 27IR), MWS
Kemmerlin (Remmerlin), Samuel Middleton: Enrolled on July 20th, 1861, at Summerville, South Carolina, for twelve months' service; mustered into service as Captain of Company C of the 1st (Hagood's) South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on August 22nd, 1861, at Summerville, South Carolina; failed to be re-elected at the reorganization of the company and was honorably discharged from the service on April 11th, 1862. Enlisted and was mustered into service as a Private in Company A of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Sharpshooter Battalion on April 8th, 1863, at Orangeburg, South Carolina, for the duration of the war; absent, on a leave of absence in April 1863; promoted to First Sergeant prior to June 1863; honorably discharged per orders on July 13th, 1863, to accept an appointment. Enrolled and was mustered into service as Third Lieutenant of Company A of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Sharpshooter Battalion on July 13th, 1863, to rank from July 9th, 1863, for the duration of the war, vice Lieutenant Crooker was promoted; absent, sick, from July 20th, 1863; transferred as Third Lieutenant of Company E of the 27th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on September 30th, 1863, at Legare's Point, James Island, South Carolina; investigated on the charges of aide & abetting desertions among the enlisted men of the company from October to November 1863, and was found guilty; absent, sick, in December 1863; wounded in action (right hip) on May 7th, 1864, at Port Walthall Junction, Virginia; admitted to the South Carolina Hospital at Petersburg, Virginia, on May 7th, 1864, suffering from a gunshot wound in the right hip; furloughed for thirty-days from June 1st, 1864; absent, without leave, in December 1864; tendered his resignation, which was accepted, and he was honorably discharged from the service on March 14th, 1865. [Born on January 4th, 1836; married Miss Carrie M.C. Fairey (1832-1909), no date; died on June 21st, 1892; buried at the Santee First Baptist Church Cemetery in Elloree, Orangeburg County, South Carolina.]
Sources - CSR (1IR, 1SSB & 27IR), GS, MWS
FIRST SERGEANT
SERGEANT
Cady, T.N.
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Cady, W.N.
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Davis, J.R.
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Jackson, J.M.
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CORPORAL
Castin, W.J.
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Watts, W.P.
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Wood, F.
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PRIVATE
Abney, J.B.
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Barse, D.J.
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Beck, M.J.
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Bolin, S.E.
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Brooker, B.D.
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Brown, Joshua
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Brown, Josiah
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Carson, J.C.
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Cartin, E.
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Cartin, W.C.
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Centerfield, S.
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Chapman, D.N.
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Coats, D.N.
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Cockerell, J.
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Coffee, J.H.
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Crabtree, G.
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Craft, J.
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Cromer, J.R.
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Davenport, H.
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Dockins, L.
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Duncan, G.W.
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Duncan, T.J.
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Fowler, R.
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Garrick, J.R.
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Gleaton, W.M.
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Gregory, John T.
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Hall, J.C.
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Hallman, J.W.
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Hammond, H.
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Hendrix, G.S.
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Hull, J.M.
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Humphries, M.
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Humphries, W.L.
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Jackson, J.P.
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Jones, J.A.
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Jones, L.M.
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Jones, W.F.
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Kissick, J.W.
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Kissick, T.R.
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Leach, J.
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Madden, L.C.
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McGill, A.
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Murphy, J.M.
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Nates, J.C.
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Neal, B.
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Neal, R.L.
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Owens, J.A.
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Owens, J.L.
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Owens, W.R.
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Poole, John
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Ready, J.P.
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Redmore, J.L.
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Rice, J.N.
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Rumbly, A.J.
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Scott, F.T.
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Shirey, S.W.
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Slaggs, R.
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Smith, E.
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Smith, W.S.
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Thrift, John: Enlisted on December 24th, 1861, at Newberry, South Carolina, for the duration of the war; mustered into service as a Private in Company F of the 20th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on December 25th, 1861, at Sullivan's Island, South Carolina; transferred as a Private to Company A of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Sharpshooter Battalion on July 14th, 1862; absent, without leave, from February 7th, 1863; absent, without leave, from July 1st to 14th, 1863; transferred as a Private to Company E of the 27th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on September 30th, 1863, at Legare's Point, James Island, South Carolina; absent, on detached service with the Division Pioneer Corps in August 1864; no further record after September 1864. [Born ca. 1836.]
