Gist Guard (South Carolina) Artillery Battery

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as Chichester's (South Carolina) Artillery Battery

• Early 1862 - Organized
• ? - Mustered in Confederate Service
• June 1863 - Temporarily attached to the 15th South Carolina Heavy Artillery Battalion
• August-September 1863 - Charleston Harbor
• 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 (February 1862)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina (March 1862-July 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / 3rd Sub-Division (July-August 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / 1st Sub-Division (August-September 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / Unattached (September 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 5th Military District of South Carolina (October 1863-July 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Ripley's Brigade (July-December 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Division / Anderson's Brigade (December 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Division / Unattached (December 1864-February 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Charles E. Chichester (Captain)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 16, 19-20)