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Page 624 COASTS OF S.C., GA., AND MID. AND EAST FLA. Chapter XXVI.

[Inclosure C.]

Position of troops in the Department of South Carolina and Georgia, commanded by General G. T. Beauregard, September 25, 1862.

FIRST DISTRICT, COMMANDED BY Brigadier General S. R. GIST.

Station Command Numb Remarks

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Charleston Charleston Battalion 6

Alston's artillery 2

battalion

46th Regiment Georgia 10

Volunteers

Palmetto Guards and siege 1

guns

Nelson (Virginia) Light 1

Artillery, battery

2nd Battalion Georgia 3

Cavalry

Charleston Garrison Castle Cavalry 1

Harbor

Fort Sumter, 1st South 6

Carolina Artillery

Morris Island 21st Regiment South 9

Carolina Volunteers

Matthewes Artillery, 1

Captain Bonneau

Sullivan's 20th Regiment South 9

Island Carolina Volunteers

Garrison Fort Moultrie, 4 Infantry.

1st South Carolina

Volunteers

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1 Beach Inlet.

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5 New

batteries.

1st South Carolina 2 Beauregard

Artillery and Enfilade

Battery.

James Island 13th Georgia Battalion 3 Secessionvill

e.

24th Regiment South 10 Do.

Carolina Volunteers

1st South Carolina 10 Fort Johnson

Artillery and lines.

Palmetto Battalion Light 7 Lines.

Artillery

25th South Carolina 10 Near Fort

Volunteers Pemberton.

Lucas' battalion and one 4 Fort

company regulars Pemberton.

La Fayette Artillery 1

Preston's light artillery 1 Belonging to

1st South

Carolina

Artillery.

One company Second 1 Legare's

Battalion Georgia Cavalry place.

Two companies South 2 Do.

Carolina Cavalry

McClellanville Major Byrd's command, 3

infantry

Field battery 4 McClellanvill

e.

Two cavalry companies 2 Do.

Near Major Emanuel's cavalry 5

Georgetown

One field battery 4

Two 24-pounders in 2

position

Summerville Captain Ferguson's 1

artillery

Dewees' Inlet 20th South Carolina 1

Volunteers

Pee Dee Bridge 21st South Carolina 1

Volunteers

SECOND DISTRICT, COMMANDED BY Brigadier General J. HAGOOD.

Adams Run Washington Artillery 1

Marion Artillery 1

Marion Cavalry 2

Stono Scouts, aggregate 1

19

Smith's battalion South 7

Carolina Volunteers

ordered to be

consolidated with three

companies of Major Byrd's

battalion to form a

regiment

7th South Carolina 7

Battalion

16th Regiment South 10

Carolina Volunteers

THIRD DISTRICT, COMMANDED BY Colonel W. S. WALKER.

Hardeeville 11th South Carolina 9

Volunteers

2nd Battalion South 4

Carolina Cavalry

Palmetto Battalion Light 1

Artillery

Grahamville & 1st Battalion 3

Hardeeville Sharpshooters

2nd South Carolina 8

Cavalry

McPhersonville 2nd Battalion 3

Sharpshooters

Beaufort Light Artillery 1

1st Battalion South 4

Carolina Cavalry

Rutledge Mounted Riflemen 1

Charleston Light Dragoons 1

Partisan Rangers 1

Green Pond 6th Battalion South 4

Carolina Cavalry


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