Unassigned, Army of the Potomac
Captain J Conner, commanding company A, Hampton Legion South Carolina Infantry
Hampton Legion South Carolina
COLONEL W HAMPTON
LIEUTENANT COLONEL B J JOHNSON
MAJOR J B GRIFFIN
Captain J Connor acting major as Major J B Griffin remained at Ashland with the Hampton South Carolina Cavalry and was not present on 21 July, 1861.
HAMPTON LEGION SOUTH CAROLINA INFANTRY
- Company A Washington Light Infantry Volunteers: CAPT. J CONNER
First Lieutenant J Lowndes commanding as Captain J Connor was acting major on 21 July, 1861. During the battle the company, 110 men, joined the 2nd South Carolina Infantry after becoming detached from the Hampton Legion South Carolina Infantry. - Company B Watson Guard: CAPT. M W GARY
- Company C Manning Guards: CAPT. B MANNING
- Company D Gist Riflemen: CAPT. H J SMITH
- Company E Bozeman Guards: FIRST LT. R B ARNOLD
Commanding company as Captain T L Bozeman discharged due to illness prior to 21 July, 1861. - Company F Davis Guards: CAPT. J S AUSTIN
- Company G Clarmont Rifles: CAPT. J G SPANN
Declined Confederate service with the 2nd South Carolina Infantry and assigned to the Legion after 29 July, 1861. - Company H (1st) German Volunteers: CAPT. W K BACHMAN
Assigned on 10 September, 1861, and transferred to Company B, Hampton Legion South Carolina Artillery, 1 November, 1861. - Company H (2nd) South Carolina Zouaves Volunteers: CAPT. L C MCCORD
Assigned on 29 July, 1862. - Company I Hall's Company: CAPT. D L HALL
Attached via Special Order No.39 on 11 November, 1862, which consolidated the five companies of the 13th South Carolina Battalion Infantry into two, I and K. - Company K Bowen's Company: CAPT. J H BOWEN
Attached to the Legion via Special Order No.39 on 11 November, 1862 which consolidated the five companies of the 13th South Carolina Battalion Infantry into two, I and K.
The Hampton Legion infantry companies were mustered in Confederate service for twelve months between 12 June and 19 June, 1861, at Camp Hampton near Columbia.
HAMPTON LEGION SOUTH CAROLINA CAVALRY
- Company A Edgefield Hussars: CAPT. M C BUTLER
Assigned to the 2nd South Carolina Cavalry, Company I, when the cavalry battalion was reorganised on 22 August, 1862. - Company B Brooks Troop: CAPT. J F LANNEAU
Assigned to the 2nd South Carolina Cavalry, Company K, when the cavalry battalion was reorganised on 22 August, 1862. - Company C Beaufort District Troop: CAPT. T E SCREVEN
Assigned to the 2nd South Carolina Cavalry, Company B, when the cavalry battalion was reorganised on 22 August, 1862. - Company D Congaree Troop: CAPT. T TAYLOR
Assigned to the 2nd South Carolina Cavalry, Company H, when the cavalry battalion was reorganised on 22 August, 1862.
The Edgefield Hussars, Brooks Troop and Beaufort District Troop were mustered into Confederate service on 14 and 22 June, at Camp Hampton near Columbia and the Congaree Troop was mustered into Confederate service at Camp Hampton near Columbia, on 5 August, 1861. The Hampton Legion South Carolina Cavalry was detained from serving with the Legion on 21 July, remaining in camp at Ashland under Major J B Griffin.
HAMPTON LEGION SOUTH CAROLINA ARTILLERY
- Company A Washington Artillery: CAPT. S D LEE – First Lieutenant J F Hart commading the company until 24 July, 1861, as Captain S D Lee was assigned as aide-de-camp to Brigadier General P G T Beauregard.
- Company B German Artillery: CAPT. W K BACHMAN – Assigned as Company H (1st), German Volunteers, Hampton South Carolina Infantry, on 24 September, 1861. On 1 November, the company was converted to artillery with Captain S D Lee promoted to the temporary rank of major to command the battalion.
The Washington Artillery was detained from serving with the Legion on 21 July, remaining in Richmond, having not received ordnance from the Tredegar Foundry.
Source
"The 'maiden fight' of the artillery branch of the Legion took place on 26 September when a section of the Washington Artillery, commanded by Captain S D Lee, and consisting of two rifled 6 pounders and a rifled 32 pounder nick-named 'Long Tom', a captured trophy from Manassas manned by a detachment of the Purcell Artillery, were sent to Freestone Point on the Potomac River."
South Carolina Volunteers in the Civil War: The Hampton Legion Part I: Regimental History, in collaboration with W B Bynum and H M Madaus with text and illustrations by R Field
"After First Manassas, Colonel Hampton attempted to exchange two of these iron Tredegar howitzers for two Dahlgren 12 pounder boat howitzers, on field carraiges, abandoned by the 71st New York State Militia at the end of the battle. As it turned out, the Dahlgrens were issued instead to the Rowan Artillery of North Carolina (Reilly's Battery).
South Carolina Volunteers in the Civil War: The Hampton Legion Part 2: Company Histories, in collaboration with W B Bynum and H M Madaus with text and illustrations by R Field
South Carolina's Military Organisations During the War Between the States, the Lowcountry & Pee Dee, by R S Seigler
Giant in Grey, A biography of Wade Hampton of South Carolina, by M W Wellman
Notes
The Hampton Legion was organised at Camp Manning, Virginia, on 4 July, 1861. In late July, 1861, the Washington Artillery, under Captain S D Lee, rejoined the Hampton Legion and was armed with two 3" Rifles and four 12 pounder Tredegar Howitzers. During early August, the Legion was rejoined by Companies A, B and C and on 26 August, 1861, by Company D of the cavalry near Brentsville, about six miles from Manassas Junction.
On 25 July 1861, the Army of the Potomac was reorganised and the Hampton Legion was assigned independently to the First Corps, Army of the Potomac.
Report
OFFICIAL REPORT NO.116: Series I, Volume 2 (S# 2), Chapter IX, pp. 566–567
Colonel W Hampton, commanding Hampton Legion South Carolina Infantry
Orders of Battle
The above painting, 'The Fourth Alabama', is by Don Troiani, modern America's finest historial artist.