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South Carolina Cavalry
Fifth South Carolina Cavalry Regiment

Two flags associated with the Fifth S.C. Cavalry survive, one is located in the Charleston Museum and the second in the Confederate Relic Room in Columbia. The flag of the South Carolina Rangers, Company D, Fifth Cavalry, is also located in the Charleston Museum. The flag of the St. James Mounted Riflemen is located in the S.C. State Museum in Columbia, S.C. Dedmondt, Glenn, The Flags of Civil War South Carolina, ISBN NUMBER 1-56554-696-2

Citadel Flag by Marilyn

Fifth South Carolina Cavalry Regiment
Butler's Cavalry Brigade

Army of Northern Virginia Defense of South Carolina

(COLONELS AND COMMANDING OFFICERS)

BRIGADIER GENERAL S.W. FERGUSON (USMA)
Served in the West
Promoted to Brigadier 6/63
Promotion to Major General Blocked By Wheeler
Never took the field, R.J. Jeffords commanded until Dunovant's arrival.

BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN DUNOVANT
Promoted to Brigadier 8/64
Killed in Action, Vaughn Road, 8/64

COL. ZIMMERMAN DAVIS

LT.COL. J.C. EDWARDS
Conflicting reports of rank and position, Krick

LT. COLONELS: R.J. JEFFORDS, J.C. EDWARDS

MAJORS: J.H. MORGAN

Staff:

H.M. Faust (Asst. Surg.)
T.S. Thompson (Surg.)

Samuel Wragg Ferguson was appointed colonel of the regiment at its formation in January 1863, but never joined the regiment. Instead, Lt. Col. Robert Josiah Jeffords served as temporary commander until Col. John Dunovant was given permanent command in July 1863. Following Dunovant's promotion to brigadier general in August 1864, Jeffords resumed command as a lieutenant colonel until his death at Burgess' Mill on 27 Oct 1864. Thereafter, Zimmerman Davis commanded the regiment as a captain until the end of the war (the regimental major and two of the three captains senior to him had been wounded and placed on furlough, and the other senior captain had resigned.) Late in the war, Davis was apparently given a "battle field" promotion to colonel, but it was never officially recognized, although he always used the title in later years. Captain John C. Edwards of Co. A received a similar unofficial promotion to lieutenant colonel.*

Co Captain County Nickname
A John C. Edwards ORANGEBURG .
Theodore Alexander Jeffords (younger brother of Lt. Col. Robert J. Jefford's)
Also served as Regmimental Adjutant
Recorded in D Company) . .
. David Dantzler (1Lt.) . .
. H.M. Miller (2Lt.) . .
. W.F. Smoak (Bvt2Lt.) . .
. W.W. Wanamaker (Lt.) . .
. T.P. Evans (1Sgt) . .
. D.R. Felder (Comsy.) . .
B Alfred Birmingham Mulligan CHARLESTON DIXIE RANGERS
. P.F. Buckner (1Lt.) . .
. Leonard Chapin (1Lt.) . .
. J.T. Foster (2Lt.) . .
. Nicholas Langford (2Lt.) . .
. A.J. Harrison (Bvt2Lt.) . .
. E.C. Green(RegtQM) . .
. J.A. Quackenbush(Comsy.Sgt) . .
C Wheeler G. Smith COLLETON Beech Hill Rangers
. J.E. Larisey (1Lt.) . .
. G.W. Raysor (2Lt.) . .
. R.A. Willis (Bvt2Lt.) . .
. John Black (1Sgt) . .
. B.G. Willis (1Sgt) . .
D George Tupper CHARLESTON S.C. RANGERS
. Zimmerman Davis . .
. J.P. De Veaux Jr. (2Lt.) . .
. G.H. Smith (2Lt.) . .
. T.A. Jeffords (Adj.) . .
. V.C. Dibble(Sgt.Major) . .
. J.D. Browne (1Sgt) . .
. A.E. Gadsden Jr.(QMSgt.) . .
. J.P. Browne Jr.(OrdSgt.) . .
. M. McInnis (Far.) . .
. J.E. Cook (Saddler) . .
. A.B. Cunningham (Bugler) . .
. M.A.Westendorff (Bugler) . .
E* Louis Augustus Whilden CHARLESTON St. James Mounted Riflemen
. William Capers Venning . .
. Elias Venning (1Lt.) . .
. James Anderson (2Lt.) . .
. J.L. Inglesby (Bvt2Lt.) . .
. Nelson Bryan (Far) . .
. R.K. Axson (Bugler) . .
F Augustus Henry Caughman LEXINGTON .
. Patrick Henry Caughman (1Lt.) from LADR213@aol.com
Service of Record Lt. . .
. J.S. Roberts (3Lt.) . .
G B.Warren Mctureous CHARLESTON WILLINGTON RANGERS*
. Wm. L. Disher . .
. T.W. Easterling (1Lt.) . .
. H.C. Lancaster (2Lt.) . .
. John McCants (2Lt.) . .
. T.H. Mims (2Lt.) . .
. H.H. Murray (2Lt.) . .
. D.T. Ferrell (1Sgt) . .
. D.B. Owens (Bugler) . .
H Richard M. Skinner SUMTER Santee Guerrillas
. Edward Manly Bradham . .
. Wm. Nettles . .
. J.C. Bethune (1Lt.) . .
. F.M. Rhame (2Lt.) . .
. J.D. Skinner (Bvt2Lt.) . .
. Wm. Lesene (1Sgt) . .
I Thomas W. Tyler BARNWELL/ORANGEBURG .
. James W. Reed
Commanded unit as Company D, 14th Battalion . .
. E. Brooker (1Lt.) . .
. John Whetstone (2Lt.) . .
. M.J. Rice (Bvt2Lt.) . .
. A.P. Gue (3Lt.) . .
. J.C. Fanning (1Sgt) . .
. C.T. Dowling (Bugler) . .
K Joseph Gist Harlan UNION/SPARTANBURG MOUNTAIN RANGERS
. F.H. Bates (1Lt.) . .
. E. Moore (1Lt.) . .
. B. Richards (2Lt.) . .
. R.W. Gilliam (3Lt.) . .
. J.E. Hamm (1Sgt) . .

