RIPLEY RANGERSSpark's Company of South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry, April 1st, 1862, to May 1st, 1865
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April 3rd, 1862: The company was enlisted at Marlboro, South Carolina, by Captain Alexander D. Sparks, being organized with volunteers from Marlboro & Marion Counties.
April 1862: The company is attached to the Twentieth (20th) South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment and designated as Company L on James Island near Charleston, South Carolina.
April 1862 to February 1865: Served in the operations in and around Charleston, South Carolina
July 10th, 1863: A detachment of the company is engaged on Morris Island, losing all of their clothing and camp equipment.
April 30th, 1863: Detached from the 20th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment and designated as Spark's Company of South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry.
December 20th, 1864: The company is attached to, and designated as Company E of, the Nineteenth (19th) South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry Battalion, per Paragraph 2, Special Order No. 301, Adjutant & Inspector Generals Office, Richmond, Virginia.
Company Requisitions
The following is a listing of the requisitions for uniforms, equipment, and supplies for the "Ripley Rangers" during their service, to show the type and quantity of equipment the men had issued to them during their service.
Special Requisition No. 40 - No. 29, Abstract K. 4th Qr. 1862 - 1st Lt. C.P. Bolton - (80) eighty-uniforms (pants, jackets, caps); (80) eighty pair socks; (80) eighty shirts; (35) thirty-five pair shoes (all sewed); (10) ten camp kettles; (12) twelve mess pans; (5) five canteens; (2) two knapsacks; (3) three haversacks.
Requisition issued in full on December 10th, 1862, on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina.
Special Requisition No. 40 - No. 127, Abstract K. 4th Qr. 1863 - Capt. A.D. Sparks - (20) twenty cavalry jackets; (20) twenty pairs of pants; (20) twenty pairs of drawers; (20) twenty flannel shirts; (20) twenty pairs of shoes; (20) twenty blankets.
Requisition issued in full on February 18th, 1863, at Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
Special Requisition No. 40 - No. 19, Abstract K. 1st Qr. 1863 - 1st Lt. C.P. Bolton - (10) ten axes; (10) ten shovels; (ten) 10 lbs. nails; (4) four mule collars (for train); (4) four company books; (1) one haversack.
Requisition issued in full on February 23rd, 1863, on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina.
Special Requisition No. 40 - No. 20, Abstract K. 1st Qr. 1863 - 1st Lt. C.P. Bolton - (25) twenty-five army tents; (5) five wall tents; (2) two camp kettles; (2) two mess pans; (100) one hundred pairs of shoes.
Requisition issued in full on February 28th, 1863, at Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
Special Requisition No. 40 - No. 148, Abstract K. 1st Qr. 1863 - Capt. A.D. Sparks - (80) eighty curry combs and brushes; (80) eighty saddle blankets; (4) four lanterns; (1) one bugle; (80) eighty pairs of spur straps.
Requisition partially issued on March 4th, 1863, at Charleston, South Carolina, the blankets not being authorized.
Special Requisition No. 40 - No. 24, Abstract K. 2nd Qr. 1863 - 1st Lt. C.P. Bolton - (1) one cavalry saddle; (1) one cavalry bridle; (1) one halter; (1) one curry comb; (1) one saddle bag; (6) six canteens; (6) six canteen straps; (6) six haversacks.
Requisition issued in full on June 4th, 1863, at Morris Island, South Carolina.
Special Requisition No. 40 - No. 30, Abstract K. 3rd Qr. 1863 - 1st Lt. C.P. Bolton - (45) forty-five jackets; (45) forty-five pairs of pantaloons; (45) forty-five pairs of drawers; (45) forty-five shirts; (45) forty-five pairs of socks; (45) forty-five blankets; (8) eight camp kettles; (15) fifteen mess pants; (10) ten army tents; (1) one wall tent; (1) one lantern.
Requisition issued in full on July 17th, 1863, at Charleston, South Carolina.
Special Requisition No. 40 - No. 80, Abstract K. 3rd Qr. 1863 - Capt. A.D. Sparks - (1) one morning report book; (1) one descriptive roll book; (1) one order book.
Requisition issued in full on August 18th, 1863, at Charleston, South Carolina.
Special Requisition No. 40 - No. 86, Abstract K. 3rd Qr. 1863 - Capt. A.D. Sparks - (80) eighty pairs of shoes; (40) forty blankets; two (2) boxes.
Requisition issued in full on August 19th, 1863, at Charleston, South Carolina.
