1st Battalion, Sharp Shooters (Infantry)


 


HISTORICAL NOTES:

    The SC 1st Infantry Battalion Sharpshooters was formed at Columbia, South Carolina, during the summer of 1862 with four companies. Many of the men were raised in Edgefield County. The unit skirmished at Coosawhatchie and on James Island. They merged into the SC 27th Infantry Regiment 30 Sep l863.

OFFICERS:

    Abney, Joseph - Major

ASSIGNMENTS:

    Attached to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
    Merged into the 27th South Carolina Infantry Regiment on September 30, 1863.

BATTLES:

    Jones Island (31 MAY 1863)
    Coosawhatchie
    James Island

ROSTERS:

Company A
Company B
Company C
Company D

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