16th South Carolina Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Early 1862 - Organized
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate service
• May 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
• July 1863 - Siege of Jackson
• September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
• November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
• May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
• May 5-11, 1864 - Dalton
• May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
• June 14, 1864 - Pine Mountain
• June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
• July 4, 1864 - Smyrna Campground
• July 5-17, 1864 - Chattahoochie River
• July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
• July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
• July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
• August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
• November 30, 1864 - Franklin
• December 1864-April 1865 - Field consolidation with the 24th South Carolina Infantry
• December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
• 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 / 3rd Military District of South Carolina (April-June 1862)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 2nd Military District of South Carolina (June 1862-January 1863)
• Department of North Carolina / District of the Cape Fear / Colquitt's Brigade (January-February 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 2nd Military District of South Carolina (March-May 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Gist's Brigade (May-June 1863)
• Department of the West / Walker's Division / Gist's Brigade (June-July 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Walker's Division / Gist's Brigade (July-September 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / Reserve Corps / Walker's Division / Gist's Brigade (September 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / Longstreet's Corps / Walker's Division / Gist's Brigade (September-November 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Walker's Division / Gist's Brigade (November 1863-July 1864)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Cheatham's Division / Gist's Brigade (July 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Charles J. Elford (Colonel)
• W.B. Ivor (Lieutenant Colonel)
• James McCullough (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Charles C. O'Neil (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 90-91)