This page contains a list of regimental histories, diaries, letters, and other documents for South Carolina regiments which participated in the Siege of Petersburg. These books are organized by regiment. If you know of a book not listed here, please use the Contact form and let us know!
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- 1st SC: Memoirs of the War of Secession, from the Original Manuscripts of Johnson Hagood, Brigadier-General, C.S.A.
- 1st SC: Reminiscences of a Private, by Frank M. Mixson, Company “E” 1st S. C. Vols. (Hagood’s)
- 2nd SC: A History of the 2nd South Carolina Infantry, 1861-65
- 2nd SC: A History of the Second South Carolina Infantry: 1861-65
- 2nd SC: Georgia Sharpshooter: The Civil War Diary and Letters of William Rhadamanthus Montgomery, 1839-1906
- 3rd SC: A History of the 3rd South Carolina Infantry: Lee’s Reliables
- 3rd SC: A History of the Third South Carolina Infantry, 1861-1865
- 3rd SC Bn: A History of the 3rd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Battalion (James Battalion): 1861-1865
- 3rd SC: Far, Far from Home: The Wartime Letters of Dick and Tally Simpson, Third South Carolina Volunteers
- 3rd SC: Tentative Roster of the Third Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, Confederate States Provisional Army
- 5th SC: The South Carolinians: Colonel Asbury Coward’s Memoirs
- 5th SC: The Struck Eagle: A Biography of Brigadier General Micah Jenkins, and a History of the Fifth South Carolina Volunteers and the Palmetto Sharpshooters
- 5th SC: Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death: The Civil War Manuscript Collection of Captain Harvey Alexander Wallace
- 6th SC: The South Vindicated From the Charge of Treason and Rebellion
- 7th SC: 7th South Carolina Volunteers (Bacon’s)
- 7th SC Cav: “A Last Hurrah!: The Seventh South Carolina Cavalry at the Battle of Darbytown Road”
- 7th SC Cav: The 7th South Carolina Cavalry To the Defense of Richmond
- 7th SC Cav: The Falling Flag: Evacuation of Richmond, Retreat and Surrender at Appomattox
- 11th SC: No Prouder Fate: The Story of the 11th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry
- 13th SC: A Confederate Surgeon’s Letters to His Wife
- 13th SC: The 13th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry C.S.A.
- 14th SC: A Colonel at Gettysburg and Spotsylvania
- 14th SC: Company K, Fourteenth South Carolina Volunteers
- 14th SC: Lee’s Sharpshooters: Or, The Forefront of Battle
- 14th SC: The 14th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
- 15th SC: A History of the 15th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865
- 15th SC: Diary of H.B. McCallum, Chaplain, Fifteenth South Carolina Volunteers: October 1, 1862 to November 19, 1864
- 27th SC: Charlestonians In War: The Charleston Battalion
- Palmetto SS: Civil War Correspondence: Letters of William and James McFall of the South Carolina Palmetto Sharpshooters
- Palmetto SS: Palmetto Riflemen. Co. B, Fourth Regiment S.C. Vols. Co. C, Palmetto Sharp Shooters
- Palmetto SS: The Struck Eagle: A Biography of Brigadier General Micah Jenkins, and a History of the Fifth South Carolina Volunteers and the Palmetto Sharpshooters
Looking at your list….(looking at some Family records)…..I’m showing where my Great Great Grandfather unit was at the Seige….near The Crater…..He was a member of the Conf SC Vol 26th Reg. Can you verify this with what data you have?
William,
The 26th South Carolina, as part of Elliott’s Brigade, was definitely at the Siege of Petersburg. My page on the unit is located here:
http://www.beyondthecrater.com/resources/units/confederate-units/confederate-infantry/south-carolina-infantry/26th-south-carolina-infantry/
It shows that the unit was involved at the rater and other battles during the Siege.
Brett
My wife’s family tree includes the Gantt’s. She is related to Col. Frederick Gantt, Capt Richard Gantt, and Sgt Mjr Eldred Gantt, all affiliated with the 11th S C Inf. Was Col. Gantt the overall Commander, or Commander of just the 11th, and their role in the plans? What was there part in the battle? I have a relative that was killed during the battle, whose name is Ira Starks with the 109th NY Regiment. Was there a chance that her people was shooting at my people. Ira’s dad, Hiram Starks who started with the 109th NY Reg but was transferred to the 50th NY Engineers. I am having a time with finding out if he was at Petersburg, would you happen to know that?
Thanks for any and all help in these matters.
Dan Schroeder