* I am grateful for the help of Fred Knudsen of Columbia for additional information about this unit. LFKJR@aol.com. Thanks for all your help, Steve

For Additional Reading:

BROOKS, U.R.: Butler and His Cavalry: 1861-1865.
BROOKS, U.R.: Stories of the Confederacy
HUTCHINSON, OLIN: My Dear Mother and Sisters, Civil War Letters of Captain A.B. Mulligan, Company B, Fifth South Carolina, Butler's Division, Hampton's Corp, 1861-65
MARTIN, SAMUEL: Matthew Calbraith Butler: Confederate General, Hampton Red Shirt, and U.S. Senator
MCDANIEL, RUTH BARR, CONFEDERATE WAR CORRESPONDENCE OF JAMES MICHAEL BARR AND REBECCA ANN DOWLING BARR (Taylors, SC: 1963).
WELLMAN, MANLEY: Giant in Grey
WELLS EDWARD - Hampton and His Cavalry in '64
U.D.C., Charleston: For Love of a Rebel, The Georgetown Units

U.D.C.:Recollections and Reminiscences 1861-65:
Individuals:
Bourne, Jonah K., Tenth SCV, Fifth S.C. Cavalry, Vol. 6, page 283
Caughman, P.H., Capt, Co. F, Fifth S.C. Cav., Vol. 2 page 306
Caughman, W.A., Co. F, Fifth SC Cav., Vol. 2, page 294-295
Corley, G.M. Fifth SC Cav., Vol. 2, page 297
Dowling, W.H., Fifth S.C. Cavalry, Vol. 6, page 34, UDC
Draft, George, Fifth SC Cav., Vol. 2, page 306
Edwards, Captain J.C. Edwards, Fifth S.C. Cavalry, Vol. 7, page 206, U.D.C.
Evans, L.R. Evans, Fifth S.C. Cavalry, Vol. 7, page 21, U.D.C.
Gates, Fredrick L. Gates, Fifth S.C. Cavalry, Vol. 7, page 205, U.D.C.
Gilliam, R.W., Lt, Co. K, Fifth SC Cav. Vol 3, page 86
Jeffries, Captain, Gary�s Brigade ( This is probably R.J. Jeffords of the Fifth South Carolina Cavalry), Fifth SC Cav., Vol. 4, page 5
Lindler, L.A. Lindler, (Probably 5th S.C. Cavalry), Vol. 8, page 359, U.D.C.
Murphy, J.D. Murphy, Company B, Fifth SC Cavalry, Vol. 6, page 196, UDC
Rigby, Samuel, A., Co H, Fifth SC Cav., Vol 3, page 1
Wannamaker, Private D.E. Wannamaker, Fifth South Carolina Cavalry, Vol.9 page 559, U.D.C.
Whitmire, K.C. 18th SCV/Fifth SC Cav., Vol 5, page 204
Rosters and Other:
Roster, Company A, Fifth South Carolina Cavalry, Vol. 7, page 207, U.D.C.
List of the Dead, Company A, Fifth South Carolina Cavalry, Vol. 7, page 208, U.D.C.
Co. D, Roster, Vol. II, page 603
Co. K, Roster, Vol. II, page 602
Co. D, Vol. V, page 289
Co. K, Vol. V, page 291