Sources - CSR (1SSB, 20IR & 27IR), MWS
Ulm, Kelso M. (Kelsey, R.M.): Enlisted and was mustered into service as a Private in Company A of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Sharpshooter Battalion on December 22nd, 1862, at Houston, Georgia, for the duration of the war; present, sick in quarters, in June 1863; absent, without leave, from August 28th to September 6th, 1863; transferred as a Private to Company E of the 27th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on September 30th, 1863, at Legare's Point, James Island, South Carolina; absent, on detached service at Branchville, South Carolina, from February 13th, 1864; admitted to the Jackson Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, on October 2nd, 1864, suffering from jaundice; died of disease (jaundice) on December 10th, 1864, at Richmond, Virginia. [Born ca. 1827) in Georgia, the son of Henry Ulm; married Miss Elizabeth Lenora Dixon, no date; died on December 10th, 1864, at Richmond, Virginia; buried at the Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia.]
Sources - CSR (1SSB & 27IR), GS, MWS
Varnes, W.M.
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Walker, James
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Whetten, A.M.
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Williams, D.N.
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Willson, J.C.
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Wood, Jesse
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Zeigler, D.F.
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The company was authorized on June 23rd, 1862, per special order of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida, and began its organization under Captain Joseph B. Allston in Charleston, South Carolina. Designated as Company B of the First (1st) South Carolina Volunteer Sharpshooter Battalion, the men were composed of a handful of new recruits and men transferred from other regiments then serving along Coastal South Carolina, completing its organization by July 23rd, 1862. The company served with the battalion at Grahamville, South Carolina, from August to September 1862, and on October 13th was moved to McPhersonville. In camp for only a few days they were quickly thrown forward on October 22nd and were engaged in the battle of Pocotaligo, where Captain Allston was slightly wounded in action. Following the battle the company remained in the area of the battlefield until November 1st when they moved to Screven's Plantation and went into winter quarters there, remaining until March 6th, 1863, when they were moved to the Combahee Ferry for picket duty. On May 12th the company was ordered to rejoin the battalion, and breaking camp moved to Secessionville on James Island, arriving on May 17th. Remaining in camp a short time, on June 6th they were ordered north to Georgetown with the battalion, and on June 9th arrived and went into camp on the 13th near Battery White, where they remained until September. Leaving from Georgetown on September 23rd, the company arrived at Legare's Point on James Island, South Carolina, on September 28th, and went into camp.
On September 30th, 1863, the battalion was ordered to be consolidated with the 1st (Charleston) Infantry Battalion and designated as the 27th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment; in this consolidation and reorganization on October 2nd, 1863, the company was designated as Company F of the new regiment.
CAPTAIN
Allston, Joseph Blythe: Of Georgetown District, South Carolina. Enrolled and was mustered into service as Captain of Company A of the 9th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Battalion on January 1st, 1862, at Waccamaw Neck, South Carolina, for twelve months' service; failed to be re-elected upon the reorganization of the company and was honorably discharged from the service on May 19th, 1862. Enrolled and was mustered into service as Captain of Company B of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Battalion on June 23rd, 1862, at Charleston, South Carolina, for the duration of the war; slightly wounded in action (right forearm and right buttock) on October 22nd, 1862, at Pocotaligo, South Carolina; detailed to duty as a Mustering & Inspection Officer in October 1862; detailed as a Judge Advocate General to a general court-martial at Charleston, South Carolina, to January 1863; detailed to duty as a Mustering & Inspecting Officer in February 1863; absent, on a sick leave of absence, from April 2nd, 1863; absent, on inspection duty in August 1863; transferred as Captain of Company F of the 27th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on September 30th, 1863, at Legare's Point, James Island, South Carolina; absent, on inspection duty in February 1864; wounded in action on May 16th, 1864, at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia; admitted to the Receiving & Wayside Hospital (General Hospital No. 9) in Richmond, Virginia, on May 17th, 1864, suffering from a gunshot wound; transferred to Chimborazo Hospital No. 1 in Richmond, Virginia, on May 22nd, 1864; furloughed for sixty-days from June 7th, 1864; captured in action on February 20th, 1865, at Town Creek, North Carolina; taken as a prisoner of war to Fort Anderson, North Carolina, on February 20th, 1865; transferred to the prisoner of war camp at Point Lookout, Maryland, on February 25th, 1865, arriving on February 28th, 1865; transferred to the Old Capital Prison at Washington, D.C., on February 28th, 1865, arriving on March 1st, 1865; transferred to the prisoner of war camp at Fort Delaware, Delaware, on March 24th, 1865, arriving on March 25th, 1865; released upon taking the oath of allegiance on June 17th, 1865, at Fort Delaware, Delaware, at the time he was described as being 5 ft. 7 in. tall, of a light complexion, with blue eyes and dark hair. [Born on February 8th, 1833, in Georgetown, South Carolina, the son of Joseph Waties (1798-1834) & Mary Kerr Allan Allston (1805-1841); married Miss Mary Caroline North, no date; applied for, and received, a Presidential Pardon on September 13th, 1865; died on January 29th, 1904, at Georgetown, South Carolina; buried at the Badwell Cemetery near Buffalo, McCormick County, South Carolina.]
