CONFEDERATE SOUTH CAROLINA TROOPS
1st Battalion, South Carolina Sharpshooters
- Overview:
- 1st Battalion Sharpshooters was formed at Columbia, South Carolina, during the summer of 1862 with four companies. Many of the men were raised in Edgefield County. Attached to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, the unit skirmished at Coosawhatchie and on James Island. It merged into the 27th South Carolina Infantry Regiment on September 30, 1863. Major Joseph Abney was in command.
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