3rd Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry: Difference between revisions

3rd Cavalry Regiment was organized in August 1862 from combining the 8th Battalion South Carolina Cavalry and three other independent companies. Service records of soldiers found on Footnote.com state that the 8th (also called the 2nd and Colcock's) Battalion South Carolina Cavalry was organized in May, 1862, from seven independent companies of Cavalry. This battalion was increased to a regimnet in August 1862 by the addition of three companies and designated the 3rd (also called 2nd) Regiment South Carolina Cavalry. A large number of the men previousoy served in the 1st Regiment South Carolina Mounted Militia. Also soldiers from some of the companies of the First Mounted Militia served in the 3rd Regiment South Carolina Cavalry.<ref name="Footnote">[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).</ref>  

See also: [[2nd Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry Reserves|2nd Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry Reserves]] and [[8th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry|8th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry]]

=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin  ===

Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.  

Men serving in the 3rd Battalion were made up of "planters and farmers from Barnwell, Beaufort, Colleton and Charleston Districts". Soldiers and Sailors System states that many of the men were from the Districts of Marion, Colleton, Beaufort, Barnwell, and Calhoun.  

:Company A - (also known as the Marion Men of Combahee) - many men from [[Colleton County, South Carolina#Military|Colleton District (County]]), some from [[Beaufort County, South Carolina#Military|Beaufort District County]] (now [[Hampton County, South Carolina#Military|Hampton County]]).

:Company B - (also known as the Colleton Rangers) - many men from [[Colleton_County,_South_Carolina#Military|Colleton District (County]]) - [http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/rosters/3rdcavb.htm Roster] (one man)

:Company C - (also known as the Beaufort District Troop and Captain John H. Howard's Company, South Carolina Cavalry) - many men from [[Beaufort County, South Carolina#Military|Beaufort District (County]])

:Company D - (also known as the Barnwell Dragoons) - many men from [[Barnwell County, South Carolina#Military|Barnwell District (County]])

:Company F - (also known as the St. Peter's Guards) -many men from from lower [[Barnwell County, South Carolina#Military|Barnwell District(County]]) and [[Colleton County, South Carolina#Military|Colleton District (County]]), [[Beaufort County, South Carolina|Beaufort District (County]]), now [[Hampton County, South Carolina#Military|Hampton County]], St. Peter's Parish - [http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/rosters/3rdcavf.htm Roster] (couple of names)

:Company H - (also known as the Ashley Dragoons or Rangers) - many men from [[Charleston County, South Carolina#Military|Charleston District(County]]) and [[Beaufort County, South Carolina#Military|Beaufort District (County]])

:Company I - (also known as the Rebel Troops) - [[Colleton County, South Carolina#Military|Colleton District (County]]), [[Charleston County, South Carolina#Military|Charleston District (County]]) and [[Beaufort County, South Carolina#Military|Beaufort District (County]]); and the Islands of Edisto, Wadmalaw and John's; a few from [[Orangeburg County, South Carolina#Military|Orangeburg District (County]]) and [[Barnwell County, South Carolina#Military|Barnwell District (County]]).

:Company K - (also known as Savannah River Guards and Captain Thomas H. Johnson's Company) - [[Barnwell County, South Carolina#Military|Barnwell District (County]])

*[http://batsonsm.tripod.com/b/cav3r.html South Carolina Cavalry - Third South Carolina Cavalry Regiment]. South Carolina's Service in the War Between the States, Steve Batson's Internet site, accessed 12/02/2010. This website also lists the counties of origin and nicknames of the company , plus officers of the regiment and companies, and battles the regiment was involved in. See also "[http://batsonsm.tripod.com/b/cavbat.html South Carolina Cavalry Battalions]".