1st South Carolina Cavalry Battalion
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- October 31, 1861 - Organized with 6 companies
- Per Adjutant and Inspector General's Office / Special Order #198
- ? - Mustered in Confederate Service for the duration of the war
- Early 1862 - Increased to 9 companies
- May 29, 1862 - Pocotaglio
- June 7, 1862 - John's Island
- June 25, 1862 - Increased to a regiment and re-designated 1st South Carolina Cavalry
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of South Carolina (October-November 1861)
- Department of South Carolina and Georgia (November-December 1861)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 3rd Military District (December 1861-May 1862)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 2nd Military District (May-June 1862)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: John Logan Black (Lieutenant Colonel)
- John D. Twiggs (Major)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Black, John Logan. Crumbling Defenses; or Memoirs and Reminiscences of John Logan Black, Colonel, C.S.A.
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Page 38)