1st South Carolina Infantry
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- January-March 1861 - Organized
- December 1860-April 1861 -
Operations in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
- April 12-14, 1861 - Fort Sumter
- April 12, 1861 - Mustered into South Carolina State service
- Companies (I) A/(I) D/(I) E transferred to 11th South Carolina Infantry Battalion
- July 20, 1861 - Volunteered for Confederate service
- August 22, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate Service
- Companies (I) G/(I) I/(I) K refused to volunteer for Confederate service
- April 12, 1862 - (I) Company G transferred to 1st South Carolina Artillery as Company K
- (I) Company H mustered out of service[1]
- Part of (II) Company G became part of 2nd South Carolina Artillery[2]
- Rest of unit re-organized for the war
- June 16, 1862 - Secessionville
- August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
- September 1, 1862 - Chantilly
- September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
- September 17, 1862 -
Battle of Antietam, Maryland
- December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
- October 28-29, 1863 - Wauhatchie
- November-December 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
- 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
- September 30, 1864 - 2nd Fort Harrison
- October 27, 1864 - Williamsburg Road
- April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
- Surrendered
DESIGNATIONS
- Charleston Harbor / Morris Island (April 1861)
- Charleston Harbor / Bonham's Division / Simons' Brigade (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 / 2nd Military District of South Carolina (December 1861-June 1862)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina (June-July 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Kemper's Division / Jenkins' Brigade (August-September 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / D.R. Jones'/Pickett's Division / Jenkins' Brigade (September 1862-February 1863)
- Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Pickett's Division / Jenkins' Brigade (February-April 1863)
- Department of Southern Virginia / Pickett's Division / Jenkins' Brigade (April-May 1863)
- Department of Southern Virginia / Jenkins' Brigade (May 1863)
- Department of North Carolina / Jenkins' Brigade (May-July 1863)
- Department of Richmond / Jenkins' Brigade (July 1863)
- Department of Richmond / Ransom's Division / Jenkins' Brigade (July-September 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / Longstreet's Corps / Hood's Division / Jenkins' Brigade (September-November 1863)
- Department of East Tennessee / Hood's/Field's Division / Jenkins' Brigade (November 1863-April 1864)
- Army of Northern Virginia / Field's Division / Jenkins'/Bratton's Brigade (April 1864-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Johnson Hagood (Colonel)
- William H. Duncan (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Thomas J. Glover (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- George M. Grimes (Major)
- James R. Hagood (Colonel)
- F. Whitner Kilpatrick (Colonel)
- Benjamin B. Kirkland (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- Daniel Livingston (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- Watson A. O'Cain (Major)
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Hagood, Johnson, Memoirs of the War of Secession.
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 20, 34, 51-53)