1st South Carolina (Provisional) Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• January 1861 - Organized
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service for a 6 month term of service
• December 1860-April 1861 - Operations in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
• April 12-14, 1861 - Fort Sumter
• June 17, 1861 - Vienna
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• July/August 1861 - Re-organized back in South Carolina
  • August 17-September 7, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate Service for for the war
• March 1862 - Company D re-organized for artillery service as the Pee Dee (South Carolina) Artillery Battery
• August 28-30, 1862 - Bull Run
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• September 20, 1862 - Shepherdstown Ford
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• May 1-4, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
• July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• July 14, 1863 - Falling Waters
• October 9-22, 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
• November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
• 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
• September 30, 1864 - 1st Squirrel Level Road
• September 30, 1864 - Jones' Farm
• October 1, 1864 - 1st Pegram's Farm
• April 1, 1865 - Five Forks
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Charleston Harbor / Morris Island (April 1861)
• Charleston Harbor / Bonham's Division / Nelson's Brigade (April-May 1861)
• Department of Alexandria (May-June 1861)
• Army of the Potomac / Bonham's Brigade (June 1861)
• Department of Norfolk (September-October 1861)
• Department of North Carolina / J.R. Anderson's Brigade (April 1862)
• Department of Northern Virginia / J.R. Anderson's Brigade (April-May 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / A.P. Hill's Division / Gregg's Brigade (May-June 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / A.P. Hill's Division / Gregg's Brigade (June-July 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / A.P. Hill's Division / Gregg's/McGowan's Brigade (July 1862-May 1863)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 3rd Corps / Pender's/Wilcox's Division / McGowan's/Perrin's Brigade (May 1863-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Maxcy Gregg (Colonel)
• Thomas P. Alston (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Edward D. Brailsford (Major)
• Andrew P. Butler (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Daniel H. Hamilton (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Edward McCrady (Jr.) (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Comillus W. McCreary (Major, Colonel)
• Washington P. Shooter (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Augustus H. Smith (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Caldwell, J.F.J., The History of a Brigade of South Carolinians, known first as "Gregg's" and subsequently as "McGowan's Brigade."
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 33, 53-54)