2nd Regiment, South Carolina Artillery: Difference between revisions

The 2nd Artillery Regiment spent the majority of the war in and around Charleston.&nbsp;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.&nbsp; 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>  

Information on the companies obtained from Seigler's book,<ref name="Seigler" /> and the websites of Batson's<ref name="Batson">[http://batsonsm.tripod.com/b/abt1.html South Carolina Artillery Battalions], South Carolina's Service in the War Between the States, Steve Batson’s Internet site, accessed 12/37/2010. This website gives some brief information about the 2nd Artillery Battalion. It also lists officers of the regiment and companies; and battles the regiment was involved in. The site gives the county of organization and nicknames listed.</ref> and Eastern Digital Resources<ref name="EDR" />.  

The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 2,653 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=CSC0002RA Roster].  

*''A sketch of the war record of the Edisto Rifles, 1861-1865: Company A, 1st Regiment, S. C. V. Infantry, Colonel Johnson Hagood, provisional Army of the Confederate states, 1861-1862; Company G, 25th Regiment, S. C. V. Infantry, Colonel Charles H. Simonton, Confederate states army, 1862-1865'', by William V Izlar. Camden, South Carolina: J.J. Fox, 1990. {{|765260|}}, FHL book 975.7 M2iw, FHL fiche 6082623 (3 fiche). Includes lists of men in companies A and B in the 1st regiment; companies G & F in the 25th regiment; company D of the 20th regiment; and, company I of the 2nd regiment, artillery.

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