CONFEDERATE SOUTH CAROLINA TROOPS
8th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
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8th Infantry Regiment was organized at Marion, South Carolina, during the spring of 1861.
Many of the men were from Darlington and Marion counties. The unit moved to Florence, then
during the end of May was ordered to Virginia. It fought at First Manassas under General Bonham
before being assigned to General Kershaw's, Kennedy's, and Conner's Brigade. The 8th was
engaged in many conflicts from the Seven Days' Battles to Gettysburg, moved to Georgia with
Longstreet, and was active at Chickamauga and Knoxville. Returning to Virginia, it participated in the battles at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, then saw action in the
Shenandoah Valley with Early. Later it was involved in the North Carolina Campaign. The
regiment reported 5 killed and 23 wounded at First Manassas and in April, 1862, totalled
276 men. It lost 7 killed, 36 wounded, and 9 missing at Malvern Hill, 6 killed and 28 wounded out
of 126 at Maryland Heights, 1 killed, 17 wouded, and 4 missing of the 71 at Sharpsburg, and 2 killed and 29 wounded
at Fredericksburg. Of the 300
engaged at Gettysburg, thirty-three percent were disabled. On March 23, 1865, there were only 52 present for duty. The unit
surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. Its commanders were Colonels Ellerbee B.C. Cash and
John W. Henagan, Lieutenant Colonels Axalla J. Hoole and Eli T. Stackhouse, and Majors
Thomas E. Lucas and D.M. McLeod.
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