Historical Sketch and Roster of the South Carolina 2nd Infantry Regiment Rifles

Historical Sketch and Roster of the South Carolina 2nd Infantry Regiment Rifles

Author: John C. Rigdon

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2015-07-30

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1329427874

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The South Carolina 2nd Regiment Rifles was organized during the spring of 1862 using the 5th South Carolina Battalion Rifles as its nucleus. It was organized from extra companies initially intended for Orr's Rifles. These companies were organized into a battalion that was officially designated the Fifth South Carolina Infantry Battalion. The unit served in South Carolina, then was ordered to Virginia and assigned to General Jenkins' and Bratton's Brigade. It participated in the Seven Days' Battles and the conflicts at Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, and Fredericksburg. Later the regiment was with Longstreet at Suffolk and D.H. Hill in North Carolina. It moved again with Longstreet but did not take part in the Battle of Chickamauga. The unit was involved in the Knoxville operations, returned to Virginia, and saw action at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor. After enduring the hardships of the Petersburg siege south and north of the James River, it ended the war at Appomattox.


Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Georgia 38th Infantry Regiment

Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Georgia 38th Infantry Regiment

Author: John C. Rigdon

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 0359723241

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The GA 38th Infantry Regiment was a part of the Lawton - Gordon - Evans brigade made up of the 13th, 26th, 31st, 38th, 60th, & 61st Georgia Regiments and the 12th Georgia Light Artillery Battalion. It fought in many conflicts from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then moved with Early to the Shenandoah Valley and was active around Appomattox. The unit lost 54 killed and 118 wounded at Gaines' Mill and sixty-two percent of the 123 engaged at Sharpsburg. In the fight at Fredericksburg there were 10 killed and 91 wounded, and of the 341 at Gettysburg, more than thirty-five percent were disabled. It surrendered with 112, of which 73 were armed.


No Prouder Fate

No Prouder Fate

Author: Neil Baxley

Publisher:

Published: 2005-02-01

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9781420829983

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On December 20, 1860 South Carolina seceded from the Union of states that she had freely joined eighty years earlier. Among the regiments raised for the defense of the State, Beaufort District contributed the 11th S.C. Volunteer Infantry. This group of men consisted of some of the finest families of Beaufort. One thousand men answered the call. Four years later the 11th had crossed battlefields from Olustee, Florida to the killing fields of Virginia. When the 11th surrendered on April 26, 1865 only sixty-five men were left to answer the rolls. When duty summoned they had responded and in the end they had shared "No Prouder Fate Than Theirs, Who Gave Their Lives To Liberty."


Dark Hours

Dark Hours

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Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 576

ISBN-13: 9780971978409

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Contains list of 11,238 South Carolinians held in captivity as a result of their service to the Confederacy. Drawing on more than 200 sources, Mr. Kirkland's list includes the individuals' names, ranks, units, where and when they were captured, where they were held, when they were moved, their final dispositions, and sources to assist researchers.