1st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (Hagood's)

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Brief History
1st Regiment Volunteers completed its organization at Barnwell, South Carolina, in December, 1860, and entered Confederate service in April, 1861. They served for 12 months and were reorganized in April 1862. Some of the members of this regiment subsequetnly served in other regiments such as the 2nd Regiment South Carolina Artillery and 25th Regiment Souht Carolina Infantry. Its companies were raised in Charleston and the counties of Orangeburg, Lancaster, Barnwell, Greenville, Colleton, and Richland.

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.

In 1862 there was a reorganization of many military units which affected these companies. See Steve Batson's internet site: "South Carolina's Service in the War Between the States- Hagood's First South Carolina Regiment" for futher information about these companies and their reorganization into other companies and military units. Also view the soldiers service records which also show the different companies and regiments they may have been transferred in to.


 * Company A - (also known as Edisto Rifles) - Roster: Before reorganization / After reorganization
 * Company B - Roster
 * Company C (also know as Bamburg Guards) - Ehrhart County - Roster: Before reorganization / After reorganization
 * Company D - Roster: Before reorganization / After reorganization
 * Company E (may have been part of Company K) - Roster:  Before reorganization / After reorganization
 * Company F -Ehrhart County - Roster: Before reorganization / After reorganization
 * Company G - Roster: Before reorganization / After reorganization
 * Company H (2nd H Company also known as Winsmith Guards) - Roster: Before reorganization / After reorganization
 * Company I - Roster: Before reorganization / After reorganization
 * Company K - Roster: Before reorganization / After reorganization

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).
 * 1st (Hagoods) Infantry Regiment from The War for Southern Independence in South Carolina. Eastern Digital Resources, accessed 11/15/2010. Lists Company Rosters and a brief Regiment History.
 * South Carolina's Service in the War Between the States, Steve Batson's website, accessed Nov 2010. This website also lists officers of the regiment and companies; and battles the regiment was involved in.
 * 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.
 * A sketch of the war record of the Edisto Rifles, 1861-1865 : Company A, 1st Regiment, S. C. V. Infantry, Colonel Johnson Hagood, provisional Army of the Confederate states, 1861-1862; Company G, 25th Regiment, S. C. V. Infantry, Colonel Charles H. Simonton, Confederate states army, 1862-1865, by William V Izlar. Camden, South Carolina : J.J. Fox, 1990., FHL book 975.7 M2iw, FHL fiche 6082623 (3 fiche).
 * Charlestonians in war : the Charleston Battalion by Chris W. Phelps. Gretna, Louisiana : Pelican Pub. Co., c2004. Google Books, . book 975.791/C1 M2p.
 * Memoirs of the war of secession : from the original manuscripts of Johnson Hagood, edited by U.R. Brooks, (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1990), Google Books,, microfiche 6082622 (6 fiche).
 * Reminiscences of a Private by Frank M. Mixson. Google Books and FHL fiche 6082624 (2 fiche),
 * Salley, Alexander Samuel. South Carolina Troops in Confederate Service, Vol 1 (The State Co., Columbia, SC 1913), 783 pages. Volume 1 covers the 3 regiments known as the First Infantry Regiment (Butler's, Gregg's, Hagood's). It includes brief regimental histories, rosters of the various companies, and compiled service records of the members. A total of 4,542 men are detailed. Digital Copy at Google.com