Sources - CSR (9IB, 1SSB & 27IR), GS, MWS
FIRST LIEUTENANT
Huguenin, Julius Gillison: Of Beaufort District, South Carolina. Served as a Volunteer Aide-de-Camp on the staff of Major General John C. Pemberton, PACS, from January to June 1862; appointed as an Aide-de-Camp, with the rank of First Lieutenant, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States on April 19th, 1862, to rank from April 1st, 1862, however, he declined the appointment on May 5th, 1862. Enrolled on June 30th, 1862, at Charleston, South Carolina, for the duration of the war; mustered into service as First Lieutenant of Company B of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Sharpshooter Battalion on July 1st, 1862, at Charleston, South Carolina; detailed as the acting Battalion Adjutant from July 1862 to September 30th, 1863; absent, on furlough, in October 1862; absent, on furlough, in April 1863; absent, on a sick furlough, from August to September 3rd, 1863; transferred as First Lieutenant of Company F of the 27th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on September 30th, 1863, at Legare's Point, James Island, South Carolina; absent, on a ten-days leave of absence, in October 1863; absent, on a sixty-days sick leave of absence, from November 27th, 1863; absent, on detached service at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, in February 1864; absent, on detached service at Branchville, South Carolina, in April 1864; wounded in action (right side) on June 24th, 1864, at Petersburg, Virginia; admitted to the Receiving & Wayside Hospital (General Hospital No. 9) in Richmond, Virginia, on June 25th, 1864, suffering from a gunshot wound of the right side; transferred to General Hospital No. 4 in Richmond, Virginia, on July 1st, 1864; furloughed for forty-days from July 12th, 1864; captured in action on February 20th, 1865, at Town Creek, North Carolina; taken as a prisoner of war to Fort Anderson, North Carolina, on February 20th, 1865; transferred to the prisoner of war camp at Point Lookout, Maryland, on February 25th, 1865, arriving on February 28th, 1865; transferred to the Old Capital Prison at Washington, D.C., on February 28th, 1865, arriving on March 1st, 1865; transferred to the prisoner of war camp at Fort Delaware, Delaware, on March 24th, 1865, arriving on March 25th, 1865; released upon taking the oath of allegiance on June 17th, 1865, at Fort Delaware, Delaware, at the time he was described as being 6 ft. tall, of a fair complexion, with brown eyes and dark hair. [Born on March 21st, 1840, in Beaufort, South Carolina, the son of Julius Gillison (1806-1862) & Eliza Louisiana Morrell Huguenin (1815-1861); married Miss Mary Hopkins Adams (1839-1915) on May 10th, 1859; died on October 7th, 1884, at Hopkins, South Carolina; buried at St. John’s Episcopal Church Congaree Cemetery in Congaree, Richland County, South Carolina.]
Sources - CSR (Staff, 1SSB & 27IR), GS, MWS
SECOND LIEUTENANT
Stewart (Stuart), Middleton: Of Beaufort District, South Carolina. Enrolled in February 1861 at Beaufort, South Carolina, for twelve months' service; mustered into service as Captain of Company E of the 11th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on June 24th, 1861, at Bay Point, South Carolina; failed to be re-elected upon the reorganization of the company on May 3rd, 1862; honorably discharged from the service on May 5th, 1862. Enrolled on July 1st, 1862, at Charleston, South Carolina, for the duration of the war; mustered into service as Second Lieutenant of Company B of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Sharpshooter Battalion on October 4th, 1862, to rank from July 1st, 1862; wounded in action (right arm) on October 22nd, 1862, at Pocotaligo, South Carolina; absent, due to wounds, from October 1862; absent, on detached service with a general court-martial, in February 1863; present, sick in quarters, in June 1863; detailed as the acting Battalion Adjutant from August to September 1863; transferred as Second Lieutenant of Company F of the 27th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on September 30th, 1863, at Legare's Point, James Island, South Carolina; absent, on detached service arresting deserters from October 12th, 1863; absent, on detached service as an Enrolling Officer in Colleton District, South Carolina, from November 16th, 1863, to June 8th, 1864, his is detached to this duty as a result of his being "…unable to distinguish persons across the room without glasses and totally blind at night…"; ordered to rejoin the regiment on June 8th, 1864; detailed as the Enrolling Officer of Colleton District, South Carolina, from July 4th, 1864, to April 26th, 1865; surrendered and paroled on May 19th, 1865, at Augusta, Georgia. [Born ca. 1831.]
