15th South Carolina Infantry
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- September 10, 1861 - Organized at Lightwood Knot Spring(s?) near Columbia
- ? - Mustered into Confederate service
- November 7, 1861 - Hilton Head
- November 7, 1861 - Port Royal
- June 16, 1862 - Secessionville
- June 21, 1861 -
Battle of Bull Run, Virginia(not engaged) - September 12-15, 1862 - Harper's Ferry
- September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
- September 17, 1862 -
Battle of Antietam, Maryland - December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
- May 1-4, 1863 -
Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia - June 1-3, 1863 -
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - September 19-20, 1863 -
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia - September=November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- November 16, 1863 - Campbell's Station
- November-December 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
- November 29, 1863 - Fort Sanders
- December 15, 1863 - Bean's Station
- May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
- May 8-21, 1864 -
Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia - May 23-26, 1864 - North Anna River
- June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
- June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
- August 1864 - Berryville
- October 7, 1864 - near Port Republic
- October 14, 1864 - near Strasburg
- October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign - March 16, 1865 - Averasboro
- March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
- April 9, 1865 - Consolidated at Smithfield, North Carolina with parts of the following units:
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of South Carolina (September-November 1861)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 3rd Military District of South Carolina (November 1861)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 6th Military District of South Carolina (May-June 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / D.R. Jones' Division / Drayton's Brigade (August-November 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / Magruder's Command / McLaws' Division / Kershaw's Brigade (November 1862-July 1863)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / McLaws' Division / Kershaw's Brigade (July-September 1863)[1]
- Army of Tennessee / Longstreet's Corps / McLaw's Division / Kershaw's Brigade (September-November 1863)
- Department of East Tennessee / McLaw's/Kershaw's Division / Kershaw's Brigade (November 1863-April 1864)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Kershaw's Division / Kershaw's Brigade (April-August 1864)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Kershaw's Division / Kershaw's/Connor's Brigade (August-September 1864)
- Kershaw's Division / Connor's Brigade (returning to the Petersburg lines but recalled) (September 1864)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Kershaw's Division / Connor's Brigade (September-October 1864)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Kershaw's Division / Connor's/Kennedy's Brigade (November 1864-January 1865)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / McLaws' Division / Kennedy's Brigade (January-February 1865)
- Hardee's Corps / McLaws'/Walthall's Division / Kennedy's Brigade (February-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: William D. DeSaussure (Colonel)
- Richard Anderson (Lieutenant Colonel)
- John B. Davis (Colonel)
- Joseph F. Gist (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- William M. Gist (Major)
- Frederick S. Lewie (Lieutenant Colonel)
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Notes
- ↑ Originally printed July 1862 - likely a misprint
Sources
- Dickert, D. Augustus, History of Kershaw's Brigade, With Complete Roll of Companies, Biographical Sketches, Incidents, Anecdotes, etc.
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 75, 88-90)
