South Carolina Militia

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Brief History
According to South Carolina's Military Organizations During the War Between the States, it states the following: "It was the South Carolina Militia and the South Carolina Regular Army that held the line around Charleston Harbor and along the coast during the first few months of 1861 until additional battalions and regiments of volunteers could be raised and prepared for duty.” Many of the companies in the regiments had been organized prior to the Civil War for State service.

Units 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.

South Carolina Militia Units, (accessed 5 Apr 2011).


 * 1st Regiment, South Carolina Militia - Artillery
 * 1st Regiment, South Carolina Rifles Militia (Branch's Rifle Regiment)
 * 1st Regiment, South Carolina Militia (Charleston Reserves)
 * 5th Regiment, South Carolina Militia, also known as 45th State Militia, (accessed 6 Apr 2011).
 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 7th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 8th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 9th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 10th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 11th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 12th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 13th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 14th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 15th Regiment, South Carolina
 * 16 Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 17th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 18th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 19th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 20th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 21st Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 22nd Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 23rd Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 24th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 25th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * 6th Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * Charbonnier's Company, South Carolina Militia (Pickens Rifles)
 * Trenholm's Company, South Carolina Militia (Rutledge Mounted Riflemen)
 * 1st Regiment, South Carolina Mounted Militia (Martin's Mounted Militia)
 * 4th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry (Militia)
 * Theodore Cordes' Company, South Carolina Cavalry MIlitia (German Hussars)
 * Rutledge's Company, South Carolina Cavalry Militia (Charleston Light Dragoons)

Other Sources

 * 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. This site uses Joseph H. Crute's book, Units of the Confederate States Army, as their main source for the regiment history. Family History Library book 973 M2crua,, WorldCat.


 * Footnote.com (A subscription website, but is available for use at the Family History Library and some Family History Centers). It has digital Civil War soldier service records and brief regiment histories (located at the bottom of some of the muster rolls).


 * The War for Southern Independence in South Carolina. Eastern Digital Resources, (accessed 2 Apr 2011). This site contains some historical sketches, officers, battles, rosters, bibliographies and references.