The Fourth Alabama Painting by Don Troiani

Reserves, Army of the Potomac

Lieutenant Colonel L T Wigfall, commanding the 1st Texas Battalion Infantry

Colonel C S Winder, commanding the 1st South Carolina Infantry

Sixth South Carolina Infantry

Mustered in Confederate service on 10 July, 1861, and arrived at Manassas Junction in the evening on 21 July, 1861. Too late to participate in the first battle of Manassas

COLONEL C S WINDER
Colonel J H Rion resigned on 8 June, 1861, as he was not reelected during mustered in Confederate service. Following the participation in the bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbour, Major C S Winder was assigned on 8 July, 1861.

LIEUTENANT COLONEL A J SECREST
MAJOR T W WOODWARD

Company A Calhoun Guards: CAPT. J T WALKER
Company B Catawba Guards or Light Infantry: CAPT. G L STRAIT
Company C Buckhead Guards: CAPT. E J MEANS
Some men of the Little River Guards and the Fairfield Fencibles joined the company in June, 1861.
Company D Boyce Guards: CAPT. J N SHEDD
The company was assigned after 19 June, 1861.
Company E Chester Guards: CAPT. O HARDEN
Company F Chester Blues: CAPT. E C MCLURE
Company G Pickens Guard: CAPT. J M MOORE
Company H York Volunteers or Guards: CAPT. J M WHITE
The company was assigned shortly after 27 June, 1861, to replace the companies which refused to muster in Confederate service and were disbanded.
Company I Limestone Springs (Light) Infantry: CAPT. W D CAMP
The company was assigned shortly after 27 June, 1861, to replace the companies which refused to muster in Confederate service and were disbanded.
Company K Carolina Mountaineers: CAPT. S D GOODLETT
The company was assigned shortly after 27 June, 1861, to replace the companies which refused to muster in Confederate service and were disbanded.

Sources

South Carolina's military organisations during the War Between the States: The Midlands, by Robert S Seigler

Notes

The 6th South Carolina Infantry was authorised under the Act of 17 December, 1860, calling for ten regiments of volunteers for twelve months' state service.

The 6th South Carolina Infantry arrived at Charleston, South Carolina, on 11 April, 1861, and Companies, A, B, C, D, and the Fairfield Fencibles were stationed on Morris Island, Charleston Harbour, during the bombardment of Fort Sumter on 12 and 13 April, 1861. The regiment was ordered toCamp Woodward, near Summerville, South Carolina, on 3 June, 1861, and was reorganised. The Cedar Creek Rifle Company, the Fairfield Fencibles, and the Little River Guards refused to muster in Confederate service and were disbanded. The remaining seven companies and three additional companies were mustered in Confederate service between 12 June and 10 July, 1861, and the 6th South Carolina Infantry was ordered to Richmond, Virginia, on 16 July, 1861. The regiment arrived at Richmond, Virginia, on 17 and 18, July, 1861, and was ordered to Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, on 20 July, 1861. The 6th South Carolina Infantry arrived at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, on 21 July, 1861,and was too late to participate in the first battle of Manassas. The regiment was reorganised as the 6th South Carolina Battalion Infantry with six companies during April 1862.

On 25 July, 1861, the Army of the Potomac was reorganised and the 6th South Carolina Infantry was assigned to the Third Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, under the command of Brigadier General D R Jones.