1st Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry

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Brief History


1st Cavalry Regiment, also known as Hampton's Cavalry Brigrade, was organized in October, 1861, using the 1st South Carolina Cavalry Battalion as its nucleus. The men were from Charleston and the counties of Abbeville, Allendale, Chester, and Georgetown. It was included in the surrender of the Army of Tennessee.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Service records of the soldiers indicate that the first six companies, A-F were created when the unit was organized in 1861. Three more companies were added in the early part of 1862 and another company was added when the regiment was reorganized in June 1862.

A couple of names are listed in the following rosters:


 * Company A (also known as M. T. Owens Cavalry) - Abbeville County - Roster
 * Company B (also known as Ferguson Rangers) - Laren County
 * Company C (also known as Edgefield Rangers) - Edgefield County
 * Company D (also known as Chester Troop) - Chester County
 * Company E (also known as James D. Trezevant's Cavalry) - Colleton County
 * Company F (also known as Ellen Hussars) - Pickens County
 * Company G (also known as L. J. Johnson's Cavalry) - Abbeville County - Roster
 * Company H (also known as Robin Jones Cavalry) - York County - Roster
 * Company I (also known as J.R.P. Cavalry) (Possibly from York County)
 * Company K

Source Material

 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment.
 * Footnote.com (a subscription Internet site) has digital Civil War soldier service records and brief regiment histories (located at the bottom of some of the muster rolls).
 * 1st Cavalry Regiment from The War for Southern Independence in South Carolina (Internet site). Eastern Digital Resources, accessed 11/23/2010. Lists Company Rosters and a brief Regiment History.
 * South Carolina Cavalry-First South Carolina Cavalry Regiment from Service in the War Between the States, Steve Batson's Internet site, accessed Nov 2010. This website lists officers of the regiment and companies; and battles the regiment was involved in and counties where the men came from.
 * Sketches from Hampton's Cavalry : embracing the principal exploits of the cavalry in the campaigns of 1862 and 1863, by D. B. Rea. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1990)., FHL fiche 6082561 (2 fiche).
 * First South Carolina Cavalry Memorials, Internet site from the Adair and Holland Genealogy, accessed 11/23/2010. This site has some pictures of headstones of soldiers from different companies and a small amount of information about some of the soldiers. For a history see 1st South Carolina Cavalry.
 * 1st South Caroina Cavalry, Company H, Robin Jones Cavalry, York County, SC, Internet site. Accessed 11/23/2010.