Special Requisition No. 40 - No. 82, Abstract K. 3rd Qr. 1863 - Capt. A.D. Sparks - (70) seventy saber knots; (70) seventy canteens and straps; (70) seventy haversacks; (70) seventy saddle blankets; (35) thirty-five pairs of shoes; (1) one set saddle tools; (1) one gallon of oil; (2) two padlocks & keys; (2) two package boxes.
Requisition issued in full on September 21st, 1863, at Charleston, South Carolina.
Special Requisition No. 40 - No. 25, Abstract K. 3rd Qr. 1863 - 1st Lt. C.P. Bolton - (134) one hundred and thirty-four lbs. of rope; (70) seventy cavalry jackets; (70) seventy pairs of pants; (70) seventy hats; (70) seventy pairs of shoes; (70) seventy pairs of leggings; (70) seventy pairs of drawers; (70) seventy flannel shirts; (50) fifty blankets; (250) two hundred and fifty lbs. of rope.
Requisition of 134 feet of rope, 70 flannel shirts and 70 pair of drawers issued on September 30th, 1863, at Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
Special Requisition No. 40 - No. 6, Abstract K. 4th Qr. 1863 - 1st Lt. C.P. Bolton - (2) two flannel shirts, for Private J.R. Thomlinson.
Requisition issued in full on October 2nd, 1863, at Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
Special Requisition No. 40 - No. 10, Abstract K. 4th Qr. 1863 - 1st Lt. C.P. Bolton - (1) one pair of pants, for Private J.R. Thomlinson.
Requisition issued in full on October 9th, 1863, at Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
Special Requisition No. 40 - No. 13, Abstract K. 4th Qr. 1863 - Capt. A.D. Sparks - (1) one claw hammer; (4) four gintets; (2) two paper tacks; (3) three lbs. of shoe thread; (70) seventy curry combs and brushes; (35) thirty-five pairs of spurs and straps.
Requisition issued in full on October 14th, 1863, at Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
Special Requisition No. 40 - No. 18, Abstract K. 4th Qr. 1863 - 1st Lt. C.P. Bolton - (70) seventy cavalry jackets (modified to fifty jackets); (70) seventy cavalry pants (modified to fifty pair of pants); (70) seventy pairs of shoes; (70) seventy pairs of leggings; (70) seventy hats or caps; (70) seventy overcoats; (70) seventy blankets (modified to thirty-blankets); (4) four axes; (4) four shovels; (80) eighty pairs of socks.
Requisition issued in full on October 22nd, 1863, at Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
Special Requisition No. 40 - No. 67, Abstract K. 4th Qr. 1863 - 2nd Lt. W.F. Kinney - (2) two pairs of shoes.
Requisition issued in full on November 13th, 1863, at Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
Special Requisition No. 40 - No. 74, Abstract K. 4th Qr. 1863 - Capt. A.D. Sparks - (12) twelve pairs of shoes.
Requisition issued in full on November 16th, 1863, at Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
Special Requisition No. 40 - No. 98, Abstract K. 4th Qr. 1863 - Capt. A.D. Sparks - (8) eight mules; (2) two wagons; (8) eight sets of harnesses; (2) two buckets; (2) two whips (this was crossed out).
Requisition issued in full on November 28th, 1863, at Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
Special Requisition No. 40 - No. (Blank), Abstract K. 4th Qr. 1863 - 2nd Lt. W.F. Kinney - (1) one pair of shoes.
Requisition issued in full on December 9th, 1863, at Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
Special Requisition No. 40 - No. 35, Abstract K. 1st Qr. 1864 - Capt. A.D. Sparks - (6) six camp kettles; (6) six mess pans.
Requisition issued in full on March 15th, 1864, at Sullivans Island, South Carolina.
Special Requisition No. 40 - No. 44, Abstract K. 1st Qr. 1864 - 1st Lt. C.P. Bolton - (1) one quire of letter pair.
Requisition issued in full on March 20th, 1864, at Sullivan's Island, South Carolina.
Special Requisition No. 40 - No. 84, Abstract K. 2nd Qr. 1864 - 1st Lt. C.P. Bolton - (25) twenty-five jackets; (30) thirty pairs of pants; (39) thirty-nine pairs of drawers (modified to nine pairs); (30) thirty cotton shirts; (4) four pairs of shoes.
Requisition issued in full on June 10th, 1864.
