COMPENDIUM OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMIES
SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA
Stewart Sifakis pp 56_57



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SOUTH CAROLINA 1st INFANTRY REGIMENT RIFLES


Organization:

Organized for the war on July 20, 1861. Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9, 1865.

First Commander:

James L. Orr (Colonel)

FieldOfficers:

William M.Hadden(Major,LieutenantColonel)
Francis E. Harrison (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
Daniel A. Ledbetter (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
James W. Livingston (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
J. Foster (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
George M. Miller (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
John B. Moore (Major)
Joseph J. Norton (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
James M. Perrin (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
James T. Robertson (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
Leonard Rogers (Major)

Assignments:

Department of North Carolina (September 1861)
Gregg's Brigade, A. P. Hill's Division, Army of Northern Virginia (June 1862)
Gregg's Brigade, A. P. Hill's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (June-July 1862)
Gregg's-McGowan's Brigade, A. P. Hill's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (July 1862-May 1863)
McGowan's-Perrin's Brigade, Pender's-Wilcox's Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (May 1863-April 1865)

Battles:

Seven Days Battles (June 25-July 1, 1862)
2nd Bull Run (August 28-30, 1862)
Chantilly (September 1, 1862)
Antietam (September 17, 1862)
Shepherdstown Ford (September 20, 1862)
Castleman's Ferry (November 3, 1862)
Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862)
Chancellorsville (May 1-4,1863)
Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863)
Bristoe Campaign (October 9-22, 1863)
Mine Run Campaign (November-December 1863)
The Wilderness (May 5 -6, 1864)
Spotsylvania Court House (May 8-21, 1864)
North Anna (May 23-26, 1864)
Cold Harbor (June 1-3, 1864)
Petersburg Siege (June 1864-Aprit 1865)
lst Squirrel Level Road (September 30, 1864)
Jones' Farm (September 30, 1864)
1st Pegram's Farm (October 1, 1864)
Five Forks (April 1, 1865)
Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)

Further Reading:


Caldwell, J. F. J., The History of a Brigade of South Carolinians, Known First as "Gregg's," and Subsequently as "McGowan's Brigade."
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