CONFEDERATE SOUTH CAROLINA TROOPS
18th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
- Overview:
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18th Infantry Regiment was assembled during the winter of 1861-1862 with men from
Laurens County and other counties in the northwestern part of the state. After serving in the
Department of South Carolina, Georiga, and Florida, it was ordered to Virginia. During the war
it was assigned to General Evans', Elliott's, and Wallace's Brigade. The 18th fought at Second Manassas, South Mountain, and Sharpsburg, moved to North Carolina,
then saw action at Jackson,
Mississippi. Returning to South Carolina, it was involved in the operations around Charleston.
During the spring of 1864 the unit was sent back to Virginia where it participated in the Petersburg siege north and south of the
James River and the Appomattox
Campaign. This regiment lost forty-nine percent of the 230 engaged at Second Manassas and had
3 killed and 39 wounded during the Maryland Campaign. In September, 1863, there were 363
present for duty and at the Petersburg mine explosion, 205 were disabled. It sustained many
casualties at Sayler's Creek and
surrendered 16 officers and 139 men. The field officers were Colonels James M. Gadberry and
William H. Wallace, Lieutenant Colonels W.B. Allison and Ferinand Scaife, and Major Rolet J.
Betsill.
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