CONFEDERATE SOUTH CAROLINA TROOPS
17th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
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17th Infantry Regiment was formed early in 1862 with men from Barnwell, York, Chester,
Lancaster, and Fairfield counties. It served on the coast of South Carolina, then moved to
Virginia. During the war it was brigaded under Generals Evans, Elliott, and Wallace. The
regiment saw action at Second
Manassas, South Mountain,
and Sharpsburg, and later fought
at Kinston, North Carolina, and
Jackson, Mississippi. Returning
to South Carolina, the 17th became part of the garrison at Fort Sumter and during the spring of
1864 rejoined the Army of Northern Virginia. It continued the fight in the Petersburg trenches north and south of the
James River and in various conflicts around Appomattox. This unit lost sixty-two
percent of the 304 at Second Manassas, forty-three percent of the 141 at South Mountain, and
thirty-two percent of the 59 at Sharpsburg. In September, 1863, it contained 324 effectives, and
there were 135 casualties at the Petersburg mine explosion. Many were disabled at Sayler's Creek and 9 officers and 110 men
surrendered in April, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Fitz William McMaster and John H.
Means, Lieutenant Colonels John R. Culp and R.S. Means, and Majors John W. Avery and Julius
Mills.
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