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The information in this list of South Carolina Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site (CWSS). That web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier.

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5th Battalions and Regiments

  • 5th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
    Organized: March/April 1861
    Mustered in: 4 June 1861
    Disbanded: 13 April 1862
    Reorganized: 23 April 1862
    Surrendered: 9 April 1865 at Appomattox, Virginia.


6th Battalions and Regiments


7th Battalions and Regiments

  • 7th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
    Organized: 1861
    Mustered in: 15 April 1861.
    Reorganized: 14 May 1862
    Consolidated: 9 April 1865.
    Surrendered: 26 April 1865
    Paroled: 2 May 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina.


8th Battalions and Regiments

  • 8th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
    Organized: 13 April 1861 at Marion, South Carolina
    Mustered in: 1 June 1861
    Consolidated: 9 April 1865
    Paroled: 2 May 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina.

9th Battalions and Regiments


10th - 14th Battalions and Regiments

  • 10th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
    Organized: May/July 1861 at Camp Marion, South Carolina
    Mustered in: 14 August 1861
    Reorganized: May 1862
    Consolidated: February 1863 - April 1864
    Paroled: May 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina
    Consolidated: 10 April 1865
    Surrendered: 26 April 1865
    Paroled: 1 May 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina.
  • 11th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (9th Volunteers)
    11th Infantry Regiment [also called 9th Regiment] was organized during the summer of 1861 with men from Beaufort, Clarendon, and Colleton counties. It was assigned to Hagood's Brigade, then one company was permitted to organize and equip as a light battery (Beaufort Artillery), and the regiment served with nine companies. Surrendered on April 26, 1865.
  • 12th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
    12th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in July, 1861, at Lightwoodknot Springs, near Columbia, South Carolina. The men were raised in the counties of Oconee, York, Lancaster, Kershaw, and Fairfield. It served on the South Carolina coast near Pocotaligo, then in April, 1862, moved to Virginia. Assigned to General Gregg's and McGowan's Brigade.
  • 13th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
    13th Infantry Regiment was organized in July, 1861, at Lightwoodknot Springs, near Columbia, South Carolina. Many of the men were recruited in Greenville, Newberry, Abbeville, and Spartanburg counties. In April, 1862, it was ordered to Virginia and assigned to General Gregg's and McGowan's Brigade.
  • 14th Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry
    14th Cavalry Battalion [also called 1st or 2nd Battalion] was organized early in 1862 with four companies. Many of its members were recruited in the western counties of the state. . During January, 1863, it merged into the 5th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment.
  • 14th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
    14th Infantry Regiment, organized in July, 1861, at Lightwoodknot Springs, near Columbia, South Carolina, contained men from Edgefield, Darlington, Laurens, Greenville, Spartanburg, and Kershaw counties. In October the unit moved to the South Carolina coast near Pocotaligo, and on Janury 1, 1862, it was under fire from Federal gunboats. Ordered to Virginia in April, the 14th was assigned to General Gregg's and McGowan's Brigade.
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