Battalion State Cadets, South Carolina Local Defense Troops (Charleston)

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



Companies in this Battalion 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.

The Citadel Cadets:


 * A Company: Captain Hugh Smith Thompson
 * B Company: First Lieutenant Nathaniel Walker Armstrong.

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).


 * Cadets of the South Carolina Military Academy The Citadel, Charleston, SC, (accessed 5 Apr 2011). Information from Cadets in Gray. the Story of the Cadets of the South Carolina Military Academy and the Cadet Rangers in the Civil War by Gary R. Baker.   This site shows the history and rosters for Company A and Company B.


 * Baker, Gary R. Cadets in gray : the story of the cadets of the South Caroina Military Academy and the Cadet Rangers in the Civil War.  (Columbia, South Carolina : Palmetto Bookworks, c1989).   Includes index.  Includes rosters of the Cadet Rangers and the cadets of the Citadel and Arsenal.  Available at the Family History Library