CONFEDERATE SOUTH CAROLINA TROOPS
19th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
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19th Infantry Regiment was organized during the winter of 1861-1862. It moved to
Mississippi, then to Kentucky where it saw action at Munfordsville. The unit was brigaded under
Generals Manigault and Sharp and from September, 1863, to April 1864, was consolidated with
the 10th Regiment. It served with the Army of Tennessee from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, fought with Hood in Tennessee,
and was active in the North Carolina operations. The regiment lost 8 killed and 72 wounded at
Murfreesboro, and the 10th/19th sustained 236 casualites at Chickamauga and totalled 436 men and 293
arms in December, 1863. During the Atlanta Campaign, July 22-28, the 19th reported 12 killed,
60 wounded, and 25 missing, and there were 9 killed, 34 wounded, and 8 missing at Ezra Church. It surrendered on April 26,
1865, with 76 men. The field officers were Colonels Augustus J. Lythgoe, W.C. Moragne, James
F. Pressley, and T.S. Shaw; Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Jones; and Majors John A. Crowder,
Tillman Watson, and James L. White.
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