Category: Palmetto Sharpshooters Regiment, South Carolina (Jenkins'), United States Civil War

Categories: South Carolina, United States Civil War | Confederate Army Regiments, United States Civil War | Battle of the Wilderness | Battle of Antietam

Palmetto Sharpshooters Regiment, South Carolina (Jenkins') (1st Palmetto) was organized in April, 1862, with transfers from the 2nd, 5th, and 9th South Carolina Infantry Regiments. Send to Virginia, the unit was assigned to General R H Anderson's, Jenkins', and Bratton's Brigade. It fought with the army from Williamsburg to Fredericksburg, served at Suffolk and in North Carolina, then saw action at Chickamauga and Knoxville. Returning to Virginia, it continued the fight at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, endured the hardships of the Petersburg trenches, and ended the war at Appomattox. It lost 9 killed and 74 wounded at Gaines' Mill and sixty-eight percent of the 375 engaged at Frayser's Farm. The regiment reported 2 casualties at South Mountain, 65 at Sharpsburg, 4 at Fredericksburg, and 44 at Wauhatchie. It surrendered 29 officers and 356 men.

Officers: Colonels Micah Jenkins and Joseph Walker; Lieutenant Colonel John W Goss; and Majors William Anderson, William W Humphreys, and Franklin W Kilpatrick.

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National Park Service Soldiers and Sailors Database.

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Person Profiles (24)

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Asa (Able) Abel 21 Jul 1823 Lexington, South Carolina, USA - 29 Jul 1864

William Anderson 25 Jan 1832 Scotland, United Kingdom - 04 Jul 1862

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James Burnett 11 Sep 1836 Spartanburg District, South Carolina - 24 May 1884

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John Davis Jan 1839 South Carolina, United States - 27 Sep 1913

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James Earnhart 19 Dec 1837 - 09 May 1865

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A. J. Foster - 27 Apr 1864

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Anderson Gaston 09 Sep 1845 Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States - 14 Feb 1909

William Gaston 12 Oct 1840 South Carolina, United States - 07 Mar 1902

Joab Golightly 1845 South Carolina, United States

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Drury Green 20 Jul 1852 Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States - 10 Apr 1912

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Davis Hope 04 Jul 1840 York, South Carolina, United States - 10 Oct 1864

Samuel Howard 06 Oct 1839 Lexington County, SC - 05 Jul 1901

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Preston Kirby abt 1842 - aft 1880

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Thomas Lanford 03 Feb 1832 Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States - 07 Nov 1864

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William Massey abt May 1843 South Carolina, United States - abt 04 Feb 1935

James McFall abt 1842 - 20 Mar 1875

William McFall 08 Jan 1839 Anderson County South Carolina, USA - 28 Sep 1884

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Berry McSwain 30 Jun 1828 Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States - 13 Apr 1864

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James Palmer 28 May 1840 Charleston County, South Carolina, USA - 30 Aug 1862

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John Quattlebaum 08 Jan 1846 Edgefield, South Carolina, United States - 22 Dec 1864

John Quattlebaum 08 Feb 1844 Lexington, South Carolina, United States - 10 Aug 1930

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John Reynolds abt 1820 South Carolina - 12 Jun 1891

James Robbins - 07 Jun 1865

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Calvin Stephens 05 Mar 1821 Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States - 03 Nov 1890