MILITARY HISTORY ONLINE

Civil War Genealogy

  Alabama
2931   
  Arkansas
1073   
  California
30   
  Colorado
15   
  Connecticut
226   
  CSA
27   
  Delaware
66   
  Florida
437   
  Georgia
3619   
  Illinois
2015   
  Indiana
2346   
  Iowa
933   
  Kansas
163   
  Kentucky
1545   
  Louisiana
972   
  Maine
577   
  Maryland
171   
  Massachusetts
813   
  Michigan
594   
  Minnesota
270   
  Mississippi
2528   
  Missouri
1196   
  Nebraska
18   
  Nevada
1   
  New Hampshire
107   
  New Jersey
474   
  New York
1342   
  North Carolina
4165   
  Ohio
1976   
  Oregon
9   
  Pennsylvania
1696   
  Rhode Island
60   
  South Carolina
1237   
  Tennessee
2758   
  Texas
1512   
  United States
142   
  US Colored Troops
7   
  Vermont
226   
  Virginia
4044   
  West Virginia
500   
  Wisconsin
860   
  Total: 43681   
    CSA 25382   
    USA 18299   
Civil War Genealogy Database
All Units - Artillery - Cavalry - Engineers - Infantry - Marines - Medical - Misc - Naval
Palmetto Sharpshooters      
Company A
george c pridmore - Private   
wounded twice joined jenkins 5th s.c. infantry enlisted at union,sc apr 13,1861 for 1 year wounded in right arm 1862 virginia appears onregister ofcsa general, hospital,charlottesville va. discharged and returned to duty july25,1861.palmetto sharpshooters(first palmetto,jenkins regiment)jan/feb 1865 (absent,wounded)admitted to jackson hospital,richmond,va oct 1,1864w/minie ball to left knee.forloughed for thirty days oct 21,1864 destination jonesville,s.c. my grgruncle
Contact Name:  joseph pridmore
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  9/19/2008
Company B
Frank Lee Sitton - Private   
My GGrandfather Frank Lee Sitton fought with Company B of the Palmetto Sharpshooters from June of 1861 to April of 1865 where his unit surrendered with Gen. Robert E Lee. His son, Frank Lee Sitton (Jr.) moved to Dillon, SC in the early 1900's where he became the first chief of police. Dillon County was established out of Marion County in 1910.

He met Daisy Eloise McLean and they married, had three boys and three girls. One of the daughters, Peggy Jean Sitton, married Hobson Dewey Phillips, Jr. (of Marion, SC) in 1941 and I was born in Marion, SC on February 26 1942.

Grandfather Sitton passed away in 1935 from bad health.
Contact Name:  Col. Vic Phillips
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  1/13/2010
Company C
George Washington Keown - Private   
No Comments

Contact Name:  Christopher H. Ezelle
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  6/16/2013
Company D
R A Snoddy - 1st Lieutenant   
Military Unit Note (Jenkins' Regiment.) (1 Palmetto Sharp Shooters.)
Died of Wounds at Tennessee 1863
Contact Name:  R W Stepp
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  10/13/2018
Company E
Joseph W Dixon - Corporal   
No Comments

Contact Name:  Deborah Arrington
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  5/31/2019
Company E
Blaney Harper Johnson - Sergeant   
He served in both the *9th,Co. E “Darlington Sentinels” and the *5th,Co. M “Jenkins Regiment” ” Pacolet Guards” of the South Carolina Palmetto Sharpshooters. Sgt Blaney H. Johnson was killed in action at 2nd Bull Run.
Contact Name:  Jeffrey Holliday
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  5/3/2014
Company F
W A Howle - Private   
Records are scarce but believe this is Willaim A. Howle of Darlington, Co. SC who joined Jenkins Regiment 1 Palmetto Sharp Shooters. I also find him in the 7th SC Infantry.
Contact Name:  Phillip Thomas
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  10/4/2013
Company F
V. V. R. Jeffcoat - Unknown   
Found gravestone at Ebenezar Methodist in South Carolina. Gravestone slightly hard to read in sections. He could possibly have been in Co. E, and appears to be a C after palmetto's.

Reads:
V. V. R. Jeffcoat
Co. F
Palmetto's C
Sharpshooters
C.S.A.
Contact Name:  Carlton Jeffcoat
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  11/28/2010
Company G
John James Misskelley - Private   
John James Misskelley, born 1845 in York County, SC in 1845. Enlisted on August 15, 1863 in Yorkville, SC. Fought thru the rest of the war only missing July & August 1864 due to sickness. Paroled with the regiment at Appomattox.
Contact Name:  John T. Misskelley
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  4/8/2021
Company G
Hiram Henry Moss - Private   
No Comments

Contact Name:  Melanie Weaver
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  10/9/2015
Company H
James Talton Cantrell - Private   
Survived the war and returned to Spartanburg County, SC. 2nd great-grandmother's brother-in-law. Son of Henry Cantrell and Anna Smith.
Contact Name:  Bruce Blackwell
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  5/3/2018
Company H
John Turner Cantrell - Private   
Was with Co K when it was part of the 5th SC Inf. Fought with the unit all the way to the surrender at Appomattox, then walked back to Boiling Springs, SC barefooted. One of my GGGrandfathers.
Contact Name:  Bruce Blackwell
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  5/28/2008
Company I
Elias Messer Madden - Private   
Messer, as he was known, was my GGGrandfather. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Wilderness May 6, 1864. He had 2 brothers that served in the 1st Palmetto SS as well, Thomas E & Bluford F.
Contact Name:  John Madden
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  3/10/2010
Company I
Aaron Anderson Mann - Private   
No Comments

