CONFEDERATE SOUTH CAROLINA TROOPS
2nd Regiment, South Carolina Artillery
- Overview:
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2nd Heavy Artillery Regiment was organized at Charleston, South Carolina, during the
spring of 1862 using the 2nd South Carolina Artillery Battalion as its nucleus. Many of the men
were recruited in the counties of Sumter, Darlington, and Charleston. Attached to the
Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, the unit served at the forts and batteries
around Charleston. In 1865 it was converted to infantry and, assigned to General Elliott's
Brigade, took part in the North Carolina Campaign. During the operations on Morris Island, July 10 to September 6,
1863, the regiment lost 2 killed, 15 wounded, and 1 missing. It surrendered with the Army of
Tennessee. The field officers were Colonels A.D. Frederick and Thomas G. Lamar, Lieutenant
Colonel J. Welsman Brown, and Major F.F. Warley.
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