South Carolina Civil War Confederate Units 5th through 14th

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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.

5th Battalions and Regiments

 * 5th Battalion, South Carolina Reserves (Brown's) Organized: Summer 1864 Mustered in: 31 October 1864 Surrendered: 26 April 1865 at Durham Station, North Carolina


 * 5th Battalion, South Carolina Rifles Organized: May 1861 Consolidated: July 1861 Reorganized: 27 April 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.


 * 5th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Organized: March/April 1861 Mustered in: 4 June 1861 Disbanded: 13 April 1862 Reorganized: 23 April 1862 Surrendered: 9 April 1865 at Appomattox, Virginia.


 * 5th Regiment, South Carolina Militia Dates not found for this unit.


 * 5th Regiment, South Carolina Reserves (90 days 1862-63) Organized: Fall 1862 Served: 5 November 1862 to February 1863.


 * 5th Regiment, South Carolina Rifles Dates not found for this unit.


 * 5th Regiment, South Carolina State Troops Organized: July/August 1863 Mustered out: 5/6 February 1864

6th Battalions and Regiments

 * 6th Battalion, South Carolina Infantry (Byrd's) Organized: May 1862 Consolidated: 9 September 1862.


 * 6th Battalion, South Carolina Reserves (Meriwether's) Organized: Summer 1864 Mustered in: (State Service) September 1864 Mustered in: (Confederate Service) 31 October 1864 Consolidated: 9 April 1865.


 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry (Aiken's Partisan Rangers) (1st Partisan Rangers) Organized: 21 July 1862 Surrendered: 26 April 1865.


 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry State Service: 11 April 1861 Mustered in: June/July 1861 Reorganized: February 1862.


 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Militia Dates not found for this military unit.


 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Reserves (90 days 1862-63) Organized: Late Summer 1862 Served: November 1862 - February 1863.

7th Battalions and Regiments

 * 7th Battalion, South Carolina Infantry (Nelson's) (Enfield Rifles) Organized: January/February 1862 Surrendered: 26, April 1865.


 * 7th Battalion, South Carolina Reserves (Ward's) Organized: Summer 1864 Mustered in: (Confederate service) 31 October 1864 Consolidated: 9 April 1865.


 * 7th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry Organized: March 1864 Surrendered: 9 April 1865 at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia


 * 7th Regiment, South Carolina Engineers Dates not found for this unit.


 * 7th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Organized: 1861 Mustered in: 15 April 1861. Reorganized: 14 May 1862 Consolidated: 9 April 1865. Surrendered: 26 April 1865 Paroled: 2 May 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina.


 * 7th Regiment, South Carolina Militia Dates not found for this unit.


 * 7th Regiment, South Carolina Reserves (90 days 1862-63) Organized: Late Summer 1862 Served: November 1862 to February 1863.


 * 7th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, Consolidated Organized: 9 April 1865.

8th Battalions and Regiments

 * 8th Battalion, South Carolina Reserves (Stalling's) Organized: Summer 1864 Mustered in: (State service) 15 July 1864 Mustered in: (Confederate service) 31 October 1864 Disbanded: Between February - April 1865.


 * 8th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry Organized: May 1862.


 * 8th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Organized: 13 April 1861 at Marion, South Carolina Mustered in: 1 June 1861 Consolidated: 9 April 1865 Paroled: 2 May 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina.


 * 8th Regiment, South Carolina Reserves Mustered in: 4 November 1862 Mustered out: 3 February 1863.

9th Battalions and Regiments

 * 9th Battalion, South Carolina Infantry (Smith's) (Pee Dee Legion) Organized: Summer 1861 Reorganized: May 1862 Consolidated: 9 September 1862 at Church Flats, South Carolina.


 * 9th Regiment, South Carolina Artillery Dates not found for this unit.


 * 9th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry Dates not found for this unit.


 * 9th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Organized: 12 July 1861 Disbanded: April 1862


 * 9th Regiment, South Carolina Reserves Organized: Late Summer 1862 Mustered in: 5 November 1862 Mustered out: About 17 February 1863.

10th - 14th Battalions and Regiments

 * 10th Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry Organized: April 1862 Consolidated: December 16, 1862.


 * 10th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Organized: May/July 1861 at Camp Marion, South Carolina Mustered in: 14 August 1861 Reorganized: May 1862 Consolidated: February 1863 - April 1864 Paroled: May 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina Consolidated: 10 April 1865 Surrendered: 26 April 1865 Paroled: 1 May 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina.


 * 10th Regiment, South Carolina Militia Dates not found for this unit.


 * 10th Regiment, South Carolina Reserves Organized: June 1862 Discontinued: November 1862.
 * 11th Battalion, South Carolina Infantry Organized Between December 1861 - May 1862 in Charleston, South Carolina. Reorganized July 1862.


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


 * 11th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (9th Volunteers) 11th Infantry Regiment [also called 9th Regiment] was organized during the summer of 1861 with men from Beaufort, Clarendon, and Colleton counties. It was assigned to Hagood's Brigade, then one company was permitted to organize and equip as a light battery (Beaufort Artillery), and the regiment served with nine companies. Surrendered on April 26, 1865.


 * 11th Regiment, South Carolina Reserves (90 days 1862-63) Organized: Late Summer/early Fall 1862 Served: 11 November 1862 to 16 February 1863.


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


 * 12th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry 12th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in July, 1861, at Lightwoodknot Springs, near Columbia, South Carolina. The men were raised in the counties of Oconee, York, Lancaster, Kershaw, and Fairfield. It served on the South Carolina coast near Pocotaligo, then in April, 1862, moved to Virginia. Assigned to General Gregg's and McGowan's Brigade.


 * 13th Battalion, South Carolina Infantry (4th) (Mattison's) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 13th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry 13th Infantry Regiment was organized in July, 1861, at Lightwoodknot Springs, near Columbia, South Carolina. Many of the men were recruited in Greenville, Newberry, Abbeville, and Spartanburg counties. In April, 1862, it was ordered to Virginia and assigned to General Gregg's and McGowan's Brigade.


 * 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.


 * 14th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry 14th Infantry Regiment, organized in July, 1861, at Lightwoodknot Springs, near Columbia, South Carolina, contained men from Edgefield, Darlington, Laurens, Greenville, Spartanburg, and Kershaw counties. In October the unit moved to the South Carolina coast near Pocotaligo, and on Janury 1, 1862, it was under fire from Federal gunboats. Ordered to Virginia in April, the 14th was assigned to General Gregg's and McGowan's Brigade.


 * 14th Regiment, South Carolina Militia "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.