15th South Carolina Heavy Artillery Battalion

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as Lucas' (South Carolina) Artillery Battalion

• June 6, 1861 - Organized with two companies
• June 6 - Mustered in Confederate Service at James Island
• July 1861 - Converted to Heavy Artillery service
• November 15, 1862 - Company C added
• January 30, 1863 - Capture of the USS Isaac Smith
• June 1863
  • Gist Guard (South Carolina) Artillery Battery temporarily attached
  • Mathewes (South Carolina) Artillery Battery temporarily attached
• August-September 1863 - Charleston Harbor
• February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida (August-November 1861)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida (November-December 1861)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina (December 1861-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 / 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 / 3rd Sub-Division (July-August 1863) [Company B]
• 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 / Western Division [or 2nd Sub-District] / Heavy Artillery (October 1863-January 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 5th Military District of South Carolina [Company A] (December 1863-January 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 7th Military District of South Carolina / Hagood's Brigade (January-February 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 5th Military District of South Carolina (April-May 1864) [Company C]
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 7th Military District of South Carolina (February-July 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Brigade (July-December 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Division / Anderson's Brigade (December 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Division / Unattached (December 1864-January 1865)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Division / Rhett's Brigade (January-February 1865)
• Hardee's Corps / Taliaferro's Division / Rhett's Brigade (February-April 1865)
• Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / Taliaferro's/Anderson's Division / Rhett's/Butler's Brigade (April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: James J. Lucas (Major)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 9-10, 19, 21, 23)