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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 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. | ||
The 2nd rosters list contain only a couple of names. All companies rondezvouse April 17, 1861 and are received paroles May 2nd and 3rd 1965.<br> | The 2nd rosters list contain only a couple of names. All companies rondezvouse April 17, 1861 and are received paroles May 2nd and 3rd 1965.<br> | ||
:*Company A - (also known as The State Guards) many men from Laurens District ([[Laurens County, South Carolina#Military|Laurens County]])- [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0025797 Roster] | :*Company A - (also known as The State Guards, State Guards Rifle Company, the Laurens Guards and the Garlington Rifles) many men from Laurens District ([[Laurens County, South Carolina#Military|Laurens County]]), a few men from Anderson, Spartanburg and Greenville Districts (Counties) - [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0025797 Roster] | ||
:*Company B - (Also known as Williams | :*Company B - (Also known as the Williams Guard(s)) - many men from Newberry District ( [[Newberry County, South Carolina#Military|Newberry County]]), a few from Spartanburg and Laurens Districts (Counties) - [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0025798 Roster], [http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/rosters/3rdinfb.htm Roster] | ||
:*Company C - (Also known as Frog Level and Pickens Guards), | :*Company C - (Also known as the Frog Level and the Pickens Guards, and Yahoo) - Newberry District (Frog Level, noe Prosperity area) ( [[Newberry County, South Carolina#Military|Newberry County]]), a few men from Lexington, Laurens and Edgefield Disricts (Counties) - [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0025799 Roster] | ||
:*Company D - (Also know as Cross Anchors) Many men from [[ | :*Company D - (Also know as the Cross Anchors or the Cross Anchor Volunteers) Many men from Union District (Western area) [[Union County, South Carolina|(Union County)]] and Spartanburg District (Sourthern area) ([[Spartanburg County, South Carolina Military|Spartanburg County]]) - [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0025800 Roster] | ||
:*Company E (also known as Quitman Rifles) Many men from Newberry District ([[Newberry County, South Carolina#Military|Newberry County]]) - [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0025801 Roster], [http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/rosters/3rdinfe.htm Roster] | :*Company E (also known as the Quitman Rifles and the Auitman Guard, the Quitman Riflemen and the Quitmans) Many men from Newberry District ([[Newberry County, South Carolina#Military|Newberry County]]), a few men from Laurens and Lexington Districts (Counties) - [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0025801 Roster], [http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/rosters/3rdinfe.htm Roster] | ||
:*Company F - (also known as the Wadsworth Volunteers) Many men from Newberry District ([[Newberry County, South Carolina#Military|Newberry County]]) and Laurens District ([[Laurens County, South Carolina#Military|Laurens County]]) - [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0025802 Roster], [http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/rosters/3rdinff.htm Roster] | :*Company F - (also known as the Wadsworth Volunteers and the Wadsworth Guards) Many men from Newberry District ([[Newberry County, South Carolina#Military|Newberry County]]) and Laurens District ([[Laurens County, South Carolina#Military|Laurens County]]), a few men also from Freenville and Abbeville Districts (Counties) - [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0025802 Roster], [http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/rosters/3rdinff.htm Roster] | ||
:*Company G - (Also known as Laurens Briars) | :*Company G - (Also known as Laurens Briars, The Briers ( or Briars)) - Laurens District ([[Laurens County, South Carolina#Military|Laurens County]]), a few men from Spartanburg District (County) - [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0025803 Roster] | ||
:*Company H - (Also known as Brooks Guards | :*Company H - (Also known as Brooks Guards, the Brooks Palmetto Guards, the Dutch, and the Dutch Fork Boys) - Lexington District (Dutch Fork area) ([[Lexington County, South Carolina#Military|Lexington County]] )- [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0025804 Roster], [http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/rosters/3rdinfh.htm Roster] | ||
:*Company I - (also know as Musgrove Volunteers) Many men from | :*Company I - (also know as the Musgrove Volunteers, the Musgrove Guards, the Clinton Company and the Clinton DIvers) Many men from Laurens District (Clinton area) ( [[Laurens County, South Carolina#Military|Laurens County]])- [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0025805 Roster] | ||
:*Company K - (also known as Blackstock) Many Many men from Spartanburg District ( [[Spartanburg County, South Carolina Military|Spartanburg County]]) - [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0025806 Roster] | :*Company K - (also known as the Blackstock Volunteers and the Blackstock Company) Many Many men from Spartanburg District ( [[Spartanburg County, South Carolina Military|Spartanburg County]]) and Union District (Union County) - [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0025806 Roster] | ||
:*Wee Nee Riflemen - ([[ | :*Wee Nee Riflemen - ([[Williamsburg County, South Carolina|Williamsburg County]]) | ||
:*Captain J.N. Brown Company ( also known as the Helena Guard) - Newberry District (County) | |||
:*Captain W.J.M. Jones Company (also known as the Company Raiborn or Rabun) - Laurens Distraict (County) | |||
<br>County listings from: Mac Wyckoff. ''A History of the Third South Carolina Infantry, 1861-1865'' (Sergeant Kirkland's Museum and Historical Society, Inc., Fredericksburg, Virginia, c1995), 330 p. Includes rosters. Book found at {{FHL|765301|item|disp=FHL 975.7 M2wm}} and [http://www.worldcat.org/title/history-of-the-third-south-carolina-infantry-1861-1865/oclc/32921950&referer=brief_results Other Libraries]. | <br>County listings from: Mac Wyckoff. ''A History of the Third South Carolina Infantry, 1861-1865'' (Sergeant Kirkland's Museum and Historical Society, Inc., Fredericksburg, Virginia, c1995), 330 p. Includes rosters. Book found at {{FHL|765301|item|disp=FHL 975.7 M2wm}} and [http://www.worldcat.org/title/history-of-the-third-south-carolina-infantry-1861-1865/oclc/32921950&referer=brief_results Other Libraries]. | ||