South Carolina Civil War Confederate Units 1st through 4th

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1st Battalions and Regiments

 * 1st Battalion, South Carolina


 * 1st Battalion, South Carolina Reserves


 * 1st Battalion, South Carolina State Troops


 * 1st Battalion, South Carolina Infantry (Charleston) (Gaillard's) Mustered in (State Service): February 1862 Mustered in (Confederate States): March 1862 Consolidated: September 30, 1863


 * 1st Battalion, South Carolina Sharpshooters Organized: Abt June 1862 Consolidated: September 30, 1863 Mustered out: April 9, 1865


 * 1st Regiment, South Carolina Pioneers


 * 1st Regiment, South Carolina Rifles (Orr's) Organized: July, 1861 at Sandy Springs, South Carolina


 * 1st Regiment, Charleston Guard, South Carolina


 * 1st Regiment, South Carolina Rifles (Militia) (Branch's)


 * 1st Regiment, South Carolina Militia


 * 1st Regiment, South Carolina Militia (Charleston Reserves)


 * 1st Regiment, South Carolina Reserves


 * 1st Regiment, South Carolina State Troops Organized: 1863 Served:1863-1864 (6 months) Mustered out: February 3, 1864


 * 1st Regiment, South Carolina Mounted Militia


 * 1st Regiment, South Carolina Mounted Reserves


 * 1st Regiment, South Carolina Artillery Organized:Fall 1861 Reorganized: March 25, 1862


 * 1st Regiment, South Carolina Artillery (Militia)


 * 1st Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry Organized:October, 1861 (as the 1st Battalion South Carolina Calvalry) Reorganized: About June 25, 1862


 * 1st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (6 months, 1861) Organized: Early 1861 Mustered out: July 9, 1861


 * 1st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (Butler's) (1st Regulars) Organized: December, 1860 Surrendered: April 26, 1865


 * 1st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (McCreary's) (1st Provisional Army) Organized: August, 1861 in Richmond, Virginia Surrendered: April 9, 1865


 * 1st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (Hagood's) Organized: December 1860 at Barnwell, South Carolina Mustered in: April 1861


 * 1st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry


 * 1st Battery, South Carolina

2nd Battalions and Regiments

 * 2nd Battalion, South Carolina


 * 2nd Battalion, South Carolina Reserves


 * 2nd Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry Reserves


 * 2nd Battalion, South Carolina Infantry


 * 2nd Battalion, South Carolina Sharpshooters Organized: Summer 1862 Disbanded: December, 1862


 * 2nd Regiment, South Carolina


 * 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Rifles Organized: May 1862


 * 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Militia


 * 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Reserves (90 days 1862-63)


 * 2nd Regiment, South Carolina State Troops (6 months 1863-64) Organized: Summer 1862


 * 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Artillery Organized: April, 1862 at Charleseton, South Carolina Surrendered: April 26, 1865 at Durham Station, North Carolina


 * 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Heavy Artillery


 * 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry Organized: Summer 1862 Consolidated: May, 1864


 * 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (2nd Palmetto Regiment) Organized: About April, 1861 near Richmond, Virginia Reorganized: May, 1862 Consolidated: April, 1865


 * 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Cadets Infantry


 * 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Reserve

3rd Battalions and Regiments

 * 3rd Battalion, South Carolina Reserves "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 3rd Battalion, South Carolina Light Artillery (Palmetto Battalion) 3rd Artillery Battalion, known at the Palmetto Battalion, was organized in December, 1861. Its members were from the counties of Allendale, Richland, Charleston, Georgetown, and Kershaw. For some time the unit served in the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, but the companies were frequently detached. Surrendered in May, 1865.


 * 3rd Battalion, South Carolina Infantry (Lauren's) (James' 3rd Infantry Battalion [also called Lauren's Battalion] was organized in November, 1861, at Camp Hampton, near Columbia, South Carolina. It contained four companies, with three additional companies joined the unit at White Point. Most of the men were from Laurens County, and a few were recruited in Richland and Fairfield counties. After serving in South Carolina, it was ordered to Virginia and assigned to Drayton's, Kershaw's, Kennedy's, and Conner's Brigade.


 * 3rd Regiment, South Carolina Militia "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 3rd Regiment, South Carolina Reserves (90 days 1862-63) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 3rd Regiment, South Carolina State Troops (6 months 1863-64) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 3rd Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry 3rd Cavalry Regiment completed its organization during the spring of 1862 at Charleston, South Carolina, and included the 8th South Carolina Cavalry Battalion. Many of the men were from Marion, Coleton, Beaufort, Barnwell, and Calhoun counties.


 * 3rd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry 3rd Infantry Regiment, organized at Columbia, South Carolina, in April, 1861, contained men recruited in the counties of Laurens, Colleton, Pickens, Spartanburg, and Newberry. It surrendered on April 26, 1865.

4th Battalions and Regiments

 * 4th Battalion, South Carolina Reserve


 * 4th Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry Mustered in: 1862 Name change: 22 August 1862


 * 4th Regiment, South Carolina Militia Disbanded: 7 November 1862


 * 4th Regiment, South Carolina Reserves Organized: 23 October 1862 Disbanded: February 1863


 * 4th Regiment, South Carolina State Troops Organized: 1863 Mustered in: 1 August 1863 Disbanded: 1 February 1864


 * 4th Regiment, South Carolina Artillery


 * 4th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry (Rutledge's) Organized: January 1863


 * 4th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry (Militia) Disbanded: 7 November 1862


 * 4th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Organized: April 1862 Consolidated: 11 November 1862


 * 4th Regiment, South Carolina Heavy Infantry