Sources - CSR (1SSB, 11IR & 27IR), MWS
THIRD LIEUTENANT (BREVET SECOND LIEUTENANT)
Cater, Edwin Postell: Of Summerville, Charleston District, South Carolina. Enlisted and was mustered into service as a Private in Company C of Manigault's Battalion of South Carolina Volunteers on November 18th, 1861, at Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, for twelve months' service; honorably discharged per orders on January 1st, 1862, to accept an appointment. Enrolled and was mustered into service as Adjutant, with the rank of First Lieutenant of Manigault's Battalion of South Carolina Volunteers on January 1st, 1862, at McClellanville, South Carolina, for twelve months' service; discharged per orders on May 31st, 1862, upon the disbanding of the battalion. Enrolled a Third Lieutenant on July 4th, 1862, for the duration of the war; mustered into service as Third Lieutenant of Company B of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Sharpshooter Battalion on October 4th, 1862, with rank from July 4th, 1862; wounded in action (contusion from a shell fragment on right hip) on October 22nd, 1862, at Pocotaligo, South Carolina; absent, on a leave of absence, from June 6th, 1863; absent, on detached service arresting deserters in Clarendon, Sumter & Marion District's, South Carolina, from August to September 1863; absent, on a twenty-days leave of absence, from September 15th, 1863; transferred as Third Lieutenant of Company F of the 27th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on September 30th, 1863, at Legare's Point, James Island, South Carolina; on detached service as the acting Regimental Adjutant in October 1863; absent, on detached service at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, in February 1864; absent, on a leave of absence, in March 1864; admitted to General Hospital No. 4 in Wilmington, North Carolina, on May 5th, 1864, suffering from remittent fever; returned to duty on May 10th, 1864; admitted to the South Carolina Hospital at Petersburg, Virginia, on May 29th, 1864, suffering from remittent fever; transferred to the General Hospital at Columbia, South Carolina, on June 1st, 1864; absent without leave from July 6th, 1864; writes to the Adjutant & Inspector General at Richmond, Virginia, on August 7th, 1864, requesting to be appointed as a Captain and assigned to provost duty at Milledgeville, Georgia, stating that he had been recommend for post duty by a Medical Review Board due to disability; dropped from the rolls of the regiment on December 1st, 1864, per request of Brigadier General Johnson Hagood, for having been absent without leave since July 6th, 1864. [Born on April 14th, 1841; married Miss Imogen Layton on January 8th, 1879, in Gainesville, Florida; died on January 28th, 1899, at Gainesville, Florida; buried at the Evergreen Cemetery in Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida.]
Sources - CSR (MB, 1SSB & 27IR), GS, MWS
FIRST SERGEANT
Floyd, Thomas G.
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Watts, Pickens B.
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SERGEANT
Boozer, Jacob
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Gibbons, J.P.
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Staubs, Jacob
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CORPORAL
Attaway, T.G.
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Kirby, Evander
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Lemon, W.O.
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Stone, W.L.
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CORPORAL
Boatwright, Eli
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Welch, Joseph
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PRIVATE
Aaron, J.J.
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Arthur, J.T.
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Attaway, J.A.
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Aultman, Thomas
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Bailey, Samuel
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Barfield, M.
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Barfield, W.H.
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Benenhaley, John
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Benenhaley, Randall
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Birkett, W.H.
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Bladon, T.J.
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Bowman, J.W.D.
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Brodie, M.
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Brown, William
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Bryant, J.T.
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Butler, C.W.
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Calder, James
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Calder, Malcolm
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Calder, W.
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Chandler, Isaac J.
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Cockerill, Wesley
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Coulter, Alexander
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Dean, John
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Deas, Franklyn
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De Loach, Allen
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De Loach, Caleb
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De Loach, George
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De Loach, Milledge
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De Loach, William
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Desnoyers, L.
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Dorman, D.
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Earle, T.T.
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Floyd, W.H.
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Fulmer, W.T.
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Galloway, S.P.
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Galloway, W.T.
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Gant, W.H.
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Gibbons, J.C.
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Gibbs, Joseph
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Gibbs, Thomas E.
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Glisson, J.C.
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Goodman, J.H.
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Graham, G.
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Griffith, H.W.
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Healy, F.W.
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Healy, J.B.
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Hulon, Ervin
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Hunt, Charles
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Hunt, George
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Jones, David
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Keaton, John
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Keels, D.E.
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Lane, James D.
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Lemmon, W.H.B.
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Logan, A.J.
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Logan, F.S.
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Long, John M.
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Long, W.W.
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Long, William
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McDaniel, P.B.
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Moore, J.K.
