Reserves, Army of the Potomac

Ninth 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 J D BLANDING
LIEUTENANT COLONEL D W RAY
MAJOR J M STEADMAN

Company A Lancaster Greys: CAPT. J D WILEY
The company declined service in Virginia with the 2nd South Carolina Infantry in April 1861 (See the 2nd South Carolina Infantry).
Company B States Rights Guards or Fork Troop: CAPT. R ADAMS
The company declined service in Virginia with the 2nd South Carolina Infantry in April 1861 (See the 2nd South Carolina Infantry).
Company C Clarendon Blues: CAPT. J S WHITWORTH
Company D Chicora Guards or Salem Company: CAPT. A COLELOUGH
The company declined service in Virginia with the 2nd South Carolina Infantry in April 1861 (See the 2nd South Carolina Infantry).
Company E Kershaw Troop: CAPT. E B CANTEY
Company F Sumter Greys: CAPT. D W HARRINGTON
Company G Hartsville Light Infantry: CAPT. J L COKER
The company was organised at Darlington, South Carolina, and was formerly assigned to the 29th South carolina State Militia.
Company H Blanding Blues: CAPT. J T WALKER
Company I Cowpens Guards: CAPT. W M FOSTER
Company K Pickens Sentinels: CAPT. J E LEE
Company Unlettered Clarendon Volunteers or Riflemen: CAPT. W E KEELS
The company was assigned in late Apri 1861 and discharged on 20 June, 1861.

Sources

"The 9th Regiment was organised at Ridgeville and ordered to Virginia on July 13, 1861. It left for Virginia on the eighteenth and arrived at Richmond on July 20. The regiment camped briefly in Richmond before moving by rail to Manassas, but it arrived there on the evening of July 21, too late to participate in that day's battle. The regiment moved to Centreville on July 18 and set up Camp Pettus, named after the Governor of Mississippi."

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

Report in the Richmond Daily Examiner dated 29 July, 1861

Notes

The 9th South Carolina Infantry was authorised under the Act of 17 December, 1860, calling for ten regiments of volunteers for twelve months' state service.

The 9th South Carolina Infantry was organised at Camp Quitman, near Ridgeville, South Carolina, and Companies A, B, C, and D were mustered in Confederate service on 27 June, 1861, and companies E, F, G, H, I, and K on 10 July, 1861. The regiment was ordered to Richmond, Virginia, on 18 July, 1861, and arrived on 20 July, 1861. After encamping briefly the 9th South Carolina Infantry proceeded by railroad to Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, and arrived in the evening on 21 July, 1861, too late to participate in the first battle of Manassas. The 9th South Carolina Infantry was sent to Virginia and arrived at Richmond on 20 July, 1861. After camping briefly, it travelled by rail to Manassas Junction, and arrived on the evening of 21 July, 1861, too late to participate in the first battle of Manassas. The regiment was not reorganised and was disbanded on 28 April, 1862. The men were assigned to the 5th South Carolina Infantry, the 6th South Carolina Infantry and the Palmetto Sharpshooters.

When the 2nd South Carolina Infantry was ordered to Richmond, Virginia, six companies declined service in Virginia and remained on Morris Island, South Carolina, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J D Blanding (See the 2nd South Carolina Infantry). The companies were assigned to garrison duty at Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbour, between 26 and 29 April, 1861, and the Lancaster Greys, the States Rights Guards, and the Salem Company were assigned to the 9th South Carolina Infantry at Camp Quitman, near Ridgeville, South Carolina, on 30 May, 1861. The DeKalb Rifle Guards was assigned to the 1st South Carolina Infantry, Company N; the Richland Guards to the 12th South Carolina Infantry, Company D, and the Claremont Rifles to the Hampton Legion Battalion Infantry, Company G.

On 25 July 1861, the Army of the Potomac was reorganised and the 9th South Carolina Infantry was assigned to the Third Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, under the command of Brigadier General D R Jones.

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