Richland County, South Carolina Military Records

United States South Carolina  Richland County  Military Records

General

 * "Fort Jackson Military Reservation Cemetery List," Columbia Chronicle, April 1999. Columbia Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society : Columbia, SC.
 * "Seminole War troops, 1836," Columbia Journal, December 1984, Issue 9. Columbia Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society : Columbia, SC.

Revolutionary War

 * "Revolutionary Soldiers Receiving Pensions, Lists, 1818, 1832," Columbia Chronicle, April 2004. Columbia Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society : Columbia, SC.
 * "Annuities for Those Injured in Service, 1778-86," Chester District Genealogical Society Bulletin, September 1985, Volume 8, Issue 3. Chester County Genealogical Society : Richburg, SC.

War of 1812

 * List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. 5, South Carolina, Richland County, p. 188. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]

Civil War
Civil War service men from Richland County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies and regiments that were formed of men from Richland County.


 * - 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry
 * - Company C (also known as Hapmton Detachment and Congree Mounted Riflemen)
 * - Company H (also known as Congaree Troops)


 * - 3rd Battalion, South Carolina Light Artillery (Palmetto Battalion)
 * - Company B (also known as Waites's Light Battery, Captain John Waites's Company and Columbia Flying Artillery)
 * - Company G also known as the DeSaussure Light Artillery and the DePass Light Battery)
 * - Company K (also known as Richardson's Company)


 * - 4th Regiment, South Carolina State Troops
 * - Company A
 * - Company G


 * - 4th Regiment, South Carolina State Troop Junior Reserves
 * - Company D


 * - 5th Battalion, South Carolina Reserves (Brown's)
 * - Company A


 * - 5th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
 * - Company A


 * - 6th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry (Aiken's Partisan Rangers) (1st Partisan Rangers)
 * - Company B
 * - Company G
 * - Company H


 * - 7th Battalion, South Carolina Infantry (Nelson's) (Enfield Rifles)
 * - Company C
 * - Company E
 * - Company G
 * - Company H


 * - 7th Regiment, South Carolina Reserves (90 days 1862-63)
 * - Company B


 * - 7th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry ,
 * - Company D
 * - Company H
 * - Company K


 * - 8th Regiment, South Carolina Reserves,


 * - 9th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry,
 * - Company B


 * - 12th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry,
 * - Company D


 * - 15th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
 * - Company A


 * -20th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
 * - Reorganized Company M


 * - 24th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
 * - Company G


 * - Garden's Company, South Carolina Light Aritillery (Palmetto Light Battery)


 * - Shiver's Company, South Caroline Local Defense Troops


 * Moore, John Hammond. Columbia and Richland County : a South Carolina Community, 1740-1990. (Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, c1993). 521 pages. Family papers, reminiscences, institutional histories, census returns, official and unofficial documents, files of local newspapers, personal recollections and casual conversations have all contributed to this history. Civil War pages 181-208.  Book found at  and Other Libraries