21st South Carolina Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• November 12, 1861 - Organized
  • January 1, 1862 - Mustered into Confederate service
• April 7, 1863 - Charleston Harbor
• August-September 1863 - Charleston Harbor
• May 6, 1864 - Port Walthall Junction
• May 9, 1864 - Swift Creek
• May 12, 1864 - Drewry's Bluff
• May 16, 1864 - Drewry's Bluff
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
• August 21, 1864 - Weldon Railroad
• September 30, 1864 - 2nd Fort Harrison
• January 13-15, 1865 - 2nd Fort Fisher
• February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
• March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
• April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 2nd Military District of South Carolina (May-July 1862)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina (July 1862-July 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / 1st Sub-Division (July-September 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / 1st Sub-Division / Hagood's Brigade (September-October 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 5th Military District of South Carolina [Company A] (October 1863-February 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 7th Military District of South Carolina / Hagood's Brigade (January-April 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Hoke's Division / Hagood's Brigade (May-October 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 4th Corps / Hoke's Division / Hagood's Brigade (October-December 1864)
• Department of North Carolina / Hoke's Division / Hagood's Brigade (December 1864-March 1865)
• Hardee's Corps / Hoke's Division / Hagood's Brigade (March-April 1865)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Hoke's Division / Hagood's Brigade (April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Robert F. Graham (Colonel)
• Alonzo T. Dargan (Lieutenant Colonel)
• George W. McIver (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• John H. Read (Sr.) (Major)
• Samuel H. Wilds (Major)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Dubose, Henry Kershaw, The History of Company B, Twenty-first Regiment (Infantry), South Carolina Volunteers, Confederate States Provisional Army.
• 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 97-98)