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Muster In: Organized in April 18621
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Colonel Joseph Walker
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Bratton’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles9:
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- 2nd Fort Harrison (September 30, 1864)
- Williamsburg Road (October 27, 1864)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
Bibliography:
- Palmetto SS: Civil War Correspondence: Letters of William and James McFall of the South Carolina Palmetto Sharpshooters
- Palmetto SS: Palmetto Riflemen. Co. B, Fourth Regiment S.C. Vols. Co. C, Palmetto Sharp Shooters
- Palmetto SS: The Struck Eagle: A Biography of Brigadier General Micah Jenkins, and a History of the Fifth South Carolina Volunteers and the Palmetto Sharpshooters
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- Palmetto South Carolina Sharpshooters
- Palmetto SS: Civil War Correspondence: Letters of William and James McFall of the South Carolina Palmetto Sharpshooters
- Palmetto SS: Palmetto Riflemen. Co. B, Fourth Regiment S.C. Vols. Co. C, Palmetto Sharp Shooters
- Palmetto SS: The Struck Eagle: A Biography of Brigadier General Micah Jenkins, and a History of the Fifth South Carolina Volunteers and the Palmetto Sharpshooters
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 110-111 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 110-111 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), page 766 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), page 766 ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina, National Archives, Roll ? (Joseph Walker, Palmetto South Carolina Sharpshooters, Footnote.com Page 11): Field and Staff Muster Roll for July + August, 1864 ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina, National Archives, Roll ? (Joseph Walker, Palmetto South Carolina Sharpshooters, Footnote.com Page 11): Field and Staff Muster Roll for July + August, 1864 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 110-111 ↩
