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Hampton Legion, South Carolina
6 service cards, Confederate, under 4 company designations, as the National Park Service index files them.
History
Hampton Legion was organized by Wade Hampton during the spring of 1861. It contained a cavalry and infantry battalion, but they did not serve together. The cavalry battalion fought in the Seven Days' Battles and in the summer of 1862 merged into the 2nd South Carolina Cavalry Regiment. The infantry battalion was active at First Manassas and later was assigned to W. Hampton's, Hood's, and Jenkins' Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It was involved in various conflicts from Seven Pines to Sharpsburg, moved to North Carolina, then served with Longstreet at Chickamauga and Knoxville. In May, 1864, the unit was reorganized, mounted, and united with the 2nd South Carolina Cavalry Regiment. It lost thirty-seven percent of the 350 at Seven Pines and in April, 1862, contained 658 officers and men. It sustained 20 casualties at Gaines' Mill, 74 at Second Manassas, 53 in the Maryland Campaign, and 85 at Wauhatchie. The field officers were Colonels Martin W. Gary, Wade Hampton, and Thomas M. Logan; Lieutenant Colonels Robert B. Arnold, James B. Griffin, and Benjamin I. Johnson; and Majors Matthew C. Butler, James Conner, J. Hervey Dingle, Jr., Stephen D. Lee, and Benjamin E. Nicholson.
National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, battle unit CSCHAMPL, drawing on Joseph H. Crute Jr., Units of the Confederate States Army (Midlothian, Va.: Derwent Books, 1987).
Engagements the history names
- Manassas I — July 1861
- Seven Pines — March-July 1862
- Antietam — September 1862
- Chickamauga — August-September 1863
- Gaines' Mill — March-July 1862
- Manassas II — August 1862
- Wauhatchie — October 1863
Where the records are
- Compiled service records
- NARA M267, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina, 393 rolls, arranged by unit and then by name. The index roll below points into them.
- Index cards
- NARA M381, rolls 16–33 (alphabetical by surname; each card below names its roll).
- Muster-roll captions and record of events
- NARA M861, roll 48, under the caption Hampton Legion — the unit's muster-roll captions and record-of-events cards.
- In the index
- Battle unit CSCHAMPL on nps.gov; the cards below link to their records there.
In the 1898 roll book
- Company B, Roll of Company B, (Watson Guard) Hampton Legion, South Carolina Volunteers, in the Confederate States Provisional Army. — page 470 (match to this unit not certain)
- Company C, Roll of Company C, (Manning Guard) Hampton Legion, South Carolina Volunteers, in the Confederate States Provisional Army. — pages 471, 472 (match to this unit not certain)
- Company D, Roll of Company D, Hampton Legion, South Carolina Volunteers, in the Confederate States Provisional Army. — pages 473, 474 (match to this unit not certain)
- Company E, Roll of Company E, Hampton Legion, South Carolina Volunteers, in the Confederate States Provisional Army. — pages 475, 476 (match to this unit not certain)
- Company F, Roll of Company F, Hampton Legion, South Carolina Volunteers, in the Confederate States Provisional Army. — pages 477, 478 (match to this unit not certain)
- Company G, Roll of Company G, Hampton Legion, South Carolina Volunteers, in the Confederate States Provisional Army. — page 479 (match to this unit not certain)
- Company H, Roll of Company H, Hampton Legion, South Carolina Volunteers, in the Confederate States Provisional Army. — pages 480, 481 (match to this unit not certain)
- Company I, Roll of Company I, Hampton Legion, South Carolina Volunteers, in the Confederate States Provisional Army. — page 482 (match to this unit not certain)
- Company K, Roll of Company K, Hampton Legion, South Carolina Volunteers, in the Confederate States Provisional Army. — page 483 (match to this unit not certain)
The men, by company
One line per index card, in the index's spelling; "also filed as" is the spelling the index cross-files the card under. "Record" opens the card on nps.gov.
Company A (3) Company G (1) Field and staff (1) No company recorded (1)
Company A 3 cards
Company G 1 card
| Name | Also filed as | Rank in | Rank out | M381 roll | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moore, J.A. | Moore, Isham | Second Lieutenant | Captain | 23 | card |
Field and staff 1 card
| Name | Also filed as | Rank in | Rank out | M381 roll | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLeod, J. | Hospital Steward | Hospital Steward | 22 | card |
No company recorded 1 card
| Name | Also filed as | Rank in | Rank out | M381 roll | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunt, Garrett P. | Private | 16 | card |