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14th South Carolina Infantry

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Company Unknown

General

Abner Monroe Perrin was promoted to Brig.General of the 14th SC in September 1863.
Contributor Robin Pearson WilsonDate added 2/28/2011

Company A

2nd Lieutenant

John was born in Darlington Co SC he enlisted at Lightwood Springs near Columbia SC on 10 Aug 1861. Enlisted in Capt W.J. Carters Co for the war. He enlisted as a Pvt and was elected to 3rd Lieutenant & later appointed to 2nd Lieut. His Regiment fought at Seven Days battle thru to Cold Harbor, Gains Mill, 2nd Manassas and Shepardstown, He was wounded in the left leg on 3 May in the battle of Chancellorsville which led to its being amputated below the knee. He is sent home on wounded furlough and remained their at Timmonsville, Darlington Co. SC. He resigned his commission on 14 Apr 1864. He was then assigned to the local Invalid Corps. His archival file is well documented. Note to Researchers. Their is another individual in this unit named J H Andrews. Enlisted same place same time. He is a Pvt and died of typhoid fever in Richmond 5 Aug 1862.. One of his CMR's lists his rank as Lieut.. not true... John is the father in law of my 3rd cousin 4x removed.
Contributor phillip thomasDate added 10/17/2019

Company A

2nd Lieutenant

Sidney was 26 years old and from Darlington Co. SC. He enlisted at Lightwood Knot Springs on 10 Aug 1861 in Capt. W J Carter's Co. [Lynch Creek Guards]. This became Co A 14th SC Infantry. He was elected 1st Sgt. Feb 1862 elected to 2nd Jr Lieut. and to full 2nd Lieut Feb 1863. In Oct 1862 he is is on home leave for wounds received in Battle. Returned to his unit and was Wounded on the 1 July 1863 at Gettysburg and died of his wounds on 8 July. In a twist of fate he was mistakenly buried with the dead at Gettysburg with a Conn. Yankee Regiment. He is distantly related to me by marriage.
Contributor Phillip ThomasDate added 2/22/2018

Company B

Captain

James was born 18 Jan 1833 in Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina. He has 64 items in his archival file. 20 as CMR's and the remainder administrative documents. He enlisted as 2nd Lieut. 12 Aug. 1861 in Capt. A. P. West's Co. [Dearing Guards] Samuel McGowen's Brigade. Mustered 10 Sept 1861 at Camp Butler. He was wounded in his first fight on 1 Jan 1862 at Port Royal Ferry. On 31 Jan 1863 he is appointed to the rank of Captain. He fought in 20 major battles, assigned to Gen Cadmus Wilcox's Division, A.P. Hill's 3rd Corps. 14 Dec 1864 he is home on sick leave. Paroled at Appomattox Court House 9 April 1865. He was the father-in-law of my 4th cousin 3 x removed. He died 13 Sept 1896 in Monette, Edgefield Co. SC and buried in the Ridge Spring Cem. Ridge Spring, Saluda Co. SC.
Contributor Phillip ThomasDate added 5/17/2025

Company B

Private

Looking for information
Contributor Clem McNureDate added 5/11/2011

Company B

Private

Looking for information
Contributor Clem McNureDate added 5/11/2011

Company C

Rank unknown

JP Caldwell enlisted in 1861 and served through the war until surrendering at Appomattox. He was later a farmer in Laurens County, SC and served as Superintendent of the Confederate Soldiers Home in Columbia, SC
Contributor Dan EllingtonDate added 1/9/2009

Company C

Private

My great great grand father, Served with C co. 14th SC Infantry, wounded at Sharpsburg, wounded and let in the hands of the enemy Gettysburg July 1863, paroled and returned home at end of war.
Contributor PHILIP McDanielDate added 10/1/2020

Company D

Captain

Abner Perrin is cousin to the 5 YOUNG brothers in Co.G 14th SC. Abner Perrin Young is named after AMPerrin. He was promoted to Brig.General of the 14th SC.
Contributor Robin Pearson WilsonDate added 2/28/2011

Company E

1st Lieutenant

Jesse Vandiver Gwin of Spartanburg, SC (1832 - 1905) served with the 14th South Carolina for the entire war. He received battlefield promotions from Private up to 1st Lieutenant. He was wounded and captured for a short time at Gettysburg. He moved his family to Calhoun Co., Alabama after the war. He is my gggrandfather.
Contributor Mike LittleDate added 11/23/2005

