1st (Regular) South Carolina Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as the 3rd South Carolina Artillery

• January 28, 1861 - Organized with 10 companies
  • May 17, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate Service with 8 companies
• December 1860-April 1861 - Operations in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
  • April 12-14, 1861 - Fort Sumter
• Early 1862 - Companies I and K assigned
• April 7, 1863 - Charleston Harbor
• August-September 1863 - Charleston Harbor
• July 11, 1863 - Battery Wagner [two companies]
• January-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
• March 16, 1865 - Averasboro
• March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
• April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina

DESIGNATIONS

• Charleston Harbor (January-April 1861)
• Charleston Harbor / Sullivan's Island (April 1861)
• Charleston Harbor (April-August 1861)
• Department of South Carolina (August-November 1861)
• Department of South Carolina and Georgia (November-December 1861)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida (December 1861-June 1862)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 2nd Military District of South Carolina (June-August 1862)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina (September 1862-July 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Ripley's Brigade (July-December 1864)
• Hardee's Corps / Taliaferro's Division / Rhett's Brigade (December 1864-April 1865)
• Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / Anderson's Division / Rhett's Brigade (April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Richard H. Anderson (Colonel)
• Warren Adams (Major)
• Thomas McD. Baker (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• William Butler (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Robert DeTreville (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• John Dunovant (Colonel)
• Thomas A. Huguenin (Major)
• John C. Simkins (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Inglesby, Charles, Historical Sketch of the First Regiment of South Carolina Artillery (Regulars).
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 54-55)