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Muster In: Organized on September 10, 1861.1 Mustered in from September 5-October ?, 18612
Muster Out: Consolidated with the 7th SC and parts of the 1st, 2nd, 6th, and 7th South Carolina Battalions Reserves as the 7th SC Consolidated at Smithfield, NC on April 9, 1865. Surrendered at Durham Station, NC at on April 26, 1865.3
Commander(s):
Colonel John B. Davis
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Kershaw’s Brigade | Kershaw’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army4
Second Offensive Order of Battle: Kershaw’s Brigade | Kershaw’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army7
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Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Petersburg Campaign Battles:10
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
Bibliography:
- 15th SC: A History of the 15th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865
- 15th SC: Diary of H.B. McCallum, Chaplain, Fifteenth South Carolina Volunteers: October 1, 1862 to November 19, 1864
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 15th SC: A History of the 15th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865
- 15th SC: Diary of H.B. McCallum, Chaplain, Fifteenth South Carolina Volunteers: October 1, 1862 to November 19, 1864
- BTC Notes: A History of the 15th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865
- Review: A History of the 15th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment: 1861-1865
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 88-90 ↩
- Clary, James B. A History of the 15th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment: 1861-1865 Broadfoot Publishing, 2009. pp. 7-12 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 88-90 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina, National Archives, Roll 279 (John Bunyon Davis, 15th South Carolina) ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina, National Archives, Roll 279 (John Bunyon Davis, 15th South Carolina) ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 88-90 ↩
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