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Moore, S.R.
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Moyd, E.M.
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Murrell, B.L.
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Newberry, A. McCants
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Padgett, ___
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Plunkett, C.
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Proctor, D.
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Reddy, James
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Reddy, William
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Rutland, Ezekial
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Seay, George W.
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Singletary, John J.
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Smith, James
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Smith, J.R.
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Smith, S.M.
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Tanner, Edward D.
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Tanner, James
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Taylor, Henry
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Taylor, J.W.
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Thomas, D.R.
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Thomas, Huger
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Thomas, James
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Thomas, Oliver
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Thomas, Rowan
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Thornhill, B.B.
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Tolson, B.G.
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Traynham, A.J.
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Turner, G.W.
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Vausse, A.E.
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Vausse, J.J.
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Walden, J.
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Walker, Nathaniel
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Weaver, J.P.
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Weaver, Oscar
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Welch, Samuel
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Welch, S.W.
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White, J.W.
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Wightman, W.S.
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Williams, J.
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Woodward, J.M.
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Woodward, W.
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Wright, James
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The company was authorized on June 24th, 1862, per special order of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida, and began its organization under Captain Henry Buist in Charleston, South Carolina. Designated as Company C of the First (1st) South Carolina Volunteer Sharpshooter Battalion, the men were composed of a handful of new recruits and men transferred from other regiments then serving along Coastal South Carolina, completing its organization by July 23rd, 1862. Joining the battalion, the company served with them at Grahamville, South Carolina, from August to November 1862, and in November was moved to Bee's Creek Hill for picket duty. Moved to Coosawhatchie in January 1863, they moved with the battalion to Secessionville on James Island in May, before being sent north to Georgetown in June. Arriving on June 9th they went into camp with the battalion near Battery White and remained there until September when they were ordered to return to the Charleston area. It was during this time that Captain Buist was detailed with the officers and several men of the company in August 1863 for the purpose of assisting in the organization of a light battery of artillery to be attached to the 20th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment; the efforts towards this organization were continued until October or November 1863, when the organization was declared illegal and discontinued with the men being returned to their original organizations.
On September 23rd, 1863, the company was ordered, with the battalion, to return to the Charleston area, and left Georgetown on September 23rd, and went into camp on September 28th at Legare's Point on James Island. On September 30th, 1863, the battalion was ordered to be consolidated with the 1st (Charleston) Infantry Battalion and designated as the 27th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment; in this consolidation and reorganization on October 2nd, 1863, the company was designated as Company G of the new regiment.
CAPTAIN
Buist, Henry: Enrolled as Captain on June 24th, 1862, at Charleston, South Carolina, for the duration of the war; mustered into service as Captain of Company C of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Sharpshooter Battalion on October 4th, 1862, to rank from June 30th, 1862; absent, on detached service as a Judge Advocate with a General Court-Martial at Charleston, South Carolina, from January 23rd, 1863; absent, on a leave of absence, in February 1863; absent, on detached service as a Judge Advocate with a General Court-Martial at Charleston, South Carolina, from March 18th, 1863; absent, on detached service with a General Court-Martial at Charleston, South Carolina, from May 20th, 1863; absent, on a leave of absence, in May 1863; absent, on a leave of absence, from August 1863; transferred as Captain of Company G of the 27th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on September 30th, 1863, at Legare's Point, James Island, South Carolina; absent, on detached service in raising a company of light artillery attached to the 20th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment from August to November 1863; absent, on a furlough, from October 21st, 1863; absent, on detached service as an acting Assistant Adjutant General from November 1863 to February 1864; absent, on a leave of absence, in February 1864; absent, on a leave of absence, from April 25th, 1864; captured in action on June 24th, 1864, near Petersburg, Virginia; taken as a prisoner of war to Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, on June 24th, 1864; transferred to the Military Prison at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, on June 25th, 1864; transferred to the prisoner of war camp at Point Lookout, Maryland, on June 26th, 1864; transferred to the Old Capital Prison at Washington, D.C., on June 28th, 1864, arriving on June 30th, 1864; transferred to the prisoner of war camp at Fort Delaware, Delaware, on July 22nd, 1864, arriving on July 23rd, 1864; paroled on August 20th, 1864, and forwarded for exchange to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina; exchanged on October 3rd, 1864, at Charleston, South Carolina, for Captain J.G. McWilliams of the 57th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment; absent, on detached service as a Judge Advocate with a General Court-Martial at Charleston, South Carolina, from November 1864; absent, without leave, from December 1864; tendered his resignation, which was accepted, and he was honorably discharged from the service on February 4th, 1865. [Born on December 25th, 1829, at Charleston, South Carolina, the son of George (1805-1877) & Mary Edwards Jones Buist (1806-1876); married Miss Lydia S. Lucas (1832-1859), no date; re-married to Miss Elizabeth Rutledge Ingraham (1832-1904), no date; died on June 9th, 1887, at Charleston, South Carolina; buried at Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina.]
