Main article: South Carolina in the American Civil War
This is a list of South Carolina Confederate Civil War units. The list of South Carolina Union Civil War units is shown separately.
Infantry[]
- 1st Infantry, 6 months, 1861
- 1st (Butler's) Infantry
- 1st (Hagood's) Infantry
- 1st (McCreary's) Infantry (1st Provisional Army)
- 1st (Orr's) Rifles
- 2nd Infantry (2nd Palmetto Regiment)
- 3rd Infantry
- 4th Infantry
- 5th Infantry
- 6th Infantry
- 7th Infantry
- 8th Infantry
- 9th Infantry
- 10th Infantry
- 11th Infantry (9th Volunteers)
- 12th Infantry
- 13th Infantry
- 14th Infantry
- 15th Infantry
- 16th and 24th (Consolidated) Infantry
- 16th Infantry (Greenville Regiment)
- 17th Infantry
- 18th Infantry
- 19th Infantry
- 20th Infantry
- 21st Infantry
- 22nd Infantry
- 23rd Infantry (Hatch's Regiment, Coast Rangers)
- 24th Infantry (Gist's Brigade, Colleton Guard)
- 25th Infantry (Eutaw Regiment)
- 26th Infantry
- 27th Infantry (Gaillard's Regiment)
- 1st (Charleston) Battalion, Infantry (Gaillard's Battalion)
- 3rd (Lawren's and James') Battalion, Infantry
- 6th (Byrd's) Battalion, Infantry
- 7th (Nelson's) Battalion, Infantry (Enfield Rifles)
- 9th Battalion, Infantry (Pee Dee Legion)
- 13th Battalion, Infantry (4th and Mattison's)
- South Carolina (Walker's) Battalion, Infantry
Sharpshooters[]
- 1st Battalion, Sharpshooters
- 2nd Battalion, Sharpshooters
- Palmetto (1st Palmetto) Sharp Shooters (Jenkins Regiment)
Cavalry[]
- 1st Cavalry
- 2nd Cavalry
- 3rd Cavalry
- 4th Regiment South Carolina Cavalry
- 5th Cavalry
- 6th Regiment South Carolina Cavalry (nickname: Dixie Rangers, 1st Reg. SC Partisan Rangers, Aiken's Partisan Rangers)
- 7th Cavalry
- 4th Battalion, Cavalry
- 10th Battalion, Cavalry
- 12th Battalion, Cavalry (4th Squadron Cavalry)
- 14th Battalion, Cavalry
- 17th (6th) Battalion, Cavalry
- 19th Battalion, Cavalry
- Edgefield Hussars
- Tucker's Company, Cavalry
- Walpole's Company, Cavalry (Stono Scouts)
- Percival's Company (Aiken) Mounted Infantry [1]
Artillery[]
Light Artillery[]
- 1st Artillery
- 2nd Artillery
- 3rd (Palmetto) Battalion, Light Artillery
- Beauregard's Company, Light Artillery (Ferguson's Company, Light Artillery)
- Child's Company, Artillery
- Garden's Company, Light Artillery (Palmetto Light Artillery)
- Lee's Company, Artillery
- Manigault's Battalion, Artillery
- Wagener's Company, Light Artillery (Company A, German Artillery)
- Melchers' Company, Artillery (Company B, German Artillery)
- Beaufort Volunteer Artillery
- Brooks Light Artillery
- Chesterfield Artillery
- German Light Artillery
- Lafayette Artillery
- Macbeth Light Artillery
- McQueen Light Artillery
- Marion Artillery
- Pee Dee Artillery
- Santee Light Artillery
- Palmetto Light Battery
- Waccamaw Light Artillery
- Washington Artillery
Heavy Artillery[]
- 15th (Lucas') Battalion, Heavy Artillery
- Gilchrist's Company, Heavy Artillery (Gist Guard)
- Mathewes' Company, Heavy Artillery
Horse Artillery[]
- Hart's Company, Horse Artillery, Volunteers (Washington Artillery)
Legions[]
- Hampton's Legion
- Holcombe Legion
Others[]
- 1st Regiment Charleston Guard
- Battalion State Cadets, Local Defense Troops Charleston
- Charleston Arsenal Battalion
- Conscripts, South Carolina
- 2nd Rifles
- Cordes' Company, Cavalry (North Santee Mounted Rifles)
- De Saussure's Squadron of Cavalry
- Earle's Cavalry
- Estill's Company, Infantry, Local Defense (Arsenal Guard, Charleston)
- Hamilton's Company, Provost Guard
- Kirk's Company, Partisan Rangers
- Miscellaneous, South Carolina
- Ordnance Guards (Dotterer)
- Rhett's Company (Brooks Home Guards)
- Senn's Company, Post Guard
- Shiver's Company
- Simon's Company
- Simon's Company, Volunteers (Etiwan Rangers)
- Manigault's Battalion, Volunteers
- Symons' Company, Sea Fencibles
- Trenholm's Company, Rutledge Mounted Riflemen and Horse Artillery
- South Carolina College Cadets
Militia[]
- 1st Regiment Rifles, Militia (Branch's Rifle Regiment)
- 1st Regiment, Militia (Charleston Reserves)
- 5th Militia
- 16th Regiment, Militia
- 17th Regiment, Militia
- 18th Regiment, Militia
- 24th Militia
- 25th Militia
- Charbonnier's Company, Militia (Pickens Rifles)
- Trenholm's Company, Militia (Rutledge Mounted Riflemen)
- 1st (Martin's) Mounted Militia
- 4th Regiment, Cavalry Militia
- Cordes' Company, Cavalry Militia (German Hussars)
- Rutledge's Company, Cavalry Militia (Charleston Light Dragoons)
- 1st Regiment Artillery, Militia
State Troops[]
- 1st State Troops, 6 months, 1863–64
- 2nd State Troops 6 months, 1863–64
- 3rd State Troops, 6 months, 1863–64
- 4th State Troops, 6 months, 1863–64
- 5th State Troops, 6 months, 1863–64
- Rodgers' Company, Cavalry (State Troops)
Reserves[]
- 2nd Reserves, 90 days, 1862–63
- 3rd Reserves, 90 days, 1862–63
- 5th Reserves, 90 days, 1862–63
- 6th Reserves, 90 days, 1862–63
- 7th Reserves, 90 days, 1862–63
- 8th Reserves
- 9th Reserves, 90 days, 1862–63
- 11th Reserves 90 days, 1862–63
- 3rd Battalion Reserves
- 4th Battalion, Reserves
- 5th (Brown's) Battalion, Reserves
- 6th (Merriwether's) Battalion, Reserves
- 7th (Ward's) Battalion, State Reserves
- 8th (Stalling's) Battalion, Reserves
- 2nd Battalion, Cavalry Reserves
See also[]
References[]
- "The Civil War in South Carolina". researchonline.net. http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/scunits.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
- "Confederate Regimental Index". The Civil War Archive. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Confedreg/confedsc.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
External links[]
- Confederate Financier Praises Palemtto Riflemen, 1861 Shapell Manuscript Foundation
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