1st Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry

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Brief History
Organized initially with six companies; increased to nine companies in early 1862; 25 June 1862 consolidated and redesignated as the 1st Cavalry Regiment.

Companies in this Battalion 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.


 * A Company, Spartanburg and Laurens: Captain Niles Nesbitt
 * B Company, (Ferguson Rangers) Abbeville: Captain M.T. Owens
 * C Company, Edgefield and Barnwell: Captain John D. Twiggs
 * D Company, Chester: Captain W.A. Walker
 * E Company, Orangeburg: Captain J.D. Trezevant
 * F Company, Pickens and Oconee: Captain Elam Sharp
 * G Company, Abbeville: Captain L.J. Johns

Source Material

 * 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).