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South Carolina in the Civil War

Regiments
1st Battalion, South Carolina "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

1st Battalion, South Carolina Reserves "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

3 1st Battalion, South Carolina State Troops

"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

4 1st Battalion, South Carolina Infantry (Charleston) (Gaillard's)

1st Infantry Battalion, known as the Charleston Battalion, was organized at Charleston, South Carolina, during the spring of 1862. Its six companies contained men from Sumter, Union, and Calhoun Counties. The unit was assigned to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and served in the Charleston area. The battalion merged into the 27th South Carolina Infantry Regiment on September 30. 5 1st Battalion, South Carolina Sharpshooters 1st Battalion Sharpshooters was formed at Columbia, South Carolina, during the summer of 1862 with four companies. Many of the men were raised in Edgefield County. Attached to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. It merged into the 27th South Carolina Infantry Regiment on September 30, 1863.

6 1st Regiment, South Carolina Pioneers Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. 7 1st Regiment, South Carolina Rifles (Orr's)

1st Regiment Rifles, known as Orr's Rifles, was organized at Sandy Springs, South Carolina, in July, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Abbeville, Pickens, Anderson, and Marion. The unit was first stationed on Sullivan's Island and called by the other troops "The Pound Cake Regiment" because of its light duty. Then in April, 1862, it moved to Virginia with 1,000 men. Assigned to General Gregg's and McGowan's Brigade. 8 1st Regiment, Charleston Guard, South Carolina Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. 9 1st Regiment, South Carolina Rifles (Militia) (Branch's)

"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. 10 1st Regiment, South Carolina Militia "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.