This regiment was organized at Anderson in March of 1861. It fought first ar First Manassas under N. G. Evans where it had 11 killed, 79 wounded, and 6 missing. In April of 1862, the regiment had 450 men. If was consolidated into five companies and redesignated as the SC 4th Infantry Battalion. Company B became company D of the Palmetto Sharpshooters.


One flag survives in private hands and fragments from a second silk flag are in the SC Relic Room. Dedmondt also describes a third known flag.

OFFICERS:

Sloan, John B. E. - Colonel
Mattison, Charles S. - Major, Lieut. Colonel
Whitner, James H. - Major

BATTLES:

Fort Sumter SC (12 - 13 APR 1861)
1st Manassas (21 JUL 1861)
Yorktown Siege (APR - MAY 1862)

ROSTERS:

Company B - Palmetto Riflemen
Company C
Company D
Company I - Fort Hill Guards

Crute - Units of the Confederate States Army
Dedmont - South Carolina Civil War Flags