1st South Carolina Infantry (Rifles)

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as the:
  • 5th South Carolina Infantry Battalion (Rifles)
  • Abbeville Minutemen (Company B)

• July 20, 1861 - Organized
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• August 28-30, 1862 - Bull Run
• September 1, 1862 - Chantilly
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• September 20, 1862 - Shepherdstown Ford
• November 3, 1862 - Castleman's Ferry
• 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

• Department of North Carolina (September 1861)
• Army of Northern Virginia / A.P. Hill's Division / Gregg's Brigade (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: James L. Orr (Colonel)
• William M. Hadden (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Francis E. Harrison (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Daniel A. Leadbetter (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• James W. Livingston (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• J. Foster (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• George M. Miller (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• John B. Moore (Major)
• Joseph J. Norton (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• James M. Perrin (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• James T. Robertson (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Leonard Rogers (Major)

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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."
• Local designations of Confederate troops. United States War Records Office, 1919. (Page 3)
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 56-57, 69)