South Carolina Civil War Cavalry Confederate Units

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The information in this list of South Carolina Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site (CWSS). That web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier.


 * 1st Battalion, South Caroilna Cavalry


 * 25 June 1862 consolidated and redesignated as the 1st Cavalry Regiment.


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


 * 2nd Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry Organized during January 1862.


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


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


 * 3rd Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry, James' Battalion Dates not found for this unit.


 * 3rd Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry Organized: Spring 1862


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


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


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


 * 5th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry (Ferguson's) Organized (as Volunteers): Summer 1861 Consolidated: 1861-1862 Reorganized: 1862-1863 Surrendered: 27 April 1865 at Hillsboro, North Carolina Disbanded: 2-3 May 1865


 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry (Aiken's Partisan Rangers) (1st Partisan Rangers) Organized: 21 July 1862


 * 7th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry Organized: March 1864


 * 8th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 9th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 10th Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry 10th Cavalry Battalion [also called 3rd Battalion] was organized during late spring of 1862 with five companies. The unit served in the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and in January, 1863, merged into the 4th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment.


 * 11th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 12th Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry (4th Squadron) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 14th Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry 14th Cavalry Battalion [also called 1st or 2nd Battalion] was organized early in 1862 with four companies. Many of its members were recruited in the western counties of the state. . During January, 1863, it merged into the 5th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment.


 * 15th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 16th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 17th Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry (6th) 17th Cavalry Battalion [also called 6th Battalion] was assembled during the spring of 1862. It contained four companies and was attached to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. After serving along the coast near Charleston, the unit merged into the 5th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment.


 * 19th Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry 19th Cavalry Battalion was formed in January, 1865, by consolidating five independent cavalry companies. Surrendered with the Army of Tennessee.


 * A.W. Cordes' Company, South Carolina Cavalry (North Santee Mounted Rifles) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Allen's Company, South Carolina Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Barlen's Independent Company, South Carolina Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Brabham's Independent Company, South Carolina Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * DeSaussure's Squadron, South Carolina Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Earle's Company, South Carolina Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


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


 * Holcombe Legion, South Carolina Holcome Legion was organized during the fall of 1861 with a cavalry and infantry battalion. The four-company cavalry battalion served for a time with the legion, was assigned to the Department of Richmond, and eventually became part of the 7th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment. The infantry battalion was formed with eight companies, later increased to ten. During the war it was attached to Evans', Elliot's, and Wallace's Brigade.


 * Independent Company, South Carolina Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit


 * Independent Company, South Carolina Local Troops Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Mason's Company, South Carolina Cavalry Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Mim's Independent Company, South Carolina Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Percival's Independent Company, South Carolina Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Rodgers' Company, South Carolina Cavalry (State Troops) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Rutledge's Company, South Carolina Cavalry Militia (Charleston Light Dragoons) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Shaw's Company, South Carolina Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


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


 * Theodore Cordes' Company, South Carolina Cavalry Militia (German Hussars) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Tucker's Company, South Carolina Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Walker's Squadron, South Carolina Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Walpole's Company, South Carolina Cavalry (Stono Scouts) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * West's Independent Company, South Carolina Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Wilson's Independent Company, South Carolina Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.