South Carolina 10th Infantry Regiment
Historical Notes:
The South Carolina 10th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Marion, near Georgetown, South Carolina, in July, 1861. Its members were raised in the counties of Georgetown, Horry, Williamsburg, Marion, and Charleston. The regiment moved to Cat Island where many of the men suffered from typhoid fever, measels, and mumps. In March, 1862, it was sent to Mississippi, then in the Kentucky Campaign it was involved in the capture of Munfordsville. During the war it was assigned to General Manigault's and Sharp's Brigade and from September, 1863 to April, 1864, was consolidated with the 19th Regiment. The unit served with the Army of Tennessee from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, endured Hood's winter campaign in Tennessee, and saw action in North Carolina. It lost 16 killed, 91 wounded, and 2 missing at Murfreesboro, and the 10th/19th had 236 killed or wounded at Chickamauga and totalled 436 men and 293 arms in December, 1863. During the Atlanta Campaign, July 20-28, the 10th Regiment lost 19 of 24 officers engaged and surrendered on April 26, 1865, with no officers and 55 men.
From The History of Edgefield County:
Men went to the front full of enthusiasm, leaving wives and
children at home. In a little while it was impossible to go to
church, or to any gathering of people, without seeing wounded
soldiers at home on furlough, with arm in a sling or limping on
crutches. Every mail brought news of a neighbor or a friend being
wounded or killed in battle. The most distinguished officers that
were killed from the section of country embraced in the lower
battalion of the Tenth Regiment, were Lieutenants J. R. Bouknight,
W. J. Denny, J. M. Daniel, Levi Crouch, W. A. Rutland, and Hiram
Holstein; Captain Norris and Major John Crowder. These were all
brave and patriotic men. No doubt there were many brave deeds done
by private soldiers, as well as by the officers, that ought to be
recorded; and the pen of this scribe would move gladly and swiftly
in recording them, but no record was made of them at the time, and
they have passed into the sum of all, lost, but not lost, as a drop
of water in the sea.
Old soldiers still often speak of the unrivalled fun and
courage of Loss Padget, a youth of twenty, who was killed in
Virginia just before the surrender of Lee's army.
The 10th served in The Army of Tennessee and should have been
involved in the Carolinas Campaign, battle of Bentonville, NC and
the surrender there by Gen. Johnston. What was Pvt. Padget doing
in Virginia?
The men now living who were most prominent in the war from the lower battalion,
are Captain P. B. Waters, now a lawyer at Edgefield; James Mitchell, A. P. West, A. P. Bouknight, James Boatwright, Henry Vanzandt, S. L. Ready, and Colonel E. J. Goggans.
Thomas J. McKie, M. D., was surgeon of the Tenth Regiment South Carolina
Volunteers.
REF: History of Edgefield - Chapman
Officers:
Col. Arthur M. Manigault
Col. James F. Presley (Pressley)
Lieutenant Colonel Julius T. Porcher
Major A. J. Shaw
Lieut. Col. Cornelius I. Walker
Assignments:
Department of South Carolina (August – November 1861)
Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida (November – December 1861)
1st Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida (December 1861 – April 1862)
2nd Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida (April 1862)
Trapier’s Brigade, Withers’ Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (April – June 1862)
Trapier’s – Manigault’s Brigade, Reserve Corps, Army of the Mississippi, Department # 2 (August – November 1862)
Manigault’s Brigade, Withers’ Division, Right Wing, Army of the Mississippi, Department # 2 (August – November 1862)
Manigault’s Brigade, Hindman’s – Anderson’s – Johnson’s Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Tennessee (November 1863 – April 1865)
Battles:
1. Operations against the Union advance on, and the siege of Corinth, Mississippi (April 29 - May 30, 1862).
2. Retreat to Booneville, Mississippi (May 30 - June 12, 1862).
3. Munfordville, Kentucky (September 14 - September 17, 1862).
4. Operations against the Union advance on Murfreesborough, Tennessee (December 26 - 30, 1862).
5. Battle, Stone's River, Murfreesborough, Tennessee
(December 30, 1862 - January 3, 1863).
6. Campaign in Middle Tennessee (Tullahoma Campaign) (June 23 - July 7, 1863.
7. Operations of Middle Temessee, Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Chickamauga, Georgia campaign (August 16 - September 22, 1863).
8. Skirmishes near Lee and Gordon's Mill. Georgia (September 16 - 18, 1863).
9. Battle of Chickamauga. Georgia (September 19 - 21, 1863).
10. Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee (September 24 - November 23, 1863).
11. Campaign. Chattanooga, Tennessee and Ringgold, Georgia
(November 23 - November 27, 1863).
12. Assault and Capture of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee (November 24 - 25, 1863).
13. Operations against the demonstration on Dalton, Georgia (February 22 - 27, 1864).
14. Actions, Tunnell, Buzzard's Roost Gap, and Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
(February 23 - 25, 1864).
