CONFEDERATE SOUTH CAROLINA TROOPS
Hampton Legion, South Carolina
- Overview:
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Hampton Legion was organized by Wade Hampton during the spring of 1861. It contained
a cavalry and infantry battalion, but they did not serve together. The cavalry battalion fought in
the Seven Days' Battles and in the summer of 1862 merged into the 2nd South Carolina Cavalry
Regiment. The infantry battalion was active at First Manassas and later was assigned to W.
Hampton's, Hood's, and Jenkins' Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It was involved in various
conflicts from Seven Pines to Sharpsburg, moved to North
Carolina, then served with Longstreet at Chickamauga and Knoxville. In May,
1864, the unit was reorganized, mounted, and united with the 2nd South Carolina Cavalry
Regiment. It lost thirty-seven percent of the 350 at Seven Pines and in April, 1862, contained 658
officers and men. It sustained 20 casualties at Gaines' Mill, 74 at Second Manassas, 53 in the Maryland
Campaign, and 85 at Wauhatchie.
The field officers were Colonels Martin W. Gary, Wade Hampton, and Thomas M. Logan;
Lieutenant Colonels Robert B. Arnold, James B. Griffin, and Benjamin I. Johnson; and Majors
Matthew C. Butler, James Conner, J. Hervey Dingle, Jr., Stephen D. Lee, and Benjamin E.
Nicholson.
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