2nd South Carolina Cavalry
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- June 25, 1862 - Organized by consolidation of:
- 4th South Carolina Cavalry Battalion
- Hampton Legion (South Carolina) Cavalry Battalion
- 2 independent companies
- ? - Mustered in Confederate Service for the duration of the war
- September 17, 1862 -
Battle of Antietam, Maryland
- October 9-12, 1862 - Stuart's Expedition into Maryland and Pennsylvania
- November 28, 1862 - Skirmish near Hartwood Church [detachment]
- December 12, 1862 - Dumfries [detachment]
- December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
- December 19, 1862 - Skirmish on the Occoquan River
- December 27-29, 1862 - Raid on Dumfries and Fairfax Station
- June 9, 1863 - Brandy Station
- June 21, 1863 - Upperville
- October 9-22, 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
- November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
- January 13-15, 1865 - 2nd Fort Fisher
- April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina
DESIGNATIONS
- Army of Northern Virginia / Cavalry Division / Hampton's Brigade (August 1862-September 1863)
- Army of Northern Virginia / Cavalry Corps / Hampton's Division / Butler's/Young's Brigade (September 1863-March 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Robertson's Brigade (July-November 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Ripley's Brigade [Company G] (July 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Trapier's Brigade [Company G] (October-November 1864)
- Department of North Carolina / Hoke's Division / Cavalry (January 1865)
- Department of North Carolina / District of the Cape Fear / Cavalry (January-February 1865)
- Department of North Carolina / Cavalry (February 1865)
- Department of North Carolina / Hoke's Division / Cavalry (March 1865)
- Department of North Carolina / Cavalry (March-April 1865)
- Army of Tennessee / Hampton's Cavalry Command / Butler's Division / Logan's Brigade (April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: M. Caldwell Butler (Colonel)
- William K. Easley (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Frank Hampton (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Thomas J. Lipscomb (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Thomas E. Screven (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Boykin, Richard Manning, Captain Alexander Hamilton Boykin, One of South Carolina's Distinguished Citizens.
- Brooks, U.R., Butler and His Cavalry in the War of Secession.
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 40-41, 42)