3rd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry: Difference between revisions

The 3rd Infantry Regiment, South Carolina Infantry was also known as the 3rd Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers.&nbsp; It began it's organization in the first part of 1861 and mustered into state serve in March 1861.&nbsp; Further enlistment was at Camp Johnson north of Columbia, South Carolina, in April, 1861 and it was then mustered into Confederate service. In May 1862, the 3rd Infantry was involved in the reorganization of units.&nbsp; This unit did not have any major changes. About April 9, 1865 the 3rd Regiment South Carolina Infantry was consolidated with the 8th Regiment South Carolina Infantry, the 3rd Battalion South Carolina Infantry and part of Blanchard's South Carolina Reserves to form the new 3rd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry. This regiment surrendered with the Army of Tennessee on April 26, 1865 near Greensboro, North Carolina and the unit was paroled on May 2, 1865.<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. 3, p 77-95.{{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="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>&nbsp;This Regiment was part of Kershaw's Brigade <ref>[http://ehistory.osu.edu/uscw/features/regimental/south_carolina/confederate/KershawsBrigade/index.cfm Kershaw's Brigade], (accessed 7 Apr 2011).</ref>.