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Muster In: June 6, 18611
Muster Out: Consolidated with the 8th SC, the 3rd SC Bn, and parts of the 1st, 2nd, 6th, and 7th South Carolina Battalions Reserves as the 3rd SC Consolidated at Smithfield, NC on April 9, 1865. Surrendered at Durham Station, NC at on April 26, 1865.2
Commander(s):
Colonel William D. Rutherford
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Kershaw’s Brigade | Kershaw’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
- Commander: Colonel William D. Rutherford4
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Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Petersburg Campaign Battles:7
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
Bibliography:
- 3rd SC: A History of the 3rd South Carolina Infantry: Lee’s Reliables
- 3rd SC: A History of the Third South Carolina Infantry, 1861-1865
- 3rd SC: Far, Far from Home: The Wartime Letters of Dick and Tally Simpson, Third South Carolina Volunteers
- 3rd SC: Tentative Roster of the Third Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, Confederate States Provisional Army
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 3rd SC: A History of the 3rd South Carolina Infantry: Lee’s Reliables
- 3rd SC: A History of the Third South Carolina Infantry, 1861-1865
- 3rd SC: Far, Far from Home: The Wartime Letters of Dick and Tally Simpson, Third South Carolina Volunteers
- 3rd SC: Tentative Roster of the Third Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, Confederate States Provisional Army
- Review: A History of the 3rd South Carolina Regiment: Lee’s Reliables
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 64-66 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 64-66 ↩
- 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 176 (William D. Rutherford, 3rd South Carolina): Field and Staff Muster Roll for May + June, 1864 ↩
- 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 176 (William D. Rutherford, 3rd South Carolina): Field and Staff Muster Roll for May + June, 1864 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 64-66 ↩
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