June 1863 to December 1864: Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida
CAPTAIN
Bolton, Charles Pelham: Of Marlboro District, South Carolina. Enrolled on April 3rd, 1862, at Marlboro, South Carolina, for three years' service; mustered into service as First Lieutenant of Company L of the 20th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment in April 1862 at James Island, South Carolina; detailed as the Enrolling Officer for Anderson District, South Carolina, from October 1862 to November 1863, when the assignment was withdrawn; the company is designated as Spark's Company of South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry on April 30th, 1863; court-martialed for failing to report to his company and '...for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentlemen' from June to July 30th, 1863, being found not guilty; absent, sick in hospital, in October 1863, suffering from typhoid fever; absent, on a sick furlough, in December 1863 to February 1864; absent, on a leave of absence, from August to October 1864; detailed to duty with a Board of Survey in December 1864; the company is designated as Company E of the 19th South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry Battalion on December 20th, 1864; promoted to Captain in January 1865, vice Captain Sparks had resigned; no further record after December 1864. [Born in 1841 in Marlboro District, South Carolina, the son of James H. (1809-1877) & Mary Helen Pelham Bolton (1807-1874); editor of the “Horry Sentinel” in Conway, South Carolina, to 1870; married Miss Cora Beaty (1853-1870) on August 23rd, 1869; died (hemorrhagic fever) on September 19th, 1869, at Conway, South Carolina; buried at the Kingston Presbyterian Churchyard in Conway, Horry County, South Carolina.]
Sources - CSR (19CB), CSR (20IR), GS, HM, OBIT
Sparks, Alexander Doddridge: Of Marlboro District, South Carolina. Enlisted and was mustered into service as a Private in Company G of the Palmetto Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers on December 14th, 1846, at Charleston, South Carolina; mustered out of service with the company on July 20th, 1848 at Mobile, Alabama. Appointed as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps on December 10th, 1855; declined the appointment on March 27th, 1856. Enrolled on April 3rd, 1862, at Marlboro, South Carolina, for three years' service; mustered into service as Captain of Company L of the 20th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment in April 1862 at James Island, South Carolina; absent, sick, in April 1862; absent, sick, from November 26th to December 1862; absent, on a leave of absence, from April 1863; the company is designated as Spark's Company of South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry on April 30th, 1863; absent, on furlough, from October to December 1863; absent, on court-martial duty in Charleston, South Carolina, in February 1864; detailed to duty with a Board of Survey from February 22nd, 1864; absent, sick, from May 17th, 1864, his leave being extended in June 1864; absent, on a leave of absence, from September to December 1864; recommended for retirement due to disease contracted in the line of duty, but the application was disapproved by the Secretary of War on December 4th, 1864; the company is designated as Company E of the 19th South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry Battalion on December 20th, 1864; tendered his resignation on December 20th, 1864, due to "...the nature of the disease from which I have been suffering a good deal of pain...," which was accepted, and he was honorably discharged from the service on January 7th, 1865. [Born on August 20th, 1825, in Marlboro District, South Carolina, the son of Samuel (1787-1878) & Ann Harry Sparks (1793-1870); attended South Carolina College at Columbia, South Carolina, from to 1845 to 1847, when he left to enlist; married Miss Caroline Middleton Dudley (1838-1911), no date; died on January 4th, 1895, near Blenheim, South Carolina; buried at the Holy Rood Cemetery near Blenheim, Marlboro County, South Carolina.]
Sources - CSR (19CB), CSR (20IR), GS, HM
Uniform Coat. Collection of the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum, Columbia, South Carolina.
FIRST LIEUTENANT
Bolton, Charles Pelham: April 3rd, 1862, to January 1865 - Promoted to Captain
Kinney, William Frank: Of Marlboro District, South Carolina. Enrolled on April 3rd, 1862, at Marlboro, South Carolina, for three years' service; mustered into service as Third Lieutenant of Company L of the 20th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment in April 1862 at James Island, South Carolina; the company is designated as Spark's Company of South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry on April 30th, 1863; promoted to Second Lieutenant on September 7th, 1863, to rank from September 1st, 1863, vice Lieutenant Peterkin had resigned; absent, on furlough, in February 1864; absent, on a special leave of absence, in November 1864; the company is designated as Company E of the 19th South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry Battalion on December 20th, 1864; promoted to First Lieutenant in January 1865, vice Lieutenant Bolton was promoted; no further record after December 1864. [Born on February 14th, 1840, the son of William (1802-1851) & Fereba Townsend Kinney (1810-1896); married Miss Annie Townsend (1848-1933), no date; elected, and served, from Marlboro County in the South Carolina House of Representatives, no date; died on March 8th, 1901, in Marlboro County, South Carolina; buried at the Parnassus Graveyard near Blenheim, Marlboro County, South Carolina.]