Sources - CSR (1SSB, 20IR & 27IR), GS, MWS
FIRST LIEUTENANT
Holman, Edward H.: Of Orangeburg District, South Carolina. Enrolled on April 12th, 1861, for twelve months' service; mustered into service as Second Lieutenant of Company D of the 1st (Hagood's) South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on August 22nd, 1861, at Summerville, South Carolina; absent, on sick furlough, in November 1861; promoted to First Lieutenant on November 9th, 1861; tendered his resignation, which was accepted, and he was honorably discharged from the service on April 10th, 1862. Re-enlisted and was mustered into service as a Private in Company B of the 20th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on April 15th, 1862, at Orangeburg, South Carolina, for the duration of the War; absent, on recruiting service, in June 1862; honorably discharged per orders on July 23rd, 1862, to accept an appointment. Enrolled as First Lieutenant on June 30th, 1862, for the duration of the war; mustered into service as First Lieutenant of Company C of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Sharpshooter Battalion on October 4th, 1862, to rank from June 30th, 1862; absent, on detached service arresting deserters, from June 25th, 1863; transferred as First Lieutenant of Company G of the 27th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on September 30th, 1863, at Legare's Point, James Island, South Carolina; wounded in action on June 19th, 1864, at Petersburg, Virginia; admitted to the Receiving & Wayside Hospital (General Hospital No. 9) in Richmond, Virginia, on June 20th, 1864, suffering from a gunshot wound of the left side; transferred to the Jackson Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, on June 21st, 1864; furloughed for forty-days from July 13th, 1864; promoted to Captain to rank from February 4th, 1865, vice Captain Buist had resigned; captured in action on February 20th, 1865, at Town Creek, North Carolina; taken as a prisoner of war to Fort Anderson, North Carolina, on February 20th, 1865; transferred to the prisoner of war camp at Point Lookout, Maryland, on February 25th, 1865, arriving on February 28th, 1865; transferred to the Old Capital Prison at Washington, D.C., on February 28th, 1865, arriving on March 1st, 1865; transferred to the prisoner of war camp at Fort Delaware, Delaware, on March 24th, 1865, arriving on March 25th, 1865; released upon taking the oath of allegiance on June 17th, 1865, at Fort Delaware, Delaware, at the time he was described as being 5 ft. 11 in. tall, of a sallow complexion, with dark hair and brown eyes. [Born on November 13th, 1838, in Orangeburg District, South Carolina, the son of Adam Melchior (1803-1861) & Anne Leah Wannamaker Holman (1808-1885); married Miss Mary E. Kennedy (1846-1876), no date; re-married to Miss Lenora Blanding (1853-1897), no date; died on February 2nd, 1916, at Abbeville, South Carolina; buried at the Sumter Cemetery in Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina.]
Sources - CSR (1IR, 1SSB, 20IR & 27IR), GS, MWS
SECOND LIEUTENANT
Macbeth (McBeth), Charles Johnstone: Enrolled as First Lieutenant of Pope's Company (Lafayette Light Artillery) of the 1st Artillery Regiment of South Carolina Militia on September 17th, 1861, at Charleston, South Carolina, for twelve months' service; no further record after December 1861. Enlisted and was mustered into service as a Private in Buist's Company (Palmetto Guard Artillery) of the South Carolina Siege Train (Manigault's Battalion) on June 1st, 1862, at James Island, South Carolina, for the duration of the war; honorably discharged per orders on June 30th, 1862, to accept an appointment. Enrolled as Second Lieutenant on June 30th, 1862, for the duration of the war; mustered into service as Second Lieutenant of Company C of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Sharpshooter Battalion on October 4th, 1862, to rank from June 30th, 1862; absent, on detached service as a Judge Advocate of a Courts-Martial at Charleston, South Carolina, in May 1863; absent, on a ten-days leave of absence, from August 23rd, 1863; transferred as Second Lieutenant of Company G of the 27th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on September 30th, 1863, at Legare's Point, James Island, South Carolina; absent, on a leave of absence, from October 1863; detailed as First Lieutenant of the Artillery Company of the 20th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment in November 1863; absent, on detached service as a Judge Advocate of a Courts-Martial at Charleston, South Carolina, in March 1864; absent, on a leave of absence, from August 1864; captured in action on August 21st, 1864, at Weldon Railroad, Virginia; transferred to the Old Capital Prison at Washington, D.C., on August 23rd, 1864, arriving on August 24th, 1864; transferred to the prisoner of war camp at Fort Delaware, Delaware, on August 27th, 1864, arriving on August 29th, 1864; paroled on October 6th, 1864, at Fort Delaware, Delaware, and transferred for exchange to the prisoner of war camp at Point Lookout, Maryland, arriving on October 8th, 1864; transferred to the Old Capital Prison at Washington, D.C., on November 2nd, 1864, arriving on November 3rd, 1864; transferred to the prisoner of war camp at Fort Delaware, Delaware, on December 16th, 1864, arriving on December 17th, 1864; paroled on February 27th, 1865, at Fort Delaware, Delaware, and transferred for exchange to City Point, Virginia; no further record after February 1865. [Born on January 2nd, 1835, in South Carolina, the son of Charles (1805-1881) & Henrietta Gourdin Ravenel MacBeth (1816-1888); married Miss Isabel Marion DeVeaux (1837-1906) in 1876; died on April 30th, 1880, in South Carolina; buried at the Trinity Church in Black Oak, South Carolina, now under the waters of Lake Moultrie; cenotaph erected at the First Scots Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina.]
