1st South Carolina Cavalry
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- June 25, 1862 - Organized by increase of 1st South Carolina Cavalry Battalion (9 companies) to a regiment
- ? - Mustered in Confederate Service for the duration of the war
- December 12, 1862 - Dumfries [detachment]
- December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
- December 19, 1862 - Skirmish on the Occoquan River
- December 27-29, 1862 - Raid on Dumfries and Fairfax Station
- June 9, 1863 - Brandy Station
- July 1-3, 1863 -
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- July 2, 1863 - Hunterstown
- October 9-22, 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
- November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
- May 26, 1864 - Chapman's Fort, Ashepoo River
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign
- April 10, 1865 - Moccasin Swamp
- April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 2nd Military District of South Carolina (June-August 1862)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 3rd Military District of South Carolina (September 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / Cavalry Division / Hampton's Brigade (November 1862-September 1863)
- Army of Northern Virginia / Cavalry Corps / F. Lee's Division / W.H.F. Lee's Brigade (September 1863)
- Army of Northern Virginia / Cavalry Corps / Hampton's Division / Butler's/Young's Brigade (September 1863-March 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Brigade (July-December 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Harrison's Brigade (December 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Ripley's Brigade [Company K] (July-November 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / McLaw's Division / Cavalry (January 1865)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / McLaw's Division / Harrison's Brigade (January 1865)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Division / Elliot's Brigade (January-February 1865)
- Hardee's Corps / McLaw's Division / Harrison's Brigade [detachment] (January-February 1865)
- Hardee's Corps / Taliaferro's Division / Unattached [Company E] (January-February 1865)
- Hardee's Corps / Wright's Division / Mercer's Brigade [Company K] (January-February 1865)
- Hampton's Cavalry Command / Butler's Division / Logan's Brigade (March-April 1865)
- Hampton's Cavalry Command / Butler's Division / Logan's Brigade (April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: John Logan Black (Colonel)
- Niles Nesbitt (Major)
- Moses T. Owen (Major)
- John D. Twiggs (Lieutenant Colonel)
- William A. Walker (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
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Notes
Sources
- Black, John Logan. Crumbling Defenses; or Memoirs and Reminiscences of John Logan Black, Colonel, C.S.A.
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 38-40)