Category: 19th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, United States Civil War


19th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry 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.

Officers: 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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Person Profiles (35)

A

20 Oct 1840 Troy, Greenwood, South Carolina, United States - 12 Feb 1919

abt 1814 Lexington, South Carolina, United States - 11 Feb 1865

1840 Abbeville, South Carolina, United States - 06 Feb 1862

1845 Abbeville, South Carolina, United States

B

1818 - 31 May 1865

17 Aug 1836 - 05 Feb 1865

C

10 Dec 1834 Abbeville, South Carolina, United States - 26 May 1907

05 Jul 1820 Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States - 15 Feb 1865

D

abt Oct 1845 South Carolina, United States - 23 Jan 1932

19 Apr 1845 - 28 Jan 1865

F

abt 1841 South Carolina - aft 1880

14 Aug 1819 Edgefield, South Carolina, United States - 23 May 1903

H

15 Jan 1824 Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States - 23 Jan 1865

H cont.

21 Feb 1837 Lexington, South Carolina - 27 May 1925

abt 1806 South Carolina - 1866

1837 Kershaw, South Carolina, United States - 02 Jul 1862

abt 1840 Sumter, South Carolina, United States - abt 1889

K

1837 South Carolina - bef 17 Oct 1864

L

- 17 Jul 1865

M

12 Aug 1822 Carrickfergus, Antrim, Ireland - 30 May 1903

abt 1835 , , Alabama, USA - 07 Apr 1864

14 Sep 1839 Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States - 15 Sep 1922

19 Jan 1836 Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States - 13 Sep 1912

1831 South Carolina, United States - bef 1870

P

- 27 Dec 1864

P cont.

1841 Edgefield, South Carolina, United States - 06 Dec 1864

South Carolina, United States - 24 Apr 1865

Q

01 Aug 1840 Edgefield, South Carolina, United States - abt 04 Nov 1861

S

26 Apr 1833 Abbeville, South Carolina, USA - 28 Jun 1862

05 Dec 1832 Donalds, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States - 30 Nov 1864

1825 Sumter County, South Carolina, USA - 04 Mar 1865

T

- 14 Jan 1865

W

abt 1832 Newberry County, South Carolina - 28 Jul 1864

abt 1839 Sumter, South Carolina, United States - 07 Mar 1862