NPS CWS&SS shows:
Charles W. Mason
Regiment Name 1st (Orr's) South Carolina Rifles
Side Confederate
Company F
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Film Number M381 roll 20
1st Regiment, South Carolina Rifles (Orr's)
1st Regiment Rifles, known as Orr's Rifles, was organized at Sandy Springs, South Carolina, in July, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Abbeville, Pickens, Anderson, and Marion. The unit was first stationed on Sullivan's Island and called by the other troops "The Pound Cake Regiment" because of its light duty. Then in April, 1862, it moved to Virginia with 1,000 men. Assigned to General Gregg's and McGowan's Brigade, it fought with the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor. Later the regiment endured the hardships of the Petersburg trenches and the Appomattox operations. Of the 537 engaged at Gaines' Mill, fifty-nine percent were killed, wounded or missing. The unit reported 116 casualties at Second Manassas and 170 at Fredericksburg, then lost forty-nine percent of the 233 at Chancellorsville and three percent of the 366 at Gettysburg. There were 12 killed and 81 wounded at The Wilderness, 15 killed, 36 wounded, and 44 missing at Spotsylvania, 3 killed and 34 wounded at Deep Bottom, and 9 killed and 37 wounded at Poplar Springs Church. It surrendered 9 officers and 148 men. The field officers were Colonels Daniel A. Ledbetter, James W. Livingston, J. Foster Marshall, George M. Miller, James L. Orr, and James M. Perrin; Lieutenant Colonels William M. Hadden, F.E. Harrison, Joseph J. Norton, and James T. Robertson; and Majors John B. Moore and Leonard Rogers.
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
about Charles W. Mason
Name: Charles W. Mason
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: South Carolina
Regiment Name: 1 (Orr's) South Carolina Rifles
Regiment Name Expanded: 1st Regiment, South Carolina Rifles (Orr's)
COMPANY: F
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M381 roll 20
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1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Charles W Mason
Age in 1860: 17
Birth Year: abt 1843
Birthplace: South Carolina
Home in 1860: Regiment 2, Pickens, South Carolina
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members: Name Age
Frances Mason 53 Farmer
Charles W Mason 17 Farmer