15. Atlanta Campaign (May, 1 - September 8, 1864).
16. Operations against the demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia (May 8 - 11, 1864).
17. Combat, Buzzard's Roost Gap (Mill Creek), Georgia (May, 8 - 9, 1864).
18. Battle, Resaca, Georgia (May, 14 - 15, 1864).
19. Operations on the line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church, and Allatoona Hills, Georgia (May 25 - June 5, 1864).
20. Action, Pickett's Mill, Georgia (May 27,1864).
21. Operations around Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia (June 10 -July 2, 1864).
22. Combat around Pine Hills, Georgia (June 11 - 14, 1864).
23. Combat around Lost Mountain, Georgia (June 15 - 17, 1864).
24. Combat around Kolb's Farm, Georgia (June 22, 1864).
25. Assault upon Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia (June 27, 1864).
26. Operations on the line of Nickajack Creek, Georgia (July 2 - 5, 1864).
27. Operations on the line of the Chattahoochee River, Georgia (July 5 - 17, 1864).
28. Battle of Atlanta, Georgia (July 22, 1364).
29. Siege of Atlanta, Georgia (July 23 - August 25, 1864).
30. Battle of Ezra's Chapel, Georgia (July 25, 1864).
31. Battle of Jonesborough, Georgia (August 31 - September 1, 1864).
32. Engagement at Lovejoy Station, Georgia (September 2 - 5, 1864).
33. Hood's operations in Northern Georgia and Northern Alabama
(September 29 - November 3, 1864).
34. Skirmishes on the line of Shoal Creek, Alabama (November 16 - 20, 1864).
35. Battle of Franklin, Tennessee (November 30, 1864).
36. Battle of Nashville, Tennessee (December 15 - 16, 1864).
37. Campaign of the Carolinas (January 30 - April 26, 1865).
38. Battle of Averysborough (Taylor's Hole Creek), North Carolina
(March 16, 1865).
39. Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina (March 19 - 21, 1865).
40. Surrender, Bennett's House, Durham Station, North Carolina (April 26, 1865).\
Source: The Independent Republic Quarterly Vol.32 No.2; Spring 1998; pp.1-44
Roster:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 2189 men.
Company A, Georgetown Rifle Guards, (Georgetown,) Capt. Plowden C. J. Weston.
Company B, Brooks Guards, (Horry,) Capt. J. H. Norman.
Company C, Lake Swamp Volunteers, (Horry,) Capt. A. H. Johnson.
Company—, Wee Nee Volunteers, (Williamsburg,) Capt. R. M. Gourdin.
Company E, Black Mingo Rifle Guards, (Williamsburg,) Capt. J. F. Carraway.
Company F, Pee Dee Rangers, (Marion,) Capt. E. Miller.
Company H, Liberty Volunteers, (Williamsburg,) Capt. J. H. Nettles.
Company—, Carvers Bay Palmetto Rifle Guards, (Georgetown,) Capt. Wm. McAnge.
Company—, Capt. George.
Company—, Coast Guards, (Charleston,) Capt. DuPre.
Company K, Eutaw Volunteers, (Charleston,) Capt. Julius T. Porcher.
Bibliography for Research:
From The History of Edgefield County:
Men went to the front full of enthusiasm, leaving wives and children at home. In a little while it was impossible to go to church, or to any gathering of people, without seeing wounded soldiers at home on furlough, with arm in a sling or limping on crutches. Every mail brought news of a neighbor or a friend being wounded or killed in battle. The most distinguished officers that were killed from the section of country embraced in the lower battalion of the Tenth Regiment, were Lieutenants J. R. Bouknight, W. J. Denny, J. M. Daniel, Levi Crouch, W. A. Rutland, and Hiram Holstein; Captain Norris and Major John Crowder. These were all brave and patriotic men. No doubt there were many brave deeds done by private soldiers, as well as by the officers, that ought to be recorded; and the pen of this scribe would move gladly and swiftly in recording them, but no record was made of them at the time, and they have passed into the sum of all, lost, but not lost, as a drop of water in the sea.
Old soldiers still often speak of the unrivalled fun and courage of Loss Padget, a youth of twenty, who was killed in Virginia just before the surrender of Lee's army.
The 10th served in The Army of Tennessee and should have been involved in the Carolinas Campaign, battle of Bentonville, NC and the surrender there by Gen. Johnston. What was Pvt. Padget doing in Virginia?
The men now living who were most prominent in the war from the lower battalion, are Captain P. B. Waters, now a lawyer at Edgefield; James Mitchell, A. P. West, A. P. Bouknight, James Boatwright, Henry Vanzandt, S. L. Ready, and Colonel E. J. Goggans.
Thomas J. McKie, M. D., was surgeon of the Tenth Regiment South Carolina Volunteers.
