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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
Formed on Sullivans Island in late 1861 as the 1st Battalion of Rifles; reorganized in the Spring of 1862 from the 5th South Carolina Battalion, also known as the 5th South Carolina Battalion of Rifles; redesignated as 2nd South Carolina Regiment of Rifles 12 May 1862; 9 April 1865 at Appomattox Court House, surrendered 22 officers and 274 men <ref>[http://corktree.tripod.com/South_Carolina_Infantry_Units_in_the_War_of_the_Rebellion 2nd South Carolina Regiment of Rifles], (accessed 13 Apr 2011).</ref>. | |||
Crute's history states that the 2nd Regiment Rifles was organized during the spring of 1862 using the 5th South Carolina Battalion Rifles as its nucleus. | Crute's history states that the 2nd Regiment Rifles was organized during the spring of 1862 using the 5th South Carolina Battalion Rifles as its nucleus. | ||