Company E

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Kevin ReevesDate added 4/5/2004

Company E

Sergeant

William Baylis Parsons volunteered for the Confederate army on August 16, 1861 at the age of 18. He was part of Company E, South Carolina’s 14th Regiment, Gregg-McGowans Brigade, A.P. Hill’s Division, Stonewall Jackson’s Corps. He fought in 28 battles including Harper’s Ferry, Fredericksburg, Sharpsburg, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Chancellorsville, Deep Bottom, Second Manasses, and Spotsylvania at the 'Bloody Angle'. He was wounded 4 times, at Sharpsburg when a piece of shell hit his hand and at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863 he was wounded in the thigh. He was later captured and carried to David’s Island N.Y. and held prisoner for 2 months. He was wounded again at Orange courthouse and he was wounded a fourth time in 1864 at Deep Bottom, Virginia when a bullet went entirely through his shoulder. In the Battle of Wilderness, at great risk to his own life, he and his comrade, J. White Westmoreland, of Woodruff, SC saved the life of their Captain, H.P. Griffith, by carrying him in their arms off the field of battle. William Baylis Parsons died in 1934 at the age of 91 as the oldest Confederate veteran in Greenville County, South Carolina.
Contributor Paul ParsonsDate added 8/26/2016

Company E

Private

Died of wounds received in the Battle at Deep Bottom Virginia, He served with Company E, 14th Inf Reg. He was laid to rest in the Hollywood Confederate Cemetery in Richmond, VA. Section: Soldiers Section W Lot: 655
Contributor Roger Phillips IIIDate added 8/29/2012

Company F

Sergeant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Shane StoneDate added 1/4/2011

Company F

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Eleanor PomanaDate added 6/5/2024

Company F

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Randy WilliamsonDate added 9/29/2007

Company G

Private

Injured at Gettysburg, and captured July 2, 1963.
Contributor Deb BaldockDate added 1/21/2005

Company G

Private

John Bickett was cousin of the 5 YOUNG brothers, CoG 14thSC, and also brother-inlaw of Abner Perrin Young,and also brother-inlaw of Rueben Weed, John Anthony Weed and Andrew William Wilson Weed.
Contributor Robin Pearson WilsonDate added 2/27/2011

Company G

Private

Andy was brother-inlaw to the 5 YOUNG brothers in Co.G, 14thSC
Contributor Robin Pearson WilsonDate added 2/27/2011

Company G

Private

Henry D. Cason enlisted 9-1-1863 at Abbeville, S.C. He was a Private in Co. G 14th Regiment S.C. Infantry. He was in the hospital on several different occasions for bronchitis, and rubeola. He was killed in the Battle of Jones House, Petersburg, Virginia on September 30,1864.
Contributor Bobby JonesDate added 8/18/2003

Company G

Private

Thomas is buried at Lower Long Cane ARP church cemetery. He has a Confederate Veterans headstone.
Contributor Robin Pearson WilsonDate added 3/6/2011

Company G

Private

Robert Drennan is brother-inlaw to Abner Perrin Young, 14th SC Co.G
Contributor Robin Pearson WilsonDate added 2/28/2011

Company G

Private

J D Ethridge enlisted in The Confederate States Army when he was 18 years old on Aug 17, 1861 in Abbeville County, SC. Company G, 14th Regiment, SC Volunteers. He was wounded when he was 19 years old in The Battle of Fredericksburg, VA., by a gun shot on the third day of battle Dec 13, 1862, which required amputation of his right leg. His leg was amputated by a surgeon in a battlefield hospital.
Contributor John DoveHomepage http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35775317Date added 5/11/2010

Company G

Private

Thomas was in the 14th SC Regiment Company G, along with his brother in-law Samuel Oliver Young and Sam's 4 brothers as well as other relatives. He was wounded June 1862 during the battle at Gaines Mill, VA, and killed in action 6 Aug.1864 at the Battle of Petersburg, VA. (history of 14th SC Regiment)
Contributor Robin Pearson WilsonDate added 3/4/2011

