3rd South Carolina Infantry Battalion
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- November 1861 - Organized with four companies at Camp Hamilton near Columbia
- ? - Mustered into Confederate service
- December 1861 - Companies E/F/G assigned
- April 1862 - Re-organized for the war
- June 16, 1862 - Secessionville [not engaged]
- August 24, 1862 - Waterloo Bridge
- August 26, 1862 - Thoroughfare Gap
- August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
- September 12-15, 1862 - Harper's Ferry
- May 13, 1862 - Reorganized for the war
- September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
- September 17, 1862 -
Battle of Antietam, Maryland
- December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
- May 1-4, 1863 -
Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
- May 1-4, 1863 -
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- September 19-20, 1863 -
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
- September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- November 16, 1863 - Campbell's Station
- November-December 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
- November 29, 1863 - Fort Sanders
- December 15, 1863 - Bean's Station
- 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
- August 1864 - Berryville
- October 7, 1864 - near Port Republic
- October 14, 1864 - near Strasburg
- October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign
- March 16, 1865 - Averasboro
- March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
- April 9, 1865 - Consolidated at Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina with the following units:
- 3rd South Carolina Infantry
- 8th South Carolina Infantry
- 1st South Carolina (Reserve) Infantry Battalion
- 2nd South Carolina (Reserve) Infantry Battalion
- 6th South Carolina (Reserve) Infantry Battalion
- 7th South Carolina (Reserve) Infantry Battalion
- Re-designated 3rd (Consolidated) South Carolina Infantry
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 3rd Military District of South Carolina (November 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 / D.R. Jones' Division / Drayton's Brigade (August-November 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / Magruder's Command / McLaws' Division / Kershaw's Brigade (November 1862-July 1863)
- Army of Northern Virginia / Magruder's Command / McLaws' Division / Kershaw's Brigade (July-September 1863)[1]
- Army of Tennessee / Longstreet's Corps / McLaws' Division / Kershaw's Brigade (September-November 1863)
- Department of East Tennessee / McLaws'/Kershaw's Division / Kershaw's Brigade (November 1863-April 1864)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Kershaw's Division / Kershaw's Brigade (April-August 1864)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Kershaw's Division / Kershaw's/Connor's Brigade (August-September 1864)
- Kershaw's Division / Connor's Brigade (September 1864) - returning to Petersburg lines, but recalled
- Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Kershaw's Division / Connor's Brigade (September-October 1864)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Kershaw's Division / Connor's/Kennedy's Brigade (November 1864-January 1865)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / McLaws' Division / Kennedy's Brigade (January-February 1865)
- Hardee's Corps / McLaws'/Walthall's Division / Kennedy's Brigade (February-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: George S. James (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- George M. Gunnels (Major)
- Daniel B. Miller (Major)
- William G. Rice (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
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Notes
- ↑ Originally printed July 1862, likely a misprint
Sources
- Dickert, D. Augustus, History of Kershaw's Brigade, With Complete Roll of Companies, Biographical Sketches, Incidents, Anecdotes, etc.
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 62-64, 66)