Sources - CSR (1MR, 1SSB, 20IR & 27IR), GS, MWS
THIRD LIEUTENANT (BREVET SECOND LIEUTENANT)
White, Abbott Brisbane: Enlisted as a Private in Buist's Company (Palmetto Guard) of the 17th Regiment of South Carolina Militia on November 5th, 1861, at Charleston, South Carolina, for twelve months' service; no further record after December 1861. Enlisted on February 17th, 1862, at Pocotaligo, South Carolina, for twelve months' service; mustered into service as a Private in Buist's Company (Palmetto Guard Artillery) of the South Carolina Siege Train (Manigault's Battalion) on February 28th, 1862, at Pocotaligo, South Carolina; re-enlisted on April 25th, 1862, for the duration of the war; absent, on detached service in the office of the Department Commander at Charleston, South Carolina, from March 18th to June 1st, 1862; honorably discharged per orders on September 5th, 1862, to accept an appointment. Elected as Third Lieutenant on July 3rd, 1862, for the duration of the war; mustered into service as Third Lieutenant of Company C of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Sharpshooter Battalion on October 4th, 1862, to rank from July 3rd, 1862; absent, on a leave of absence, in July 1863; transferred as Third Lieutenant of Company G of the 27th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on September 30th, 1863, at Legare's Point, James Island, South Carolina; absent, on detached service as the Assistant Adjutant General of the post of Mount Pleasant on Sullivans Island, South Carolina, from October 31st, 1863, to March 17th, 1864; absent, on detached service assisting in organizing a company of light artillery attached to the 20th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment from August to November 1863, when he it was declared illegal and disbanded; absent, on a leave of absence, in March 1864; captured in action on June 24th, 1864, near Petersburg, Virginia; taken as a prisoner of war to Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, on June 24th, 1864; transferred to the military prison at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, on June 25th, 1864; transferred to the prisoner of war camp at Point Lookout, Maryland, on June 26th, 1864, arriving on June 27th, 1864; transferred to the Old Capital Prison at Washington, D.C., on June 28th, 1864, arriving on June 30th, 1864; transferred to the prisoner of war camp at Fort Delaware, Delaware, on July 22nd, 1864, arriving on July 23rd, 1864; paroled and transferred for exchange on October 30th, 1864; exchanged on November 15th, 1864, at Venus Point in the Savannah River, Georgia; captured in action on February 20th, 1865, at Town Creek, North Carolina; taken as a prisoner of war to Fort Anderson, North Carolina, on February 20th, 1865; transferred to the Old Capital Prison at Washington, D.C., on February 28th, 1865, arriving on March 1st, 1865; transferred to the prisoner of war camp at Fort Delaware, Delaware, on March 24th, 1865, arriving on March 25th, 1865; released by order of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, U.S. Army, on May 28th, 1865, at Fort Delaware, Delaware, at the time he was described as being 5 ft. 6 in. tall, of a light complexion, with brown hair and hazel eyes. [Born on December 26th, 1838, in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of Alonzo James (1812-1885) & Eliza Marie Ingraham White (1814-1893); died on December 25th, 1867, at Charleston, South Carolina; buried at Saint Philips Episcopal Church Cemetery in Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina.]
Sources - CSR (MB, 1SSB, 17MR, 20IR & 27IR), GS, MWS
FIRST SERGEANT
SERGEANT
Bookhart, D.B.
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Hart, Thomas C.
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Mims, Fletcher
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Shuler, P.C.
