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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
The 2nd Heavy Artillery Regiment was organized at Charleston, South Carolina, during the spring of 1862 using the 2nd South Carolina Artillery | The 2nd Heavy Artillery Regiment was organized at Charleston, South Carolina, during the spring of 1862 using the 2nd Battalion, South Carolina Artillery as its nucleus. The 2nd (also known as the 1st) Regiment South Carolina Artillery was formed by the addition of six companies to the 2nd (also knowwn as Lamar's Battalion South Carolina Artillery) which had been organized in the latter part of 1861 with four companies. Company D served as light artillery. The remainder of the regiment served as heavy artillery and infantry. | ||
The 2nd Artillery Regiment spent the majority of the war in and around Charleston. Many of the men were recruited in the counties of Sumter, Darlington, and Charleston. In 1865 it was converted to infantry. It surrendered with the Army of Tennessee at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina on April 26, 1865. Many of the members of the 2nd South Artillery are buried around the Orangeburg area. | The 2nd Artillery Regiment spent the majority of the war in and around Charleston. Many of the men were recruited in the counties of Sumter, Darlington, and Charleston. In 1865 it was converted to infantry. It surrendered with the Army of Tennessee at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina on April 26, 1865. Many of the members of the 2nd South Artillery are buried around the Orangeburg area.<ref name="Footnote">Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina, microfilm publication M267. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1958). These records have been indexed and digitized and are available at [http://www.footnote.com Footnote.com] (A subscription ($) website, but is available for use at the Family History Library and some Family History Centers). It has digital Civil War soldier service records and brief regiment histories (located at the bottom of some of the muster rolls). (Accessed December 2010)</ref><ref name="Crute">Joseph H. Crute. Units of the Confederate States Army. (Midlothian, Virginia : Derwent Books, c1987).{{FHL|590033|item|disp=FHL book 973 M2crua}}. Information available at: National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] (accessed December 2010).</ref><ref name="Seigler">Robert S. Seigler. ''South Carolina's Military Organizations During the War Between the States''. (Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, c2008.), v. 2, p 315-325.{{FHL|1639482|item|disp=FHL book 975.7 M2sr v. 2}}. The book goes into greater detail about the companies and the different military units they served in. Also the book may give more information about the different units this Battalion served with.</ref><ref name="EDR">"[http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/unit4.htm 2nd Artillery Regiment]". The War for Southern Independence in South Carolina. Eastern Digital Resources an Internet site, accessed 11/27/2010. Lists a brief Regiment History and Company Rosters.</ref> | ||
=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | ||