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2nd South Carolina Infantry


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	Moore's Rifles, or the Second South Carolina Rifles, was formed from the nucleus of companies that were left after the formation of Orr's Rifles. Units from Pickens County included Companies B, C, D, H and K. In many ways, it was more exclusively a Pickens County unit than Orr's First. The first commander of the regiment, Colonel J.V. Moore was killed in action at Second Manassas. Other commanders included Thomas Thomson and R.E. Bowen. Bowen's name is associated with some of her toughest battles. Moore's Second S.C. Rifles found itself serving in one of three South Carolina brigades in the Army of Northern Virginia that could rival Gregg-McGowan's Brigade in length of service. The Second Regiment of Rifles was to be found with the glamorous and long remember Prince of Edisto, Micah Jenkins and his brigade. Fighting first in the Peninsula Campaign, the Second would follow the old warhorse, Longstreet, for three bloody years. Fighting in both the east and the west she would see action at all the major eastern battles, except when detached. Ironically, Jenkins' Brigade was left in Virginia during Gettysburg. Therefore, they became the only element of Pickett's Division not to make the horrible charge on the third day of that battle. Longstreet's Crops was also detached during Chancellorsville. However, as if to make up for those sins of omission, the men were heavily involved in the night gamble at Wauhatchie where Colonel Bowen was wounded. This was after Longstreet's Crops had moved West to support Bragg. It is one of the bitter ironies of an ironic war that on at least two occasions, Jenkins and Evander Law from Alabama, former friends from the Citadel, would let their egos cost the south victories. While I tend to fault Laws and favor Jenkins in these issues, it is a mark against both men. That case is certainly one for a higher court, but many good man died because of Law's vanity at Wauhatchie. The fighting for Moore's Second continued on to Knoxville and then back across the mountain. Here Old Pete was once again under the familiar hand and loving eye of General Lee. Heavily involved in the fighting of the last year of the war, the Second Rifles were close by, at the death of Jenkins and the wounding of Longstreet in the Wilderness. They would fold their flag with Field's Division at Appomattox, walk home and the few that were left would embark on the most bitter of journeys the attempt to reconstruct them. They would tell you they were never reconstructed, only redeemed by Hampton in '76, but that is another story. The South Carolina 2nd Regiment Rifles was organized during the spring of 1862 using the 5th South Carolina Battalion Rifles as its nucleus. The unit served in South Carolina, then was ordered to Virginia and assigned to General Jenkins' and Bratton's Brigade. It participated in the Seven Days' Battles and the conflicts at Second Manassas , Sharpsburg , and Fredericksburg . Later the regiment was with Longstreet at Suffolk and D.H. Hill in North Carolina. It moved again with Longstreet but did not take part in the Battle of Chickamauga. The unit was involved in the Knoxville operations, returned to Virginia, and saw action at The Wilderness , Spotsylvania , and Cold Harbor . After enduring the hardships of the Petersburg siege south and north of the James River, it ended the war at Appomattox . This regiment sustained 149 casualties at Gaines' Mill and Frayser's Farm, 58 at Second Manassas , 18 at Sharpsburg , and 64 at Wauhatchie . During 1864 from May 4 to June 12, it lost 14 killed, 93 wounded, and 2 missing, and from June 13 to December 31, there were 16 killed, 90 wounded, and 11 missing. The unit surrendered 22 officers and 274 men. BATTLES FOUGHT Seven Days Battles VA (25 JUN - 1 JUL 1862) Gaines Mill VA (27 JUN 1862) Frayser's Farm VA (30 JUN 1862) 2nd Bull Run VA (28 - 30 AUG 1862) South Mountain VA (14 SEP 1862) Antietam VA (17 SEP 1862) Fredericksburg VA (13 DEC 1862) Wauhatchie (28 - 29 OCT 1863) Knoxville Siege GA (NOV - DEC 1863) The Wilderness VA (5 - 6 MAY 1864) Spotsylvania Court House VA (8 - 21 MAY 1864) North Anna VA (23 - 26 MAY 1864) Cold Harbor VA (1 - 3 JUN 1864) Petersburg Siege VA (JUN 1864 - APR 1865) 2nd Fort Harrison VA (30 SEP 1864) Williamsburg Road (27 OCT 1864) Appomattox Court House VA (9 APR 1865) Note: I personal searched the rosters of the 2nd South Carolina Rifles for a James E. Edwards and found none, even though his headstone uses that name. There is, however a James Hasty, also spelled Hastie who enlisted as a private. Courtesy 2nd South Carolina Rifles Face Book Page
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