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Way, J.F.
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CORPORAL
Burke, I.J.
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Gordon, J.
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Huffman, J.H.S.
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Johnson, R.C.
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PRIVATE
Ables, N.
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Andrews, W.
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Bailey, J.D.A.
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Barber, John
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Baum, C.
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Blakely, J.K.
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Brock, G.
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Bryant, B.
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Bryson, J.
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Bryson, W.
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Burgess, J.
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Burkitt, William
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Burroughs, T.C.
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Campbell, J. McD.
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Campbell, W.J.
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Copeland, H.
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Crossley, E.
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Dodd, Dixon
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Duckett, J.
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Dunford, A.J.
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Dunford, M.
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Dunn, E.
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Emory, J.
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Evans, L.W.
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Floyd, D.
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Floyd, H.
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Floyd, W.
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Fuller, J.
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Gantt, Z.
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Gartman, S.
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Gilliam, B.B.
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Givin, J.
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Givin, T.D.
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Givin, W.P.
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Godfrey, T.P.
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Gossett, W.
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Grice, F.
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Hames, G.
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Hart, A.R.
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Harvey, William
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Hays, W.
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Hill, B.W.
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Hollingsworth, W.
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Horsey, W.
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Huffman, F.
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Huffman, M.
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Hungerpeeler, Jim
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Irby, S.V.
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James, F.
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James, R.
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Jennings, J.
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John, Marco
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Johnson, H.
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Jordan, H.
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Keaton, J.
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Kemerling, S.P.: Enlisted and was mustered into service as a Private in Company C of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Sharpshooter Battalion on September 1st, 1862, at Grahamville, South Carolina, for the duration of the war; absent, without leave, from June 30th, 1863; transferred as a Private to Company G of the 27th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on September 30th, 1863, at Legare's Point, James Island, South Carolina; absent, without leave, from December 12th, 1863; died of disease on June 1st, 1864, in South Carolina. [Died on June 1st, 1864, in South Carolina.]
Sources - CSR (1SSB & 27IR), MWS
King, D.A.
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Knight, T.
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Lamb, J.
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Lambreth, R.
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Lamson, J.
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Lartigue, E.J.
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Leaird, D.
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Leaird, I.J.
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Leaird, J.H.
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Leaird, J.J.
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Leaird, R.S.
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Leaird, T.L.
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Lewis, G.W.
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Lewis, J.R.
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Lewis, T.J.
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Livingston, L.M.
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Lovett, W.L.
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Lucas, J.R.
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McKenzie, A.
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McMakin, W.G.
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Meadows, J.
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Michael, B.
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Moore, E.W.
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Moore, G.W.
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Neese, G.
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Neighbours, J.
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Neighbours, W.
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Nelson, T.
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Oshields, J.
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Perkins, T.C.
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Poole, L.
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Powers, G.
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Pyles, M.
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Rainwater, J.P.
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Rice, H.
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Riddle, S.T.
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Riddle, William
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Rodgers, A.M.
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Rodgers, L.P.
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Rourke, A.V.
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Scott, A.
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Shuler, C.E.
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Smith, F.J.
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Smith, J.F.
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Smith, W.B.
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Smith, William
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Stevens, J.
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Stone, J.
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Stone, W.A.
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Sumeral, J.H.
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Taylor, A.S.
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Teague, L.K.
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Templeton, R.J.
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Thomas, E.
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Tribble, C.E.
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Vise, J.E.
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Vogt, T.P.
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Waldrup, B.W.
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Ward, J.
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Whitmire, B.
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Whitten, A.
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Whitten, M.B.
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Wiles, P.E.
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Witkofsky, J.
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Woodward, H.P.
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Woodward, T.J.
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Woofe, R.
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Wyatt, R.
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Zeikle, A.
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SOURCE KEY
| 1860CEN - 1860 Census |
FH - Family History |
PR - Pension Record |
| CMH - Confederate Military History |
GS - Gravesite |
RH - Confederate Roll of Honor |
| CSR - Compiled Service Record |
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.
Page 51, "Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia." Stewart Sifakis, Facts on File, Inc., New York City, New York, 1995.
"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 II (2) - Page 539 (W.S. Wrightman, Co. B)
Volume III (3) - Pages 458 (J. Abney, F&S) & 555 (Roster of Co. B)
Volume VI (6) - Pages 240 (W.H. Floyd, Co. B) & 434 (Roster of Co. C)
Volume VII (7) - Page 17 (D.B. Bookhart, Co. C) & 21 (J.J. Hungerpiller, Co. C)
"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 59 to 62, Volume 4, "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 152 (South Carolina - First Battalion, Sharp Shooters))
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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