Holcombe Legion South Carolina
South Carolina Legions
(Evan's, Walker's, Elliott's, Wallace's Brigade)
Defense of South Carolina
Army of Northern Virginia
Army of Tennessee
(COMMANDING OFFICERS)
BRIGADIER GENERAL STEPHEN ELLIOTT
COL. P.F. STEVENS (C)
COL. WM. P. SHINGLER
LT. COL. W.J. CRAWLEY (C)
LT. COLONELS: W.J. CRAWLEY (C), F.G. PALMER (C), W.P. SHINGLER, T.V. WALSH.
MAJORS: F.G. PALMER (C), M.G ZEIGLER, A.C. GARLINGTON (S.C. STATE BRIGADIER GENERAL)
Staff Infantry:
W.H. Cain (Capt. Commsy.)
J.D. McCullough (Chap.)
F.P. Porcher (Surg.)
J.A. Porter (Chap.)
Robert Rutledge (Sgt. Major)
W.M. Sage (AQM)
P.G. Snowden (Asst. Surg)
Staff Mounted:
S.E. Capers (AQM)
W.P. Dubois (Lt.)
W.E. Michie (Asst. Surg.)
A.W. Moore (Chap.)
Companies (Dismounted or Infantry) Co Captain County Nickname
A Brady, Thomas C. (Capt.) . .
. Brown, A.U. (Capt.) . .
. Scruggs, C.C. (Capt.) . .
. Scruggs, R.M. (Capt.) . .
. Smith, Wm. J. (Capt.) . .
. T.J. Moore (1Lt.) . .
. A.H. Williams (1Lt.) . .
. J.H. Copeland (2Lt.) . .
. J.J. Foster (2Lt.) . .
. J.A. Jarrett (2Lt.) . .
. J. Penson Jr. (2Lt.) . .
. W.B. Williams (2Lt.) . .
. C.S. Scruggs (1Sgt) . .
. F.L. Anderson (QMSgt.) . .
From the unpublished work of Charles Cox, Huntville, Alabama.
Provided by Valerie Cox.
Holcombe Legion (Infantry), Battles and Stations Date Battle or City Location Commanding Officer Brigade Division Corps
1/22-1/25-62 Edisto Island . Col P.F. Stevens General Shank Evans . Dept. of S.C., Ga. (Robert E. Lee)
8/23/62 Rappahannock Station . Col. P.F. Stevens Evans' Brigade (D.R. Jones) Longstreet
8/29-8/30-62 Second Manassas . Col. P.F. Stevens Evans' Brigade . .
. . . Lt. Col. F.G. Palmer (K) Col. P.F. Stevens . .
9/14/62 Boonsboro . Major Wm. Crawley Evans' Brigade . .
. . . . Col.P.F. Stevens . .
9/16-9/17-62 Sharpsburg Burnside Bridge Major Wm. Crawley Evan's Brigade Hood's Division Longstreet's Corps
. . . . Col. P.F. Stevens . .
10/62 Col. Stevens Resigns . Major Wm. Crawley Evans' Brigade Mclaw’s Divsion Longstreet’s Corps
12/13-12/17-62 Kinston/Goldsborough North Carolina Lt. Col. Wm. J. Crawley Evans' Brigade Major General Samuel French, Dept of N.C./Petersburg Major General Gustavus W. Smith, Department of N.C. and Southern Virginia
4/63 South Carolina . Lt. Col Wm. Crawley Evans' Brigade . Dept. of S.C., Ga., Fla.
5/25/63 Move to Mississippi . Lt. Col. Wm. Crawley Evans' Brigade Loring’s Division .
7/12/63 Jackson . Lt. Col Wm. Crawley Evans' Brigade French’s Division Breckinridge’s Corps
8/10/63 Moved to Savannah, Ga. . Lt. Col. Wm. Crawley Evans' Brigade . Dept. of S.C., Ga, and Fla.
9/7/63 Moved to Charleston, S.C.* . Lt. Col. Wm. Crawley Evans' Brigade . Dept. of S.C., Ga., and Fla.
5/64 Savannah . Lt. Col. Wm. Crawley . General Hugh Mercer, Department of Ga. Dept. of S.C., Ga., and Fla.
5/64 Wilmington . Lt. Col. Wm. Crawley Walker’s Brigade Hoke’s Division W.H.C. Whiting (Third Military District, N.C.)
5/7-5/8 Holcombe Legion on Detached Service at Stony Creek . Lt. Col Wm. Crawley Walker’s Brigade Hoke’s Division Beauregard’s Command
5/7/64 Stony Creek or Sappony Church . Lt. Col Wm. Crawley Elliott's Brigade Johnson's Division Beauregard's Command
5/8/64 Jarratt's Station . Lt. Col Wm. Crawley Elliott's Brigade Johnson's Division Beauregard's Command
5/8/64 Nottoway Bridge . Lt. Col Wm. Crawley Elliott's Brigade Johnson's Division Beauregard's Command
5/20/64 General Walker is wounded . Lt. Col. Wm. Crawley Walker’s Brigade Johnson’s Division Beauregard’s Command
5/28/64 General Stephen Elliott takes command . Lt. Col. Wm. Crawley Elliott’s Brigade Johnson’s Division Beauregard’s Command
6/28/64 Stony Creek or Sappony Church . Lt. Col Wm. Crawley/W Elliott's Brigade Johnson's Division Beauregard's Command
. . . Capt. A.B. Woodruff . . .
9/20/64 General Wm. H. Wallace promoted to General . Capt. A.B. Woodruff Wallace’s Brigade Johnson’s Division Beauregard’s Command
5/17-6/16-64 Bermuda Hundred . Lt. Col Wm. Crawley Elliott's Brigade Johnson's Division Beauregard's Command
10/16/64 Holcombe Legion rejoins Brigade . Captain A.B. Woodruff Wallace’s Brigade Johnson’s Division Anderson’s Corps or Fourth Corps
10/27- 11/5 Petersburg . Captain A.B. Woodruff Wallace’s Brigade Johnson’s Division Anderson’s or Fourth Corps
3/25/65 Fort Steedman . Lt. Col. Wm. Crawley Wallace’s Brigade Johnson's Division Anderson's or Fourth Corps
3/29/64 Battle of Lewis Farm . Lt. Col. Wm Crawley Wallace’s Brigade Johnson’s Division Anderson’s or Fourth Corps
3/31/65 Gravelly Run . Lt. Col. Wm. Crawley Wallace’s Brigade Johnson’s Division Pickett’s Mobile Force
5/1/65 Five Forks . . Wallace’s Brigade Johnson’s Division Pickett’s Mobile Force
5/6/65 Sayler’s Creek . . Wallace’s Brigade Johnson’s Division Anderson's or Fourth Corps
5/9/65 Appomattox Courthouse . No officer’s present Wallace’s Brigade Johnson’s Division Anderson’s or Fourth Corps
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