CONFEDERATE SOUTH CAROLINA TROOPS
Garden's Company, South Carolina Light Artillery (Palmetto Light Battery)
- Overview:
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Palmetto Light Artillery completed its organization at Charleston, South Carolina, during
the late spring of 1862. Most of the men were from the Charleston and Georgetown areas. It was
ordered to Virginia and attached to B.W. Frobel's, M.W. Henry's, and J.C. Haskell's Battalion of
Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia. The company participated in various conflicts from Second Manassas to Cold Harbor, then was involved in the Petersburg siege and the campaign
that closed at Appomattox. It
lost 9 wounded during the Maryland operations, had 63 engaged at Gettysburg, and surrendered with 3 officers
and 98 men. Its commander was Captain Hugh R. Garden.
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