SouthCarolina
05-26-2017, 05:46 PM
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This company was enrolled at Dutch Fork on April 14, 1861 and mustered into Confederate service on June 6, 1861. The men came from the Dutch Fork area of Newberry District and the Lexington District.
The 3rd South Carolina suffered under poor leadership at the regiment and company level during the first year of the war. However, at the reorganization on May 13, 1862 the men elected James Drayton Nance as their colonel. They also elected younger and more aggressive men as their other officers at both regiment and company level. Nance, a graduate of The South Carolina Military School (now called The Citadel), brought discipline and improved the efficiency and morale of the men. Under Nance's leadership, the regiment developed into one of the real elite units of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. They paid a high price in casualties. A shocking 45 percent of the men did not survive the war with another 697 surviving one or more wounds. Few, in any, regiments of either side suffered more losses.
The unit was among the ten regiments organized under the direction of Governor Pickens in early 1861 as a result of act passed by the South Carolina General Assembly on December 17, 1860. The regiment was activated on April 13, 1861 and ordered to rendezvous in Columbia as quickly as possible. By April 17th, all twelve companies had arrived in Columbia. The regiment was mustered into Confederate service while at Columbia on June 6, 1861. Since Confederate regulations allowed for only ten companies, two companies joined other regiments. The regiment departed for Virginia on June 15, 1861.
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The men elected James Henderson Williams as their colonel even though he was in Arkansas, He was highly respected and had military experience in both the Seminole and Mexican wars, but did not join the regiment until May 1st. A lack of testimony by the soldiers either for or against Williams makes it hard to evaluate his performance. However, a letter of April 17, 1862 from Adjutant William D. Rutherford to his brother-in-law Captain James D. Nance indicates that the regiment had serious morale problems and lacked leadership at the company. The elevation of Nance to colonel and the new leadership at the company level led to drastic improvements. Heavy losses in the regimental and company command structure during the middle and later part of the war finally caught with the unit. The death of Nance at the Wilderness on May 6, 1864 led to a rapid decline in the efficiency level.
The regiment underwent a consolidation with the 3rd South Carolina Battalion and 8th South Carolina on April 9, 1865, the day that General Lee surrendered his army at Appomattox. The regiment surrendered with general Joseph Johnston at the Bennett House near Durham, North Carolina on April 26, 1865 and the survivors were given paroles on May 2, 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Battles
1st Manassas (21 JUL 1861)
Yorktown Siege (APR - MAY 1862
Williamsburg (4 MAY 1862)
Secessionville (15 - 16 JUN 1862)
Seven Days Battles VA (25 JUN - 1 JUL 1862)
Savage's Station (29 JUN 1862)
Malvern Hill VA (1 JUL 1862)
Nine Mile Road, near Richmond VA (18 JUL 1862)
Harper's Ferry (12 - 15 SEP 1862)
South Mountain VA (14 SEP 1862)
Sharpsburg VA (17 SEP 1862)
Fredericksburg VA (13 DEC 1862)
Chancellorsville (1-4 MAY 1863)
Gettysburg PA (1-3 JUL 1863)
Antietam Creek (10 JUL 1863)
Chickamauga GA (19-20 SEP 1863)
Chattanooga Siege GA (SEP - NOV 1863)
Knoxville Siege GA (NOV - DEC 1863)
Campbell's Station (16 NOV 1863)
Fort Sanders (29 NOV 1863)
Bean's Station (15 DEC 1863)
The Wilderness VA (5 - 6 MAY 1864)
Spotsylvania Court House VA (8 - 21 MAY 1864)
North Anna VA (23 - 26 MAY 1864)
Cold Harbor VA (1 - 3 JUN 1864)
Petersburg Siege VA (JUN 1864 - APR 1865)
Berryville (AUG 1864)
Near Port Republic (7 OCT 1864)
Near Strasburg (14 OCT 1864)
Cedar Creek (19 OCT 1864)
Carolinas Campaign SC (FEB - APR 1865)
Averasboro (16 MAR 1865)
Bentonville NC (19 - 21 MAR 1865)
Hidden Text Here
European based company!
