Officers and Units
The commanding and staff officers of the regiment were:
- Colonel B. Huger Rutledge
- Major, Lieutenant Colonel and then Colonel William Stokes
- Major, then Lieutenant Colonel W. P. Emanuel
- Major G. E. Manigault
- Major J. M. Gregorie
- Adjutant J. R. Massey
- Chaplain William Banks
- Quartermaster J. W. McCurry
- Assistant Surgeon C. E. Dupont
- Assistant Surgeon C. M. Rivers
- Sergeant Major G. M. Yancey
Most of the companies in this regiment existed previously as South Carolina Militia companies. Some, such as the Charleston Light Dragoons, traced their history to the early-to-mid 18th century, and are mentioned as guarding Fort Sumter in the summer of 1860. The companies in the regiment were:
- Company A - Chesterfield County
- Company B - Chesterfield and Fairfield Counties
- Company C - Oconee, Pickens and Anderson Counties
- Company D - Santee Mounted Riflemen - Georgetown County
- Company E - Marlboro County
- Company F - E. M. Dragoons - Marion County
- Company G - Orangeburg and Colleton Counties
- Company H - Catawba Rangers - Lancaster County
- Company I - Williamsburg Light Dragoons - Williamsburg County
- Company K - Charleston Light Dragoons - Charleston County
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