HISTORICAL NOTES:

This regiment was organized May 31, 1861. A total of 1700 men were enrolled. It spent most of the war in the Charleston area. It was called out in the winter of 1865 in advance of Sherman's Carolina campaign and surrendered at Goldsboro, NC.

FIELD OFFICERS:

Mercer, Hugh Weedon - Colonel
Rockwell, William S, - Lieut. Colonel
Ohmstead, Charles H. - Major, Colonel
Foley, John - Major
Ford, Martin J. - Major
Levy, S. Yeates - Major

Charleston
Carolinas Campaign

ROSTERS:

Field Staff and Band
Company A - Chatham County
Company B - Chatham County
First Company C - Chatham County
Second Company C - Chatham County
Company D - Chatham County
First Company E - Chatham County
Second Company E - Chatham County
Company F - Chatham County
Company G - Chatham County
Company H - Chatham County
Company I - Chatham County
Company K - Chatham County
Davenport's Independent Company - Chatham County

REFERENCES:

Sifakis - The Compendium of the Confederate Armies

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