Battles and Stations, The Fifth S.C. Cavalry Regiment

Date Battle or City Location Commanding Officer Brigade Division Corps
1/63 Unit Organized Coast of S.C. Col. Samuel Ferguson . . Dept. of S.C., Ga., and Fla.
6/30/63 Grimball's Landing James Island Col. John Dunovant . . Dept. of S.C., Ga., and Fla.
5/10-64* Chester Station . Zimmerman Davis Dunovant's Brigade Butler's Divsion Hampton's Corps
5/64* Opertaions South of the James
Elements involved in Charles City, Swift Creek, Drewry's Bluff, South Side . Zimmerman Davis Dunovant's Brigade Butler's Divsion Hampton's Corps
5/23-5/26-64 North Anna River . Zimmerman Davis Dunovant's Brigade Butler's Divsion Hampton's Corps
5/28/64 Hawes Shop . Zimmerman Davis Dunovant's Brigade Butler�s Division Hampton�s Corps
6/1-6/3-64 Cold Harbor . Zimmerman Davis Dunovant's Brigade Butler's Division Hampton�s Corps
6/11-6/12-64* Trevilian Station . Zimmerman Davis Dunovant's Brigade Butler's Divsion Hampton's Corps
6/64-4/65 Petersburg . Zimmerman Davis Dunovant's Brigade Butler's Division Hampton's Corps
10/1/64 Vaughan Road . Zimmerman Davis Dunovant Brigade (Dunovant is Killed) Butler�s Divsion Hampton�s Corps
10/27/64 Burgess Mill . Zimmerman Davis . Butler�s Divsion Hampton�s Corps
2/65-4/65 Carolina�s Campaign . Zimmerman Davis Logan�s Brigade Butler�s Division Hampton�s Command

*5th SC Cavalry provided the escort to General Joseph E. Johnson when he went to discuss surrender terms with MG William T. Sherman at the William Bennett Farm near Durham, NC, on 17 Apr 1865

The Fifth S.C. Cavalry Regiment, Battles and Stations, Provided by Fred Knudsen

Date Battle or City Elements Involved
6/62 Hutchinson's Island, S.C. 17th Battalion
7/9/62 Pinckney Island, S.C. 14th Battalion, detachment of
8/21/62 Pinckney Island, S.C. 14th Battalion, detachment of
10/22-1023-62/62 Coosawhatchie, Pocotaligo 14th Battalion
7/16/63 Grimball's Landing (Secessionville) Four Companies
5/10/64 Chester Station, Va. Fifth S.C. Cavalry
5/12/64 Swift Creek, Va. Fifth Cavalry
5/16/64 Drewry's Bluff, Va. Fifth Cavalry
5/17/64 Atkinson's Farm Fifth Cavalry
5/18/64 South Side, Va. Fifth Cavalry
5/24/64 Charles City C.H. (Wilson's Wharf, Va. Fifth Cavalry
5/28/64 Haws' Shop (Price's Farm), Va. Fifth Cavalry
5/29/64 Atlee's Station, Va. Fifth Cavalry
5/30/64 Cold Harbor (Mattadaquin Creek), Va. Fifth Cavalry
6/11/64-6/12/64 Trevilian Station,Va. Fifth Cavalry
6/20/64-6/21/64 White House, Va. Fifth Cavalry
6/24/64 Nance's Shop (Samaria Church) Fifth Cavalry
6/29/64 Stoney Creek (Sappony Church), Va. Fifth Cavalry
8/23/64 Gravelly Run (Ream's Station) Fifth Cavalry
9/29/64 Wyatt's Farm, Va. Fifth Cavalry
10/01/64 Vaughan Road (McDowell's) Va. Fifth Cavalry
12/1/64 Stoney Creek, Va. Fifth Cavalry
3/10/65 Monroe's Crossroads (Kilpatrick's Cavalry Camp), N.C. Fifth Cavalry
3/16/65 Averasborough, N.C. (1) Fifth Cavalry
3/19/65-3/21/65 Bentonville, N.C. Fifth Cavalry

* I am grateful for the help of Fred Knudsen of Columbia for the more correct engagement list of this unit.

