Palmetto (South Carolina) Light Artillery Battery
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- Also referred to as:
- 3rd South Carolina Light Artillery Battalion
- Garden's (South Carolina) Artillery Battery
- 1862 - Organized
- ? - Mustered in Confederate Service
- August/September 1862 - Armed with one 12 lb. Howitzer, one 12 lb. Napoleon, and two 6 lb. Smoothbores
- August 23, 1862 - Rappahnnock Station
- August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
- September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
- September 14, 1862 - Antietam
- December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
- July 1-3, 1863 - Gettysburg
- July 1-3, 1863 - Armed with two 12 lb. Napoleons and two 10 lb. Parrotts
- July 19, 1863-December 31, 1864 - Armed with three 12 lb. Napoleons and one 10 lb. Parrott
- October 9-22, 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
- November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
- The Overland Campaign
- May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
- May 8-21, 1864 - Spotsylvania Court House
- May 23-26, 1864 - North Anna River
- June 1-3, 1864 - Siege of Petersburg
- April 9, 1865 - Surrendered at Appomattox Court House Virginia
DESIGNATIONS
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Hood's Division / Kemper's Artillery Battalion (August 1862-February 1863)
- Department of North Carolina / Hood's Division / Kemper's Artillery Battalion (February-April 1863)
- Department of Southern Virginia / Hood's Division / Kemper's/Henry's Artillery Battalion (April-May 1863)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Hood's Division / Henry's Artillery Battalion (May-July 1863)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Henry's Artillery Battalion (July-September 1863)
- Army of Northern Virginia / Reserve Artillery / Henry's/Haskell's Battalion (September-October 1863)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 3rd Corps / Haskell's Artillery Battalion (October 1863-May 1864)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Haskell's Artillery Battalion (May 1864-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Hugh R. Garden (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 9, 18, 32-33)