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Lukasz:
Saw your posting re Poles in Confederate army in S. C. units. My interest is in the Hampton Legion Infantry, which had at least two men who were from Poland. Both were aparently Jewish.
In Company A: David Blankensee, who enlisted in the Company in Columbia, before it left for Virginia, on 26 June 1861. He was killed in action at 1st Manassas on 21 Jul 61, shot in the head and chest near the Robinson House, per the Charleston Mercury 31 Aug 61 and 2 Aug 61. He was buried on the field where he fell, and was described in the Charleston Mercury of 5 Aug 61 as 'a young Pole." According to the 1860 Census, he was a resident of Barnwell District, but he probably was a member of one of the Jewish congregations in Charleston, where the company was raised.

In Company C was Joseph Cohen Wilson, born as Josef Cohen, but he Anglicized his name. He was born in Poland (probably Prussian Poland) 14 Apr 1828, and emigrated to the U.S. a few years before the war, according to his obituary, at which time he adopted the surname "Wilson." He was a resident of Mannign, in Clarendon District, and was an original Private in Company C from that district. He was present on all rols of the company until Wounded in the hip and side at Seven Pines (Fair Oaks) 31 May 62. He wasin the hopspital or on wound furlough through September 1862, then was detailed to unspecified government service in Richmond (undoubtedly as a result of his wounds) through Jan 1863. He was readmitted to Chimborazo Hospital for his wounds from 21 Feb-6 Jun 63, then at Howard's Grove Hospital, Richmond from 6 Jun-10 Aug, then at Jackson Hospital through 1 Sep 1863. He went to S.C. on sick furlough through Dec 63, but then was rehospitalized at Chimborazo for his old wound (a minie ball to his hip) from 16 Jan-9 Mar 64. He was then detailed as a tailor to the Clothing Department at Richmond from mar through Dec 1864. he was captured in Richmodn on 3 Apr 65, probably while a patient at one f the hospitals, but was paroled on 18 Apr 65. His occupation ont he 1860 Census is that of a merchant. He died on 4 Apr 1897, and is buried in the Jewish Cemetery in Sumter, S.C.

To answer your question, Broadfoot has published a listing of Confederate veterans by state, with a separate volume for South Carolina units and another alphabetical listing. It merely gives the unit, with no personal data.
I do not have a copy, but someone on this internet site surely will do lookups for you.

There are probably 15 men in the Legion infantry with surnames which may make them candidates for you, all of them with Jewish surnames. I know of none with a Polish surname.

Lee

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