Palmetto (South Carolina) Light Artillery Battalion / Battery A
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- Also referred to as the Furman Artillery
- August 15, 1861 - Organized
- ? - Mustered in Confederate Service
- May 29, 1862 - Part of company reorganized as Battery H
- August-September 1863 - Charleston Harbor
- May 3, 1864 - Armed with two 6-lb Smoothbores and two 12-lb Howitzers
- May 26, 1864 - vs. the USS Boston, Ashepoo River
- July 30, 1864 - Armed with one 6-lb Smoothbore, two 12-lb Howitzers, and one 10-lb gun (Parrott?)
- January 6, 1865 - Armed with two 12-lb Howitzers, one 10-lb Parrott, and one 12-lb Napoleon
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign
- February 3, 1865 - Rivers' Bridge
- April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of South Carolina (August-November 1861)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida (November-December 1861)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / James Island (December 1861-June 1862)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina (June-July 1862)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / James Island (July-August 1862)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina (September 1862-May 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 3rd Military District of South Carolina (June-August 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / 5th Sub-Division (August-September 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 3rd Military District of South Carolina (October-November 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 2nd Military District of South Carolina (December 1863-July 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Robertson's Brigade (July-November 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Brigade (December 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Reserve Artillery / 4th Battalion (December 1864-January 1865)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / McLaw's Division / Artillery (January-March 1865)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Hampton's Cavalry Command / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Artillery (April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: William H. Campbell (Captain)
- William E. Earle (Captain)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 17, 25-26)