THIRD (3RD) CAVALRY REGIMENTSouth Carolina Volunteers, July 19th, 1862, to May 1st, 1865
The following historical information is about the service of both the regiment, and the men, of the Third (3rd) South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, which served in the American Civil War from July 19th, 1862, to May 1st, 1865. If you have any corrections, suggestions, or additional information, photographs, artifacts, etc., that you wish to contribute, feel free to submit the information to the Webmaster.
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| Regimental Field & Staff |
| Company A - Colleton District - Marion's Men of Combahee |
Company F - Barnwell & Colleton Districts - St. Peter's Guards |
| Company B - Colleton District - Colleton Rangers |
Company G - Charleston District - German Hussars |
| Company C - Beaufort District - Beaufort District Troop |
Company H - Charleston District - Ashley Dragoons |
| Company D - Barnwell District - Barnwell Dragoons |
Company I - Charleston District - Rebel Troops |
| Company E - Colleton & Beaufort Districts - Calhoun Minute Men |
Company K - Barnwell District - Savannah River Guards |
July 1862 to July 1864: 3rd Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida
July 1864 to January 1865: McLaw's Division, Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida
July 19th, 1862: The Eight (8th) South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry Battalion is increased by the addition of three companies and reorganized as the Third (3rd) South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry Regiment.
August 1862 to November 1864: Served in the defense of Coastal South Carolina & Georgia.
October 22nd & 23rd, 1862: Engaged at Coosawhatchie, South Carolina.
June 4th, 1863: Companies A, B & G are engaged in resisting the Federal expedition to Bluffton, South Carolina.
December 28th, 1863: Engaged at John's Island, South Carolina.
August 17th, 1864: Company F was engaged at South Newport, Georgia. ...when the company was surprised about eleven o'clock at night by the
enemy and the Bvt. Sec. Lt. and one Sergt. and twenty-six Pvts was taken prisoners by them. The balance of the company retired in few days
afterwards and collected the hoses of the company and reported to Col. Wood at No. 3 Savannah and Gulf Railroad . . . The enemy captured all
of our company books and papers and thirty-six rifles, and sixty-nine sabers and belts, thirty-one gun slings, fifty-two cartridge boxes and cap boxes
and belts, five thousand nine hundred Enfield cartridges, two thousand eight-hundred and seventy-five army caps, sixty-five canteens, and the same
number of haversacks, etc., saddles, 33 bridles, 56 halters."
November to December 1864: Served in the Defense of Savannah, Georgia.
November 30th, 1864: Companies E, I, K & a detachment of Company C are engaged at Honey Hill, South Carolina.
January to May 1865: Served in the Carolina's Campaign.
April 26th, 1865: Surrendered as part of the Army of Tennessee at Durham Station, North Carolina.
Published Books & Documents
"Butler and his Cavalry in the War of Secession, 1861-1865." U.R. Brooks, The State Company, Columbia, South Carolina, 1909.
"Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia." Stewart Sifakis, Facts on File, Inc., New York City, New York, 1995.
"Confederate Rolls of South Carolina." Columbia, South Carolina, 1898.
"The Flags of Civil War South Carolina." Glenn Dedmont, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, Louisiana, 2000.
"Recollections and Reminiscences, 1861-1865, Thru World War I." South Carolina Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy; 1993.
Volume 2, Page 496 (Aaron Boogs)
Volume 3, Page 107 (E.F. Murrah)
Volume 6, Page 244 (B.M. Badger, Co. K)
Volume 11, Page 351 (Judson Lawton, Co. D)
"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 (Roll 43 (South Carolina - First Cavalry through Capt. Walpole's Company, Cavalry), Roll 45 (South Carolina - Seventh Cavalry, A-D), Roll 46 (South Carolina - Seventh Cavalry, E-L), Roll 47 (South Carolina - Seventh Cavalry, M-Sl) & Roll 48 (South Carolina - Seventh Cavalry, Sm-Y). The National Archives Microfilm Publications.
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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