REF: History of Edgefield - Chapman
Col. James F. Presley (Pressley)
Lieutenant Colonel Julius T. Porcher
Major A. J. ShawLieut. Col. Cornelius I. Walker Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida (November – December 1861)
1st Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida (December 1861 – April 1862)
2nd Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida (April 1862)
Trapier’s Brigade, Withers’ Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (April – June 1862)
Trapier’s – Manigault’s Brigade, Reserve Corps, Army of the Mississippi, Department # 2 (August – November 1862)
Manigault’s Brigade, Withers’ Division, Right Wing, Army of the Mississippi, Department # 2 (August – November 1862)
Manigault’s Brigade, Hindman’s – Anderson’s – Johnson’s Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Tennessee (November 1863 – April 1865)
2. Retreat to Booneville, Mississippi (May 30 - June 12, 1862).
3. Munfordville, Kentucky (September 14 - September 17, 1862).
4. Operations against the Union advance on Murfreesborough, Tennessee (December 26 - 30, 1862).
5. Battle, Stone's River, Murfreesborough, Tennessee
(December 30, 1862 - January 3, 1863).
6. Campaign in Middle Tennessee (Tullahoma Campaign) (June 23 - July 7, 1863.
7. Operations of Middle Temessee, Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Chickamauga, Georgia campaign (August 16 - September 22, 1863).
8. Skirmishes near Lee and Gordon's Mill. Georgia (September 16 - 18, 1863).
9. Battle of Chickamauga. Georgia (September 19 - 21, 1863).
10. Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee (September 24 - November 23, 1863).
11. Campaign. Chattanooga, Tennessee and Ringgold, Georgia
(November 23 - November 27, 1863).
12. Assault and Capture of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee (November 24 - 25, 1863).
13. Operations against the demonstration on Dalton, Georgia (February 22 - 27, 1864).
14. Actions, Tunnell, Buzzard's Roost Gap, and Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
(February 23 - 25, 1864).
15. Atlanta Campaign (May, 1 - September 8, 1864).
16. Operations against the demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia (May 8 - 11, 1864).
17. Combat, Buzzard's Roost Gap (Mill Creek), Georgia (May, 8 - 9, 1864).
18. Battle, Resaca, Georgia (May, 14 - 15, 1864).
19. Operations on the line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church, and Allatoona Hills, Georgia (May 25 - June 5, 1864).
20. Action, Pickett's Mill, Georgia (May 27,1864).
21. Operations around Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia (June 10 -July 2, 1864).
22. Combat around Pine Hills, Georgia (June 11 - 14, 1864).
23. Combat around Lost Mountain, Georgia (June 15 - 17, 1864).
24. Combat around Kolb's Farm, Georgia (June 22, 1864).
25. Assault upon Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia (June 27, 1864).
26. Operations on the line of Nickajack Creek, Georgia (July 2 - 5, 1864).
27. Operations on the line of the Chattahoochee River, Georgia (July 5 - 17, 1864).
28. Battle of Atlanta, Georgia (July 22, 1364).
29. Siege of Atlanta, Georgia (July 23 - August 25, 1864).
30. Battle of Ezra's Chapel, Georgia (July 25, 1864).
31. Battle of Jonesborough, Georgia (August 31 - September 1, 1864).
32. Engagement at Lovejoy Station, Georgia (September 2 - 5, 1864).
33. Hood's operations in Northern Georgia and Northern Alabama
(September 29 - November 3, 1864).
34. Skirmishes on the line of Shoal Creek, Alabama (November 16 - 20, 1864).
35. Battle of Franklin, Tennessee (November 30, 1864).
36. Battle of Nashville, Tennessee (December 15 - 16, 1864).
37. Campaign of the Carolinas (January 30 - April 26, 1865).
38. Battle of Averysborough (Taylor's Hole Creek), North Carolina
(March 16, 1865).
39. Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina (March 19 - 21, 1865).
40. Surrender, Bennett's House, Durham Station, North Carolina (April 26, 1865).\
Source: The Independent Republic Quarterly Vol.32 No.2; Spring 1998; pp.1-44
Company A, Georgetown Rifle Guards, (Georgetown,) Capt. Plowden C. J. Weston.
Company B, Brooks Guards, (Horry,) Capt. J. H. Norman.
Company C, Lake Swamp Volunteers, (Horry,) Capt. A. H. Johnson.
Company—, Wee Nee Volunteers, (Williamsburg,) Capt. R. M. Gourdin.
Company E, Black Mingo Rifle Guards, (Williamsburg,) Capt. J. F. Carraway.
Company F, Pee Dee Rangers, (Marion,) Capt. E. Miller.
Company H, Liberty Volunteers, (Williamsburg,) Capt. J. H. Nettles.
Company—, Carvers Bay Palmetto Rifle Guards, (Georgetown,) Capt. Wm. McAnge.
Company—, Capt. George.
Company—, Coast Guards, (Charleston,) Capt. DuPre.
Company K, Eutaw Volunteers, (Charleston,) Capt. Julius T. Porcher.