Zimmerman's Company, South Carolina Artillery (Pee Dee Artillery)

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Brief History
Pee Dee Light Artillery was organized during the winter of 1861-1862 with men from Florence County. After serving in the Department of Norfolk and the Department of North Carolina, it was assigned to R.L. Walker's and W.J. Pegrams's Battalion of Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia. It then was transferred to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida .



Units in this Company with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.


 * Brunson's Battery

Other Sources

 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, (accessed 1 Apr 2011), can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment. This site uses Joseph H. Crute's book, Units of the Confederate States Army, as their main source for the regiment history. Family History Library book 973 M2crua,, WorldCat, (accessed 1 Apr 2011).


 * Footnote.com, (accessed 1 Apr 2011). (A subscription website, but is available for use at the Family History Library and some Family History Centers). It has digital Civil War soldier service records and brief regiment histories (located at the bottom of some of the muster rolls).


 * Brunson, Joseph Woods Pee Dee Light Artillery of Maxcy Gregg's (later Samuel McGowan's) Brigade, First South Carolina Volunteers (infantry) C. S. A.   (University, Alabama : Confederate Pub., c1983), 60 pages., a historical sketch and roster : to which has been added the rosters of the three Pee Dee infantry companies (from Darlington, Horry and Marion counties) which were supported by the Pee Dee artillery. The battery was officially Company D of the 1st South Carolina regiment. Book at  and Other Libraries, (accessed 1 Apr 2011).


 * Capt. Zimmerman's Company, Artillery, (Pee Dee Artillery),(accessed 1 Apr 2011).  This historical sketch lists the different battles this company was engaged in.


 * Pee Dee Rifles Camp #1419, Sons of Confederate Veterans, (accessed 1 Apr 2011).  A History of the Pee Dee Rifles/Pee Dee Light Artillery


 * Stone Sentinels - Confederate Artillery Battle Markers at Gettysburg, (accessed 1 Apr 2011).


 * South Carolina Artillery, from South Carolina's Service in the War Between the States; Steve Batson's website, accessed April 2011. This website also lists officers of the regiment and companies,battles the regiment was involved in and company nicknames.