South Carolina Civil War Infantry Confederate Units

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 * 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 Dates not found for this unit.


 * 2nd Battalion, South Carolina Infantry Dates not found for this unit.


 * 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 Dates not found for this unit.


 * 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Reserve Dates not found for this unit.


 * 3rd Battalion, South Carolina Infantry (Lauren's) (James') Organized: November/December 1861 at Camp Hampton, near Columbia, South Carolina Reorganized: April 1862 Consolidated: About 9 April 1865 Surrendered: 26 Aptil 1865


 * 3rd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Organized: April 1861 Mustered in: June 6, 1861 Reorganized: May 1862


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


 * 4th Regiment, South Carolina Heavy Infantry Dates not found for this unit. See also 4th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry


 * 5th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Organized: March/April 1861 Mustered in: 4 June 1861 Disbanded: 13 April 1862 Reorganized: 23 April 1862 Surrendered: 9 April 1865 at Appomattox, Virginia


 * 6th Battalion, South Carolina Infantry (Byrd's) Organized: December 1861 or May 1862 Consolidated: 9 September 1862


 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry State Service: 11 April 1861 Mustered in: June/July 1861 Reorganized: February 1862


 * 7th Battalion, South Carolina Infantry (Nelson's) (Enfield Rifles) Organized: January/February 1862 Surrendered: 26, April 1865


 * 7th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Organized: 1861 Mustered in: 15 April 1861 Reorganized: 14 May 1862 Consolidated: 9 April 1865 Surrendered: April 1865 Paroled: 2 May 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina


 * 8th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry 8th Infantry Regiment was organized at Marion, South Carolina, during the spring of 1861. Many of the men were from Darlington and Marion counties. The unit surrendered with the Army of Tennessee.


 * 9th Battalion, South Carolina Infantry (Smith's) (Pee Dee Legion) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 9th Regiment, South Carolina Reserves 9th Infantry Regiment was organized in April, 1861 for a one year term of service. Many of the men were recruited in Lancaster, Dillon, Kershaw, and Lexington counties. Sent to Virginia, it was assigned to General D.R. Jones' Brigade, Department of Northern Virginia, and in April, 1862. The regiment disbanded, but many of the officers and men joined other South Carolina commands.


 * 9th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry 9th Infantry Regiment [also called Pee Dee Legion or Pee Dee Rifles] was formed during the spring of 1862 with men who had served in Nesbit's Battalion State Troops. The unit was assigned to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Later it merged into the 26th South Carolina Regiment.


 * 10th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry 10th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Marion, near Georgetown, South Carolina, in July, 1861. Its members were raised in the counties of Georgetown, Horry, Williamsburg, Marion, and Charleston. During the war it was assigned to General Manigault's and Sharp's Brigade and from September, 1863 to April, 1864, was consolidated with the 19th Regiment. The unit served with the Army of Tennessee from Murfreesboro to Atlanta. Surrendered on April 26, 1865.


 * 11th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (9th Volunteers) 11th Infantry Regiment [also called 9th Regiment] was organized during the summer of 1861 with men from Beaufort, Clarendon, and Colleton counties. It was assigned to Hagood's Brigade, then one company was permitted to organize and equip as a light battery (Beaufort Artillery), and the regiment served with nine companies. Surrendered on April 26, 1865.


 * 12th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry 12th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in July, 1861, at Lightwoodknot Springs, near Columbia, South Carolina. The men were raised in the counties of Oconee, York, Lancaster, Kershaw, and Fairfield. It served on the South Carolina coast near Pocotaligo, then in April, 1862, moved to Virginia. Assigned to General Gregg's and McGowan's Brigade.


 * 13th Battalion, South Carolina Infantry (4th) (Mattison's) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 13th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry 13th Infantry Regiment was organized in July, 1861, at Lightwoodknot Springs, near Columbia, South Carolina. Many of the men were recruited in Greenville, Newberry, Abbeville, and Spartanburg counties. In April, 1862, it was ordered to Virginia and assigned to General Gregg's and McGowan's Brigade.


 * 14th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry 14th Infantry Regiment, organized in July, 1861, at Lightwoodknot Springs, near Columbia, South Carolina, contained men from Edgefield, Darlington, Laurens, Greenville, Spartanburg, and Kershaw counties. In October the unit moved to the South Carolina coast near Pocotaligo, and on Janury 1, 1862, it was under fire from Federal gunboats. Ordered to Virginia in April, the 14th was assigned to General Gregg's and McGowan's Brigade.