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Aaron Thomas (Thames)
Rank Unknown
He was a mulatto negro who fought with the Confederacy.
Contact Name: Daniel Sanders
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Date Added: 3/3/2011

Company B
James V. Garrison
- Private
Enlisted May 30,1864. Killed in action September 30, 1864. Research indicates he was probably killed at Ft. Harrison during the Richmond Campaign.
Contact Name: Ron Groves
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Date Added: 1/5/2015

Company C
William Cantrell
- Private
Mustered in 13 April 1861. Died around Centreville, VA, 17 Feb 1862. Cause unknown. Son of Zibeon Cantrell and Francis Davis. Left a widow (Margaret Davis) and five children. My 2nd cousin 4x removed.
Contact Name: Bruce Blackwell
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Date Added: 5/3/2018

Company C
William T Craig
- Private
William Craig was with the 5th Batalion of State Troops, Senior Reserves...Chesterfield District.
Contact Name: Ginger
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Date Added: 11/6/2007

Company D
Mathew Loyd Bishop
- Private
Name: M.L. Bishop
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: South Carolina
Regiment Name: 5 South Carolina Infantry
Regiment Name : 5th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
Company: D
Rank In: Private

Rank Out: Private

Film Number: M381 roll 3

Birth: Apr. 23, 1838
Gowensville
Greenville County
South Carolina, USA
Death: Dec. 27, 1901
Inman
Spartanburg County
South Carolina, USA

Son of Elijah Bishop and Lucinda Bobo Bishop



First PostMaster, Merchant and Blacksmith in Inman, SC.One of his sons Elijah Independence Bishop was the first Mayor of Inman.......

Wounded in the Civil War at the Battle of the Wilderness 6 May 1864.
Contact Name: Charles Hendrix
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Contact Homepage: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=bishop&GSmid=46992354&GRid=5584
Date Added: 8/1/2014

Company D
Rufus Evans
- Private
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Contact Name: Jim Thornton
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Date Added: 3/18/2015

Company D
thomas watland henderson
- Private
Mortaly wounded at Battle of Gaine's mill, June, 1862. He died in his 19th year and is buried in the Henderson Family Cemetery in Newberry County, South Carolina.
Contact Name: cpt gary henderson
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Date Added: 2/10/2013

Company F
John Clayton Faires
- Private
Faires enlisted in York County, SC in April 1861. He was wounded in the hand and hip in the Battle of Seven Pines, VA, May 31, 1862. He received a slight head wound in the Battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1862. Faires surrendered and was paroled at Appomattox Courthouse April 9, 1865.
Contact Name: Justin Sanders
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Date Added: 7/23/2004

Company F
William E Sutton
- Private
Looking for any information about William Sutton
Contact Name: Jessie Lewis Matthews
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Date Added: 5/20/2019

Company H
William B. Bailey
- Corporal
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Contact Name: Adam Dawkins
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Date Added: 3/16/2017

Company H
Thomas Jefferson Garner
- Corporal
DOB 1830 SC DOD 1883 Yell Arkansas.
Contact Name: Tris Strickland
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Date Added: 2/25/2012

Company I
John Lewis Devlin
- Private
John Lewis Devlin, a son of Colonel James J. and Margaret [Wardlaw] Devlin, was born in the bounds of Cedar Springs in Abbeville County, South Carolina. His father was a veteran of the War of 1812 and his paternal grandfather, James Devlin fought with Col. Wm Moultrie's Regiment and witness Sergeant Jasper raising the flag over the fort after the Battle of Sullivan's Island in Charleston Harbor in 1776.

Following in their footsteps, at the age of 45, John Lewis Devlin enlisted in Company I, South Carolina 5th Infantry Regiment; serving throughout the war. Married with eight children, John died in 1875 and is buried the the churchyard cemetery at Cedar Springs A.R.P. near his father & grandfather.
Contact Name: G. M. Gaston
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Date Added: 7/12/2013

Company I
James Addison Kennett
- Private
Enlisted 3/7/63 Spartanburg,SC, paroled Appomattox C.H. 4/9/65
Contact Name: David Sosnowski
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Date Added: 7/20/2010

Company I
Abner Lowe
- Private
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Contact Name: Chris Bartone
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Date Added: 11/20/2008

Company I
Joseph E. Strain
- Private
Enlisted 13 April 1861 in York, SC by Capt. Seabrook. Sent to hospital 15 Feb 1863. Died in Gaston Co., NC 22 May 1863. Brother of my Great Grandfather John James Strain.
Contact Name: Kay Fleming
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Date Added: 3/9/2010

Company K
John Turner Cantrell
- Private
Joined in the original organization of the 5th in 1861 (enlistments were for one year). Fought at 1st Manassas. He was one of the few members that did not stay in Co K when it became Co K of the Pametto Sharp Shooters, he went into Co H.
Contact Name: Bruce Blackwell
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Date Added: 5/28/2008

Company K
Robert Joseph Franklin Wall
- Private
R.J.F. Wall originally enlisted in the 13th South Carolina Infantry Regiment, Co F, Apr 1861 but was discharged due to Typhoid Fever in July 1861. Went home to Spartanburg, SC until Mar 1863 when he reenlisted with the 5th Regiment, Co K (2nd). Served until the end of the war April 1865.
Contact Name: Larry Schlotterback
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Date Added: 6/4/2011

Company K
eHiram White, Jr
- Private
Hiram was the brother of my gr gr grandfather. Hiram and four brothers belonged to the Spartan Rifles from Spartanburg, SC. If I have my info right, in 1862 when most of the company went into the Palmetto Sharpshooters (his four brothers did), Hiram stayed in the 5th SC. Relatives have it that he was in. One source says he stayed in the 5th S.C. when Jenkins formed the Palmetto SharpShooters. Killed in 1862, Battle of 'Antietum' (Sharpsburg), Md. Another source says he was captured in the defense of Columbia, S.C. in 1865 and died from exposure. This info came from Ed Trammel, whose wife’s sister married Wm. Joseph White, descended from Rufus Belton White. Hiram White is buried in Elmwood Cemetary, Columbia, S.C..
Contact Name: David Edelen
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Date Added: 12/23/2013

Company K
William A. H. Wilson
- Private
Joined unit at original organization in 1861 (one year enlistment) and fought at 1st Manassas. When the 5th broke up in 1862 Co K joined the Palmetto Sharp Shooters and continued to fight.
Contact Name: Bruce Blackwell
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Date Added: 5/28/2008

Company M
Charles Hartford Mintz
- Private
No comments
Contact Name: Stephen Woodard
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Contact Homepage: smwoodard68@aol.com
Date Added: 3/2/2017

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