Sources - CSR (19CB), CSR (20IR), GS, HM, OBIT
SECOND LIEUTENANT
Kinney, William Frank: August 1st, 1863, to January 1865 - Promoted to First Lieutenant
Moore, A.E. (W.E.): Enlisted on April 3rd, 1862, at Marlboro, South Carolina, for three years' service; mustered into service as a Private in Company L of the 20th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment in April 1862 at James Island, South Carolina; the company is designated as Spark's Company of South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry on April 30th, 1863; absent, sick, in June 1863; honorably discharged on September 7th, 1863, to accept an appointment. Elected and was mustered into service as Third Lieutenant of Spark's Company of South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry on September 7th, 1863, to rank from September 1st, 1863, for the duration of the war, vice Lieutenant Kinney was promoted; Absent, detailed to duty with a Board of Survey in Charleston, South Carolina, from February 15th, 1864; the company is designated as Company E of the 19th South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry Battalion on December 20th, 1864; promoted to Second Lieutenant in January 1865, vice Lieutenant Kinney was promoted; no further record after December 1864.
Sources - CSR (19CB), CSR (20IR)
Peterkin, James Alexander: Of Marlboro District, South Carolina. Enrolled on April 3rd, 1862, at Marlboro, South Carolina, for three years' service; mustered into service as Second Lieutenant of Company L of the 20th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment in April 1862 at James Island, South Carolina; absent, on detached service, in June 1862; absent, sick, in August 1862; absent, on a seven-days leave of absence, from December 11th, 1862; the company is designated as Spark's Company of South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry on April 30th, 1863; tendered his resignation, which was accepted, and he was honorably discharged from the service on September 1st, 1863. Enrolled and was mustered into service as Captain of Company N of the 20th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on September 1st, 1863, to rank from August 1st, 1863, for the duration of the war; absent, on a leave of absence, from November 8th, 1863; absent, on detached service with the Quartermasters Department in Charleston, South Carolina, from December 15th, 1863; the company was disbanded on April 1st, 1864, due to being organized without proper authority, per Special Order No. 77, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Virginia, being disbanded towards the end of the month; no further record after April 1864. [Born on November 9th, 1834, in Marlboro District, South Carolina; married Miss Agenora Bingham Drake Peterkin (1835-1900), no date; died on February 26th, 1909, in South Carolina; buried at the Peterkin Family Cemetery near Fort Motte, Calhoun County, South Carolina.]
Sources - CSR (19CB), CSR (20IR), GS, HM
THIRD LIEUTENANT (BREVET SECOND LIEUTENANT)
Kinney, William Frank: April 3rd, 1862, to September 7th, 1863 - Promoted to Second Lieutenant
Moore, A.E.: September 7th, 1863, to January 1865 - Promoted to Second Lieutenant
FIRST SERGEANT
SERGEANT
Covington, ___
Sources - HM
Emanuel, ____
Sources - HM
Hodges, ___
Sources - HM
Manning, John
Sources - HM
Walsh, ____
Sources - HM
CORPORAL
Allen, Elmore
Sources - HM
Rowe, ____
Sources - HM
Strickland, ____
Sources - HM
Ware, ____
Sources - HM
PRIVATE
Allen, Joseph
Sources - HM, PR
Barry, D.F.
Sources - HM
Barton, J.
Sources - HM
Brigman, J.A.
Sources - HM
Bristow, J.W.
Sources - HM
Clark, B.
Sources - HM
Cope, J.T. (J.F.)
Sources - HM, PR
Cowan, ____
Sources - HM
Coxe, R.A.
Sources - HM
Crabb, H.S.
Sources - HM
Crowley, Robert
Sources - HM
David, J.
Sources - HM
Doty, A.
Sources - HM
Drake, Preston C.: Of Marlboro District, South Carolina. Enlisted and was mustered into service as a Private in Company L of the 20th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on February 1st, 1863, at Marlboro, South Carolina, for the duration of the war; the company is designated as Spark's Company of South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry on April 30th, 1863; honorably discharged on June 10th, 1863, to accept an appointment. Elected and was mustered into service as Second Lieutenant of Company M of the 20th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment on June 10th, 1863, for the duration of the war; absent without leave from November 15th to December 26th, 1863; the company is designated as Keitt's Company of Mounted Riflemen on April 30th, 1864; absent, on detached service, in May 1864; present, sick in quarters, in October 1864; the company is designated as Company B of the 19th South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry Battalion on December 20th, 1864; absent, on a sick furlough, from December 23rd, 1864; no further record after December 1864. [Born on August 24th, 1840, in Marlboro District, South Carolina, the son of Zachariah Alford (1813-1886) & Sophia Alford Drake (1813-1864); married Miss Jincy Caroline Donaldson (1845-1908), no date; died on August 30th, 1876, in Marlboro County, South Carolina; buried at the Drake-Dudley Cemetery near Blenheim, Marlboro County, South Carolina.]
