3rd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry

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Brief History
The 3rd Infantry Regiment was organized at Columbia, South Carolina, in April, 1861. It was mustered into service June 6, 1861 and reorganized in May 1862. This Regiment contained men recruited in the counties of Laurens, Colleton, Pickens, Spartanburg, and Newberry. It surrendered on April 26, 1865.

Service records of soldiers listed on Footnote.com state that about April 9, 1865 the 3d Regiment SC Infantry was consolidated with the 8th Regiment South Carolina Infantry, the 3rd Battalion South Carolina Infantry and part of Blanchard's SC Reserves to form the new 3rd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry. This regiment surrendered and was paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina on May 2, 1865.

This Regiment was part of Kershaw's Brigade.

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.

The 2nd rosters list contain only a couple of names. All companies rondezvouse April 17, 1861 and are received paroles May 2nd and 3rd 1965.


 * Company A - (also known as The State Guards) many men from Laurens District (Laurens County)- Roster
 * Company B - (Also known as Williams Guards) - many men from Newberry District ( Newberry County) - Roster, Roster
 * Company C - (Also known as Frog Level and Pickens Guards), Many men from Prosperity District (County) and Newberry District ( Newberry County) - Roster
 * Company D - (Also know as Cross Anchors) Many men from Union District (County) and Spartanburg District (Spartanburg County) - Roster
 * Company E (also known as Quitman Rifles) Many men from Newberry District (Newberry County) - Roster, Roster
 * Company F - (also known as the Wadsworth Volunteers) Many men from Newberry District (Newberry County) and Laurens District (Laurens County) - Roster, Roster
 * Company G - (Also known as Laurens Briars) Many men from Laurens District (Laurens County) - Roster
 * Company H - (Also known as Brooks Guards) Many men from Dutch Fork District (County) and Lexington District (Lexington County )- Roster, Roster
 * Company I - (also know as Musgrove Volunteers) Many men from Clinton District and Laurens District ( Laurens County)- Roster
 * Company K - (also known as Blackstock) Many Many men from Spartanburg District ( Spartanburg County) - Roster
 * Wee Nee Riflemen - (Williamsburg County)

County listings from: Mac Wyckoff. A History of the Third South Carolina Infantry, 1861-1865 (Sergeant Kirkland's Museum and Historical Society, Inc., Fredericksburg, Virginia, c1995), 330 p. Includes rosters. Book found at and Other Libraries.

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. Family History Library book 973 M2crua,, 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).
 * "South Carolina Civil War Rosters". Access Genealogy Internet site, accessed 12/17/2010. Lists the company officers and gives the rosters for each company.
 * "South Carolina 3rd Infantry Regiment Volunteers". The War for Southern Independence in South Carolina. Eastern Digital Resources an Internet site, accessed 12/01/2010. Lists a brief Regiment History and the rosters for the Companies B, E, F, and H.
 * "Third South Carolina Infantry". South Carolina's Service in the War Between the States, Steve Batson's Internet site, accessed 12/02/2010. This website lists the counties and nicknames of the companies. It also lists officers of the regiment and companies; and battles the regiment was involved in.
 * The 3rd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment, by Mac Wyckoff at eHistoryArchives, an Internet site, accessed 12/03/2010. Site contains a history, a list of companies officers and sources.
 * The Stoddard Family Letters. Internet site, accessed 12/27/2010. Letters concerning the 14th South Carolina Regiment (also the 3rd &amp; 24th Infantry Regiments).
 * Everson, Guy R. and Edward H. Simpson, Jr., editors. Far, Far from home: The Waretime Letters of Dick and Tally Simpson, 3rd South Carolina Volunteers. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. Google Books.
 * Buzhardt, Beaufort Simpson. Beaufort Simpson Buzhardt, 1838-1862.  (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1990).  Includes a description of activities of the 3rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment (Confederate) in the following battles or localities: 1st Manassas, Va.; Seven Pines, Va.; Mechanicsville, Va.; Savage Station, Va.  Available at the Family History Library,
 * Hewett, Janet B., ed. Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Wilmington, North Carolina: Broadfoot Pub. Co., c1994-2001. . Lists officers, companies, some nicknames for the companies and dates involving the company and places where they were stationed. There are 10 Companies (A-I, K) listed.
 * Salley, Alexander Samuel. South Carolina Troops in Confederate Service, Vol 2  (The State Co., Columbia, SC 1930)  This volume covers the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th infantry regiments. Digital copy at Internet Archives. Book at Other Libraries
 * Salley, Alexander Samuel. Tentative roster of the Third regiment, South Carolina volunteers, confederate States provisional army. ( Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1990), 129 pages. Digital copies at Googleand Internet Archives. Librarieswith book.
 * Davis, Sam B. A History of the 3rd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Battalion (James Battalion): 1861-1865   (Wilmington, North Carolina : Broadfoot Pub. Co., c2009), 549 pages. Book found at  and Other Libraries.