18th South Carolina Heavy Artillery Battalion

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as the:
  • South Carolina Siege Train Artillery Battalion
  • McQueen (South Carolina) Light Artillery Battery (Company C)
  • Manigault's (South Carolina) Light Artillery Battery

• May 1862 - Organized with three companies as light artillery
• ? - Mustered in Confederate Service
• Early 1862 - Converted to Heavy Artillery service
• Later 1862 - Company D assigned
• August-September 1863 - Charleston Harbor
• December 25, 1863 - Legareville (Companies A and B)
• December 1864 - (Bridges') Louisiana Artillery Battery merged into Company D
• February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
• April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina

• See also 18th South Carolina Heavy Artillery Battalion / Battery C

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 2nd Military District (May-June 1862)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina (July 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 / 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 / 7th Military District of South Carolina / Western Division / Heavy Artillery [Company C] (October-November 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 7th Military District of South Carolina / 2nd Sub-District / Unattached (December 1863-January 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 7th Military District of South Carolina / Hagood's Brigade (January-July 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Robertson's Brigade [Company A] (July-December 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Brigade [Companies A and B] (July-December 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Division / Anderson's Brigade [Companies B and D] (December 1864-February 1865)
• Hardee's Corps / Taliaferro's Division / Anderson's/Elliot's Brigade (February-April 1865)
• Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / Taliaferro's/Army of Tennessee / Division / Army of Tennessee / Elliot's Brigade (April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Charles Alston (Major)
• Edward Manigault (Major)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Manigault, Edward, Siege Train: The Journal of a Confederate Artilleryman in the Defense of Charleston.
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Page 18)
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 10-11, 35)