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SC 3rd Lt Arty Batt'n aka SC Palmetto Lt Arty Batt'n, Co C
First Commander: Culpeper, James F. SC Lt.Arty. 3rd (Palmetto) Bn. Co.C Capt.
Organized in August 1861 - Battery was serving as Hvy Arty in June 1863 - surrendered by Gen Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, NC 4/26/1865
Battles:
Charleston Harbor - Aug-Sept 1863
Carolinas Campaign - Feb-Apr 1865

SC 6th Cav Reg
Organized by increase of 16th Cav Batt'n Partisan Rangers to Regiment 1/19/1863 - surrendered at Durham Station, NC 4/26/1865
First Commander: Col: Hugh K. Aiken
BATTLES:
Willstown Bluff, Pon Pon River - 7/10/1863
The Wilderness - 5/5-6/1864
Spotsylvania Court House - 5/8-21/1864
North Anna - 5/23-26/1864
Cold Harbor - 6/1-3/1864
Petersburg Siege - June 1864-April 1865
Vaughn Road - 10/1/1864
Carolinas Campaign - Feb-April 1865
near Darlington - 2/27/1865
Solomon's Grove - 3/9/1865
Monroe's Crossroads - 3/10/1865

Suggested Reading: Brooks, U.R., Butler and his Cavalry in the War of the Secession

SC 16th Cav Batt'n Partisan Rangers
aka: 6th Cav Batt'n
Organized with 7 co's in 1862 - Increased to Reg and designated 6th Cav Reg 1/19/1863

SC 18th Inf Reg
Organized for 12 months 1/2/1862 - reorganized for 3 years 5/5/1862 - surrendered at Appomattox Court House, VA 4/9/1865
First Commander: Col. James M. Gadberry
Battles:
Recon from Harrison's Landing and reoccupation of Malvern Hill - 8/2-8/1862
Rappahannock Station - 8/23/1862
2nd Bull Run - 8/28-30/1862
South Mountain - 9/14/1862
Antietam - 9/17/1862
Jackson Siege - July 1863
Charleston Harbor - Aug-Sept 1863
Bermuda Hundred - 5/17-6/16/1864
Petersburg Siege - June 1864 - April 1865
The Crater - 7/30/1864
Fort Stedman - 3/25/1865
Five Forks - 4/1/1865
Appomattox Court House - 4/9/1865

From: A Compendium of the Confederate Armies - South Carolina by Stewart Sifakis

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