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

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Brief History
1st Infantry Battalion, known as the Charleston Battalion and Gaillard's, 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. On September 30, 1863 the battalion consolidated with the 1st Battalion, South Carolina Sharp Shooters to form 27th Regiment South Carolina Infantry.

Source Material

 * 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.
 * Footnote.com (a subscription website) has digital Civil War soldier service records and brief regiment histories (located at the bottom of some of the muster rolls).
 * 1st Charleston Infantry Battalion (Gaillard's Battalion) (Infantry) from The War for Southern Independence in South Carolina. Eastern Digital Resources, accessed 11/19/2010, lists a couple of names from Company F.
 * Charlestonians in war : the Charleston Battalion, by W. Chris Phelps (Gretna, Louisiana : Pelican Pub. Co., c2004),, book 975.791/C1 M2p.