This company was enrolled at Dutch Fork on April 14, 1861 and mustered into Confederate service on June 6, 1861. The men came from the Dutch Fork area of Newberry District and the Lexington District.
The 3rd South Carolina suffered under poor leadership at the regiment and company level during the first year of the war. However, at the reorganization on May 13, 1862 the men elected James Drayton Nance as their colonel. They also elected younger and more aggressive men as their other officers at both regiment and company level. Nance, a graduate of The South Carolina Military School (now called The Citadel), brought discipline and improved the efficiency and morale of the men. Under Nance's leadership, the regiment developed into one of the real elite units of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. They paid a high price in casualties. A shocking 45 percent of the men did not survive the war with another 697 surviving one or more wounds. Few, in any, regiments of either side suffered more losses.
The unit was among the ten regiments organized under the direction of Governor Pickens in early 1861 as a result of act passed by the South Carolina General Assembly on December 17, 1860. The regiment was activated on April 13, 1861 and ordered to rendezvous in Columbia as quickly as possible. By April 17th, all twelve companies had arrived in Columbia. The regiment was mustered into Confederate service while at Columbia on June 6, 1861. Since Confederate regulations allowed for only ten companies, two companies joined other regiments. The regiment departed for Virginia on June 15, 1861.
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The men elected James Henderson Williams as their colonel even though he was in Arkansas, He was highly respected and had military experience in both the Seminole and Mexican wars, but did not join the regiment until May 1st. A lack of testimony by the soldiers either for or against Williams makes it hard to evaluate his performance. However, a letter of April 17, 1862 from Adjutant William D. Rutherford to his brother-in-law Captain James D. Nance indicates that the regiment had serious morale problems and lacked leadership at the company. The elevation of Nance to colonel and the new leadership at the company level led to drastic improvements. Heavy losses in the regimental and company command structure during the middle and later part of the war finally caught with the unit. The death of Nance at the Wilderness on May 6, 1864 led to a rapid decline in the efficiency level.
The regiment underwent a consolidation with the 3rd South Carolina Battalion and 8th South Carolina on April 9, 1865, the day that General Lee surrendered his army at Appomattox. The regiment surrendered with general Joseph Johnston at the Bennett House near Durham, North Carolina on April 26, 1865 and the survivors were given paroles on May 2, 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Battles
1st Manassas (21 JUL 1861)
Yorktown Siege (APR - MAY 1862
Williamsburg (4 MAY 1862)
Secessionville (15 - 16 JUN 1862)
Seven Days Battles VA (25 JUN - 1 JUL 1862)
Savage's Station (29 JUN 1862)
Malvern Hill VA (1 JUL 1862)
Nine Mile Road, near Richmond VA (18 JUL 1862)
Harper's Ferry (12 - 15 SEP 1862)
South Mountain VA (14 SEP 1862)
Sharpsburg VA (17 SEP 1862)
Fredericksburg VA (13 DEC 1862)
Chancellorsville (1-4 MAY 1863)
Gettysburg PA (1-3 JUL 1863)
Antietam Creek (10 JUL 1863)
Chickamauga GA (19-20 SEP 1863)
Chattanooga Siege GA (SEP - NOV 1863)
Knoxville Siege GA (NOV - DEC 1863)
Campbell's Station (16 NOV 1863)
Fort Sanders (29 NOV 1863)
Bean's Station (15 DEC 1863)
The Wilderness VA (5 - 6 MAY 1864)
Spotsylvania Court House VA (8 - 21 MAY 1864)
North Anna VA (23 - 26 MAY 1864)
Cold Harbor VA (1 - 3 JUN 1864)
Petersburg Siege VA (JUN 1864 - APR 1865)
Berryville (AUG 1864)
Near Port Republic (7 OCT 1864)
Near Strasburg (14 OCT 1864)
Cedar Creek (19 OCT 1864)
Carolinas Campaign SC (FEB - APR 1865)
Averasboro (16 MAR 1865)
Bentonville NC (19 - 21 MAR 1865)
Hidden Text Here
European based company!