Sources - AN, CSR (19CB), CSR (20IR), GS, SCCR
Driggers, J.H.
Sources - HM
Finlayson, A.E.
Sources - HM
Fowler, William D.
Sources - HM, PR
Frasier, Charles
Sources - HM
Frasier, Samuel
Sources - HM
Graham, J.J.
Sources - HM
Grice, J.D.
Sources - HM
Hinds, J.D.
Sources - HM
Hodges, T.C.
Sources - HM
Ivey, W.H.
Sources - HM
Kennedy, J.E.
Sources - HM
King, ____
Sources - HM
Linder, ____
Sources - HM
Lipscomb, ____
Sources - HM
Lowe, ____
Sources - HM
Manning, E.
Sources - HM
Manning, J.
Sources - HM
McCaskill, R.
Sources - HM
McColl, L.H.
Sources - HM
McDaniel, J.R.
Sources - HM
McDaniel, W.H.
Sources - HM
McLean, ____
Sources - HM
McLeod, B.F.
Sources - HM
McLeod, J.C.
Sources - HM
McLeod, M.
Sources - HM
McRae, J.
Sources - HM
Miles, G.W.
Sources - HM, PR
Moody, G.W.
Sources - HM
Parham, H.
Sources - HM
Parham, J.H.
Sources - HM
Parish, Joel
Sources - HM
Parker, Samuel
Sources - HM
Polson, Charles
Sources - HM, PR
Polson, Jerry
Sources - HM, PR
Polson, William
Sources - HM
Quick, A.W.
Sources - HM
Rascoe, William
Sources - HM
Smith, H.
Sources - HM
Spencer, T.D.
Sources - HM
Stanton, James W.
Sources - HM, PR
Thomas, ____
Sources - HM
Thomlinson, L.
Sources - HM
Timmons, ____
Sources - HM
Tomlinson, James
Sources - HM
Turner, John
Sources - HM
Wallace, S.
Sources - HM
Wallace, Thomas G.
Sources - HM
Wallace, W.T.
Sources - HM
Watson, ____
Sources - HM
Watson, Samuel
Sources - HM
Weatherly, ____
Sources - HM
Webster, J.
Sources - HM
Webster, James
Sources - HM
Williams, S.V.
Sources - HM
Wiloughby, R.
Sources - HM
SOURCE KEY
| 1860CEN - 1860 Census |
FH - Family History |
PR - Pension Record |
| CSR - Compiled Service Record |
HM - History of Marlboro County |
SCCR - S.C. Confederate Roll |
| GS - Gravesite |
OBIT - Obituary |
SCTCS - SC Troops in CS Service |
Published Books & Documents
"Broken Fortunes: South Carolina Soldiers, Sailors, & Citizens who died in the service of their country and the State in the War for Southern Independence, 1861-1865." Randolph W. Kirkland Jr., The South Carolina Historical Society, Charleston, South Carolina, 1995.
"Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia." Stewart Sifakis, Facts on File, Inc., New York City, New York, 1995.
"The Flags of Civil War South Carolina." Glenn Dedmont, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, Louisiana, 2000.
Pages 223 to 224, "History of Marlboro County." J.A.W. Thomas; The Foote & Davies Company, Atlanta, Georgia; 1897.
"Recollections and Reminiscences, 1861-1865, Thru World War I." South Carolina Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy; 1993.
"Report of the Historian of the Confederate Records to the General Assembly of South Carolina." John P. Thomas; The Bryan Printing Company, Columbia, South Carolina; 1900.
"South Carolina's Military Organizations During the War Between the States." Robert S. Seigler, The History Press, Charleston, South Carolina, 2008.
Documents, Papers, & Non-Published Materials
Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units in Confederate Organizations. The National Archives Microfilm Publications. (Roll 43, South Carolina - First Cavalry through Capt. Walpole's Company, Cavalry & Roll 48, South Carolina - Twentieth Infantry through Miscellaneous)
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina. NARA M267; National Archives & Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
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