2nd South Carolina Artillery
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- Also referred to as the 1st South Carolina Artillery
- Company D also referred to as the Inglis (South Carolina) Artillery Battery
- April 1862 - Organized by the increase of the 2nd South Carolina Artillery Battalion to a regiment
- April 12, 1862 - Part of 1st South Carolina Infantry / (II) Company G transferred to regiment[1]
- ? - Mustered in Confederate Service
- Company D (Inglis Artillery) served as light artillery
- Balance of regiment served as heavy artillery and infantry
- May 8, 1862 - 2nd Confederate States Infantry / Company E became Battery E
- June 16, 1862 - Secessionville
- April 7, 1863 - Charleston Harbor [Company I]
- August-September 1863 - Charleston Harbor
- December 25, 1863 - Legareville
- May 3, 1864 - Company D armed with 2 12-lb Howitzers
- July 30, 1864 - Company D armed with 2 12-lb Howitzers, 1 3+" Blakely Rifle, and 2 6-lb Smoothbores
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign
- January 6, 1865 - Company D armed with 2 12-lb Howitzers
- April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / James Island (April-June 1862)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 2nd Military District of South Carolina (June 1862)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina (June-July 1862)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / James Island (July-August 1862)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina (September 1862-July 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 4th Military District of South Carolina (June-July 1862) [Company D]
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / 1st Sub-Division (July-September 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / 1st Sub-Division / Unattached (September-October 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 7th Military District of South Carolina / Eastern Division / Heavy Artillery (October-November 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 6th Military District of South Carolina (October 1863-July 1864) [Company C]
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 7th Military District of South Carolina / Eastern Division / Light Artillery (October-November 1863) [Company D]
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 6th Military District of South Carolina (December 1863-July 1864) [Company D]
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 7th Military District of South Carolina / 1st Sub-District / Unattached (December 1863-February 1864) [Companies A/B/E/G/K]
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 7th Military District of South Carolina / 2nd Sub-District / Unattached (December 1863-February 1864) [Companies F/H/I]
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 7th Military District of South Carolina / Hagood's Brigade (January-February 1864) [Companies F/H/I]
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 5th Military District of South Carolina (April-May 1864) [Company F detachment]
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 7th Military District of South Carolina (February-July 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Robertson's Brigade (July-November 1864) [Company C/D]
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Brigade (July-December 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Division / Rhett's Brigade (December 1864-January 1865)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Division / Elliot's Brigade (January-February 1865) [Companies C/D]
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Division / Unattached (January-February 1865)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Jackson's Brigade (January-February 1865) [Company D]
- Hardee's Corps / Taliaferro's Division / Elliot's Brigade (March-April 1865)
- Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / Taliaferro's/Anderson's Division / Rhett's/Butler's Brigade (April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Thomas G. Lamar (Colonel)
- J. Wesley Brown (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- A.D. Frederick (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Frederick F. Warley (Major)
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Notes
- ↑ Originally printed 1861 - misprint?
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units, and the Indian Units. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Page 183)
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 7-9, 20, 52)