Contact Name:  Jennifer Carpenter
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  11/11/2018
Company I
William Epps Smith - Private   
William was my 2nd great grandfather. Would much appreciate any info on him or his unit.
Contact Name:  Lisa Isbell
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  2/10/2014
Company I
Lorenza D. Thrift - Private   
L.D.Thrift (1831-1908) son of Allen Henry and Narcissa King Thrift.Married Malissa Cox.Resident of Long Creek,Pickens Dist.(later Oconee County)Enlisted 14 April 1861 (4th S.C.)Paroled Appomattox C.H., Va. 9 April 1865
Contact Name:  Jerry P. Adams
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  6/19/2011
Company K
George Bullman - Corporal   
Enlisted at Spartanburg. Was wounded twice but survived. He surrendered at Appomattox with his brother. Both are burried in Bethlehem Baptist Church in Roebuck, SC.
Contact Name:  Randy Hall
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  9/14/2008
Company K
George Harris Camp - Private   

My email address is from the comedy 'Napoleon Dynamite'.

My ancestor was 16 when he enlisted in 1861 and was wounded in the hand by shrapnel and captured at the battle of Antietam while acting as a skirmisher. His 3 middle fingers were amputated while in captivity Fortress Monroe. He was then exchanged in early 1863. He was discharged due to his loss of fingers on his shooting hand.

He carried a Bowie knife and a six shooter in addition to a Springfield rifle. He was an excellent shot and actually killed 2 deer with one shot when they were standing side by side on a slight rise of ground.
Contact Name:  Jim
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  9/21/2011
Company K
andrew j. hause - Corporal   
MyGreat Great Grandfather. Shot in the head in the 7 days battle. Carried minnie ball in his head until death in 1907
Contact Name:  richard l, hause
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Contact Homepage:  luzy@bellsouth.net
Date Added:  6/15/2009
Company K
Andrew Hill Miller - Private   
Andrew H. Miller, was married to Elizabeth Jane Hatchett, A H Miller a member of the Palmetto Sharp Shooters, Company K, Jenkin's Regiment of the 5th SC Infantry, 'The Spartan Rifles', held the rank of PVT at his death.

He died in 'Distributing Hospital No. 9', of Febris typhoid.
CERTIFICATE NUMBER 1696
Contact Name:  Charles Hendrix
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  8/1/2014
Company K
Jasper Jack White - Unknown   
'Jack' was the brother of my gr gr grandfather and was a member of the Spartan Rifles from Spartanburg, S.C. He was the only one of five sons of Hiram White, Sr to survive the war. He migrated to Texas.
Contact Name:  David Edelen
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  12/23/2013
Company K
John Warren White - 1st Lieutenant   
He was my gr gr grandfather and was from Spartanburg/Glenn Springs, SC. He and his brothers were members of the Spartan Rifles. He was severely wounded at Seven Pines, losing use of one arm at least temporarily, and resigned and went home. He reenlisted as a private in 1863 or early 1864. He was shot through the neck in an effort to retake Ft. Harrison during the siege of Petersburg in Sept of 1864. His remaining brother Jasper 'Jack' White was trying to take him home and John died and was buried at Dannville, Va. He was disinterred in the 1960s and re-interred in a CS cemetery in Richmond, Va. Wish I knew where his grave was.
Contact Name:  David Edelen
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  12/23/2013
Company K
Rufus Belton White - Private   
He was the brother of my gr gr grandfather. Rufus was from Spartanburg, SC and along with his brothers was a member of the Spartan Rifles. He lost his right arm due to cannon fire at the Battle of Fayser's Farm, part of the Seven Days Battles in 1862. He died the next day. His last words were 'Tell my aged parents not to worry, for I am going to where sorrow is no more!'
Contact Name:  David Edelen
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  12/23/2013
Company K
William White - Private   
He was the brother of my gr gr grandfather, from Spartanburg area, SC and was a member of the Spartan Rifles. He died of Dyptheria in 1862 and is buried in Hollywood Confederate cemetery in Richmond, VA.
Contact Name:  David Edelen
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  12/23/2013
Company K
William A. H. Wilson - Private   
Co K came from the 5th SC Inf and most of its members came to the PSS when it was organized. William fought through all the major engagements and surrendered at Appomattox. One of my GGGrandfathers.
Contact Name:  Bruce Blackwell
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  5/28/2008
Company L
PETER WILLIAMSON SUMMEY - Private   
Peter Williamson Summey was my great-grandfather and was from Anderson County, SC. He served under Jenkins. He fought and was wounded at Fair Oaks (7 Oaks) in Va. He was sent back to Columbia and traded for a Union prisioner. He wa born in NC in 1828 and died in SC in 1896.
Contact Name:  Sue Dyar
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  10/25/2009
© 2023 - MilitaryHistoryOnline.com LLC