3rd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry: Difference between revisions

:Company E - (also known as the Quitman Rifles and the Auitman Guard, the Quitman Riflemen and the Quitmans)  many men from [[Newberry County, South Carolina#Military|Newberry District (County]]), a few men from Laurens District (County) and Lexington Districts (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]   

: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)  

:Captain Oliver H. Moss (existed for a very brief time)

Company names, nicknames and counties of origin taken from Seigler's<ref name="Seigler" /> and Wyckoff's<ref name="Wyckoff">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&amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Other Libraries].</ref> books and from Batson's<ref name="Batson">"[http://batsonsm.tripod.com/b/reg3.html Third South Carolina Infantry]". South Carolina's Service in the War Between the States, Steve Batson's Internet site, accessed 12/02/2010. This website lists the counties and nicknames of the companies. It also lists officers of the regiment and companies; and battles the regiment was involved in.</ref> website.&nbsp; Rosters taken from the websites: Eastern Digital Resources<ref name="EDR">"[http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/unit109.htm South Carolina 3rd Infantry Regiment Volunteers]". The War for Southern Independence in South Carolina. Eastern Digital Resources an Internet site, accessed 12/01/2010. Lists a brief Regiment History and the rosters for the Companies B, E, F, and H.</ref> and Access Genealogy.<ref name="Access Gen">"[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/southcarolina/civil_war_rosters.htm South Carolina Civil War Rosters]". Access Genealogy Internet site, accessed 12/17/2010. Lists the company officers and gives the rosters for each company.</ref><br>