CONFEDERATE SOUTH CAROLINA TROOPS
2nd Regiment, South Carolina Rifles
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2nd Regiment Rifles was organized during the spring of 1862 using the 5th South Carolina
Battalion Rifles as its nucleus. The unit served in South Carolina, then was ordered to Virginia
and assigned to General Jenkins' and Bratton's Brigade. It participated in the Seven Days'
Battles and the conflicts at Second
Manassas, Sharpsburg, and
Fredericksburg. Later the
regiment was with Longstreet at Suffolk and D.H. Hill in North Carolina. It moved again with
Longstreet but did not take part in the Battle of Chickamauga. The unit was involved in the
Knoxville operations, returned to Virginia, and saw action at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor. After enduring the hardships
of the Petersburg siege south and
north of the James River, it ended the war at Appomattox. This regiment sustained 149
casualties at Gaines' Mill and
Frayser's Farm, 58 at Second
Manassas, 18 at Sharpsburg, and 64 at Wauhatchie. During 1864 from May 4 to
June 12, it lost 14 killed, 93 wounded, and 2 missing, and from June 13 to December 31, there
were 16 killed, 90 wounded, and 11 missing. The unit surrendered 22 officers and 274 men. Its
commanders were Colonels Robert E. Bowen, John V. Moore, and Thomas Thomson; Lieutenant
Colonels Thomas H. Boggs, David L. Donald, and Robert A. Thompson; and Majors Daniel L.
Cox and Stiles P. Dendy.
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