5th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry: Difference between revisions

The 5th Regiment South Carolina Infantry (also called Jenkin's Rifles) was organized about April 13, 1861, for twele months and mustered into the servce of the Confederate States June 4, 1861. At the end of the term of service the unit was disbanded but a large number of the men re-enlisted in the Palmetto Regiment, South Carolina Sharpshooters, and some in the 6th Regiment South Carolina Infantry. It was reorganized for the war on April 23, 1862, composing of men who had formerly served in the twelve month military units of the 5th, 6th, and 9th Regiments South Carolina Infantry , and some new recruits. On April 9, 1865, the unit surrendered with Bratton's Brigade at Appomattox, Virginia.<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="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="Seigler">Robert S. Seigler. ''South Carolina's Military Organizations During the War Between the States''. (Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, c2008.), v. 3, p 121-138.{{FHL|1639482|item|disp=FHL book 975.7 M2sr v. 3}}. 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/unit120.htm 5th Infantry Regiment]". The War for Southern Independence in South Carolina. Eastern Digital Resources an Internet site, accessed 12/01/2010. Lists a Regiment History, a record of one of the events found on a muster roll and Company Rosters (before and after reorganization).</ref>  

:Company A - (also know as the Lancaster Greys or Grays) - many men from [[Union County, South Carolina#Military|Union District (County]]), [[Lancaster County, South Carolina#Military|Lancaster District (County), some]] of the men from [[Richland County, South Carolina#Military|Richland&nbsp;District ]](County),&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Kershaw County, South Carolina#Military|Kershaw District (County]]), [[Chester County, South Carolina#Military|Chester District (County]]),&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Darlington County, South Carolina#Military|Darlington District (County)]], [[Fairfield County, South Carolina#Military|Fairfield District (County]])&nbsp;and [[Charleston County, South Carolina#Military|Charleston District (County), a]] few from Richmond, Virgnia&nbsp; - After Reorganization [http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/rosters/5thinfa2.htm Roster]

=== Specific Sources ===

*[[Beginning United States Civil War Research|Beginning United States Civil War Research]] gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. <br>

 

*[http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment. Additional records are described in ‘South Carolina in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).<br>

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