CONFEDERATE SOUTH CAROLINA TROOPS
13th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
- Overview:
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13th Infantry Regiment was organized in July, 1861, at Lightwoodknot Springs, near
Columbia, South Carolina. Many of the men were recruited in Greenville, Newberry, Abbeville,
and Spartanburg counties. After three months of instruction at Lightwoodknot Springs the unit
moved to the coast of South Carolina near Pocotaligo. In April, 1862, it was ordered to Virginia
and assigned to General Gregg's and McGowan's Brigade. The 13th was prominent in the
campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then continued the fight in the
Petersburg trenches and around
Appomattox. It took 413
effectives to Gaines' Mill and 342
to Frayser's Farm, lost 26 killed and 118 wounded at Second Manassas, had 5 killed and 24
wounded at Ox Hill, and lost 3
killed and 52 wounded at Fredericksburg. The unit sustained 91
casualties at Chancellorsville, 130
of 390 at Gettysburg, 63 at The Wilderness, 86 at Spotsylvania, 49 from May 12 to July 1,
1864, 42 at Deep Bottom, 32 at
Fussell's Mill, and 34 at Poplar
Springs Church. It surrendered 13 officers and 183 men. The field officers were Colonels
Benjamin T. Brockman, Oliver E. Edwards, and Isaac F. Hunt; Lieutenant Colonels P. Ludlow
Calhoun, T. Stabo Farrow, and William Lester; and Majors David R. Duncan and Joseph L.
Wofford.
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