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Vacha
11-26-2015, 09:16 AM
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2nd South Carolina Infantry History


A Short History

The 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment [also called 2nd Palmetto Regiment] completed its organization near Richmond, Virginia. This regiment was called into State service about April 9, 1861 for twelve months. It was mustered into the Confederate States service May 22, 1861, and re-organized for the war in May, 1862. About April 9, 1865, the 2nd (Palmetto) Regiment Infantry was consolidated with the 20th Regiment South Carolina Infantry and a part of Blanchard's South Carolina Reserves and formed the new 2nd Regiment South Carolina Infantry.

The men were from Columbia, Camden, and Charleston, and the counties of Sumter, Richland, Greenville, Kershaw, and Lancaster.

After fighting in Bonham's Brigade at First Manassas , the unit served under Generals Toombs, Kershaw, Kennedy, and Conner. It participated in many conflicts of the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor except when it was detached with Longstreet at Chickamauga and Knoxville. The 2nd was active in Early's Shenandoah Valley operations and ended the war in North Carolina. It reported 5 killed and 43 wounded at First Manassas , and lost eighteen percent of the 338 at Savage's Station , twenty percent of the 203 at Malvern Hill , thirty-seven percent of the 253 at Sharpsburg , and forty-one percent of the 412 at Gettysburg . The regiment sustained 10 casualties at Bentonville and totalled 184 men on March 23, 1865. It surrendered with the Army of Tennessee.

The 2nd South Carolina participated in as many, if not more, battles than any other regiment on either side. It is one of the few units that was established before the bombardment of Fort Sumter and existed until several weeks after Lee's surrender at Appomattox. It established itself as one of the elite shock troop units of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. This regiment was a part of Kershaw's Brigade.



Brief Company Background

The Palmetto guards, probably the first unit of either side to be activated for the war, was one of the most famous companies because of their role at Fort Sumter as well as subsequent service with the 2nd South Carolina. From their position on Morris Island, Edmund Ruffin pulled the lanyard on a cannon this company manned to fire the first shot toward Fort Sumter.


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2nd South Carolina Infantry Battle History



Fort Sumter SC (12 - 13 APR 1861)
Blackburn's Ford (18 JUL 1861)
1st Bull Run (21 JUL 1861)
Yorktown Siege (APR - MAY 1862)
Williamsburg (4 MAY 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)
Antietam VA (17 SEP 1862)
Fredericksburg VA (13 DEC 1862)
Chancellorsville (1-4 MAY 1863)
Gettysburg PA (1-3 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)[/font]




Ranks



Officers
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Lieutenant-Lt http://www.fsegames.eu/forum/Themes/Battle%20Cry%20of%20Freedom/images/1lt_16.png
Captain- Cpt http://www.fsegames.eu/forum/Themes/Battle%20Cry%20of%20Freedom/images/cpt_16.png
Major - Maj

NCO's
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Sergeant Major- SgtMaj http://www.fsegames.eu/forum/Themes/Battle%20Cry%20of%20Freedom/images/sgm_16.png

Enlisted
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Private First Class- Pfc
Lance Corporal - LCpl
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Muster Roll


Regimental Officer's
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NCO's
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Enlisted
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Total Strength:
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Vacha
11-26-2015, 09:18 AM
Weekly Schedule



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Vacha
11-26-2015, 09:18 AM
Reserved for future use**

MacMillan
11-26-2015, 09:53 AM
The First Battalion of Volunteer Virginians salutes you boys. We wish you the best of luck in the coming war - give em' hell South Carolina!

Godspeed,

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Sergeant Charles MacMillan - 1st Virginia Infantry

Jamez
11-26-2015, 11:16 AM
Good Luck!

Mississippi
11-26-2015, 12:46 PM
Welcome to the Confederacy!

A. P. Hill
11-27-2015, 05:12 AM
Congratulations!

Welcome to the CSA!