Cavalry Battalion, Hampton Legion, South Carolina

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Brief History
The 2nd Cavalry Regiment was organized during the summer of 1862 by consolidating the 4th South Carolina Cavalry Battalion and the Cavalry Battalion of Hampton's South Carolina Legion. In May, 1864, the Infantry Battalion of Hampton's South Carolina Legion was mounted and united with the 2nd Cavalry. It was then redesignated the Hampton South Carolina Cavalry Legion.

"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

For more information about the 2nd South Carolina Cavalry (Hampton's Legion) and its history, see:


 * Hampton Legion 2nd South Carolina Cavalry, (accessed 7 Apr 2011).

Companies in this Regiment 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.

Hampton Legion Cavalry Battalion as organized at First Manassas;

A Company, Brooks Troop; Greenville

B Company, Edgefield Hussars, Edgefield

C Company, Beuafort District Troop, Beaufort

Hampton Legion Cavalry Battalion as later organized:

A Company, Edgefield Hussars, Edgefield: Captain M.C. Butler

B Company, Brooks Troop, Greenville:  Captain J.F. Lanneau

C Company, Beaufort District Troop, Beaufort: Captain T.E. Screven

D Company, Congaree Troop, Richland: Captain Thomas Taylor

E Company

F Company

G Company

H Company, Fairfield: Captain Thomas Taylor

Miller's Company, Richland: Captain D.B. Miller

Other Sources

 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System 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., WorldCat.


 * Footnote.com (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).


 * Field, Ron; William B Bynum; Howard Michael Madaus. The Hampton Legion   ( Lower Swell, Gloucestershire : Design Folio, ©1994), 2 v. pt. 1. Regimental history --pt. 2. Company histories. Book at WorldCat.


 * Judith N McArthur. A Gentleman and an Officer : A Military and Social History of James B. Griffin's Civil War  ( New York : Oxford University Press, 1996), 362 pages. Includes a collection of letters from James B. Griffin to his wife during his tenure in the Confederate Army. Book at WorldCat.


 * Wellman, Manly Wade. Giant in gray; a biography of Wade Hampton of South Carolina (New York, Scribner, 1949), 387 pages. Book at WorldCat.


 * Wells, Edward L. Hampton and his cavalry in '64.  (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1990).  Includes a description of activities of Hampton's Brigade in the South Carolina Cavalry (Confederate) in some of its battles.  Available online at Google Books and Internet Archive, (accessed 16 Apr 2011).  Available at the Family History Library,