Company G

Private

William was shot June 1862 at the Battle of Gaines Mill, VA. He entered into hospital 29 june 1862 until his wounds healed. He then went home but returned to Co.G 14thSC until he was discharged due to poor health. William served with his Robinson and Young cousins.
Contributor Robin Pearson WilsonDate added 3/6/2011

Company G

Private

Andrew W.W.Weed is brother-inlaw to Abner Perrin Young, CoG 14thSC
Contributor Robin Pearson WilsonDate added 2/27/2011

Company G

Rank unknown

John Anthony Weed served in 14th SC Regiment Co.G, along with his brothers Rueben Weed and Andrew William Wilson Weed, his 3 sisters husbands, brother-in-laws John H. Bickett, Robert Drennan and Abner Perrin Young and Abner's 4 brothers. John was killed in action July 1863 at the battle of Staunton, Va.
Contributor Robin Pearson WilsonDate added 2/28/2011

Company G

2nd Sergeant

Abner Perrin Young, one of 5 YOUNG brothers in Co.G 14th SC. Abner was killed in action, 2nd Manassas, 8/29/1862, and buried on the battlefield.
Contributor Robin Pearson WilsonDate added 2/27/2011

Company G

1st Lieutenant

Frank Young, one of 5 brothers in Co.G,14th SC
Contributor Robin Pearson WilsonDate added 2/27/2011

Company G

Private

George McComb Young, one of 5 brothers in Co.G, 14th SC. George was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Contributor Robin Pearson WilsonDate added 2/27/2011

Company G

Private

John Hamilton Young, one of 5 brothers in Co.G, 14th SC. Hamilton was killed in action 6/27/1862 at Battle of Gaines Mill, VA (Seven Days Battle around Richmond).
Contributor Robin Pearson WilsonDate added 2/27/2011

Company G

Private

Samuel is my gg-grandfather and along with his 5 brothers and several cousins and other family members served in Co.G, as well as their pastor of Lower Long Cane ARP church in Troy, McCormick County, SC.
Contributor Robin Pearson WilsonDate added 2/27/2011

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor William JaynesDate added 8/4/2008

Company H

Private

Killed in the battle of Port Royal with his brother. Buried together in Akin S.C.
Contributor William JaynesDate added 8/4/2008

Company H

Private

died of wounds received at Port Royal, S.C.
Contributor William JaynesDate added 8/7/2008

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor William JaynesDate added 8/4/2008

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor William JaynesDate added 8/4/2008

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor William JaynesDate added 8/4/2008

Company H

Private

Killed with his brother Darby, at the Battle of Port Royal. Both brothers buried in the same grave in Akin S.C.
Contributor William JaynesDate added 8/4/2008

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor William JaynesDate added 8/4/2008

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor William JaynesDate added 8/7/2008

Company H

Private

Wounded at Wilderness, Va.
Contributor William JaynesDate added 8/7/2008

Company H

Private

b: April 4,1833 d: Dec 9, 1899 Buried: Mt Beula Baptist Church
Contributor William JaynesDate added 8/7/2008

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor William JaynesDate added 8/7/2008

Company H

Private

Born: 1834 Died: 1899 Buried in: Mt. Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery AIKEN COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA
Contributor William JaynesDate added 8/7/2008

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor William JaynesDate added 8/7/2008

Company I

Private

Born: 1842 Died: 1910
Contributor Greg HubbardDate added 12/30/2013

Company I

Private

Member of Co. I, 14th SC Inf, CSA, Olde Abbeville SCV, #39. Exact dates of service unknown.
Contributor Jesse HarrisDate added 3/25/2011

Company I

Private

I am looking for any information on Company I of this Regiment, and a roster of the men.
Contributor Rhonda Kimbrell-LemDate added 5/11/2015

Company I

Private

Pvt Samuel Hall was my Great Great Grandfather.
Contributor Roger KimbrellDate added 5/12/2015

Company I

Private

Died in Staunton Va. in 1860
Contributor William W. Boles IIIDate added 1/2/2018

Company K

Private

I believe A.B.Adams, my Great-Great Grandfather was in the battle of Gettysburg, where he was wounded and became a POW. On August 5, 1863 he died at David Island Civil War Prison Camp in Long Island Sound, N.Y. He is buried at Cypress Hills National Cemetery in Broooklyn, N.Y. If anyone has additional information about his life, I would appreciate receiveing it.
Contributor AdamsDate added 3/24/2006

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