16th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (Greenville Regiment)

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Brief History
16th Infantry Regiment, recruited in Greenville County, was organized and mustered into Confederate service in December, 1861. It moved to Charleston and for a time was stationed at Adams Run under General Hagood. During December, 1862, the unit was ordered to Wilmington, North Carolina and in May, 1863, to Jackson, Mississippi where it was assigned to General Gist's Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. Later it joined the Army of Tennessee. Surrendered on April 26, 1865.



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.

A Company

B Company

C Company - (also known as Croft Mountain Rangers)

D Company

E Company

F Company

G Company

H Company

I Company

J Company

K Company

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).


 * Taylor, John S. Sixteenth South Carolina Regiment, CSA, from Greenville County, S.C. ([S.l. : s.n.], 1964, c1964).  Includes officers and staff and rolls of companies. List of soldiers in MacGavock Cemetery, Franklin Tennessee (page 25).  Available at the Family History Library,  and Other Libraries