(1) Thanks to Fred again, Brooks states that Butler's Brigade did not participate in this battle.

Fred Knudson's wonderful page on the Fifth S.C. Cavalry Fifth S.C. Cavalry Army of Northern Virginia . Brief History and Full Rosters
Papers relating to Zimmerman Davis wife Fifth S.C. Cavalry Army of Northern Virginia Description of papers and letters of Watson Family University of South Carolina
York County in the Civil War. Company K,Fifth S.C. Cavalry Army of Northern Virginia . Roxsanne Wells-Layton has developed and maintains this great site.

Can you help, with more information, will you?batsonsm@bellsouth.net To return to S.C. Bibliography, Page One
(Infantry)

To return to S.C. Bibliography, Page Two
(Cavalry)

To return to S.C. Bibliography, Page Three
(Artillery)

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Co	Captain	County	Nickname
A	John C. Edwards	ORANGEBURG	.
	Theodore Alexander Jeffords (younger brother of Lt. Col. Robert J. Jefford's) Also served as Regmimental Adjutant Recorded in D Company)	.	.
.	David Dantzler (1Lt.)	.	.
.	H.M. Miller (2Lt.)	.	.
.	W.F. Smoak (Bvt2Lt.)	.	.
.	W.W. Wanamaker (Lt.)	.	.
.	T.P. Evans (1Sgt)	.	.
.	D.R. Felder (Comsy.)	.	.
B	Alfred Birmingham Mulligan	CHARLESTON	DIXIE RANGERS
.	P.F. Buckner (1Lt.)	.	.
.	Leonard Chapin (1Lt.)	.	.
.	J.T. Foster (2Lt.)	.	.
.	Nicholas Langford (2Lt.)	.	.
.	A.J. Harrison (Bvt2Lt.)	.	.
.	E.C. Green(RegtQM)	.	.
.	J.A. Quackenbush(Comsy.Sgt)	.	.
C	Wheeler G. Smith	COLLETON	Beech Hill Rangers
.	J.E. Larisey (1Lt.)	.	.
.	G.W. Raysor (2Lt.)	.	.
.	R.A. Willis (Bvt2Lt.)	.	.
.	John Black (1Sgt)	.	.
.	B.G. Willis (1Sgt)	.	.
D	George Tupper	CHARLESTON	S.C. RANGERS
.	Zimmerman Davis	.	.
.	J.P. De Veaux Jr. (2Lt.)	.	.
.	G.H. Smith (2Lt.)	.	.
.	T.A. Jeffords (Adj.)	.	.
.	V.C. Dibble(Sgt.Major)	.	.
.	J.D. Browne (1Sgt)	.	.
.	A.E. Gadsden Jr.(QMSgt.)	.	.
.	J.P. Browne Jr.(OrdSgt.)	.	.
.	M. McInnis (Far.)	.	.
.	J.E. Cook (Saddler)	.	.
.	A.B. Cunningham (Bugler)	.	.
.	M.A.Westendorff (Bugler)	.	.
E*	Louis Augustus Whilden	CHARLESTON	St. James Mounted Riflemen
.	William Capers Venning	.	.
.	Elias Venning (1Lt.)	.	.
.	James Anderson (2Lt.)	.	.
.	J.L. Inglesby (Bvt2Lt.)	.	.
.	Nelson Bryan (Far)	.	.
.	R.K. Axson (Bugler)	.	.
F	Augustus Henry Caughman	LEXINGTON	.
.	Patrick Henry Caughman (1Lt.) from LADR213@aol.com Service of Record Lt.	.	.
.	J.S. Roberts (3Lt.)	.	.
G	B.Warren Mctureous	CHARLESTON	WILLINGTON RANGERS*
.	Wm. L. Disher	.	.
.	T.W. Easterling (1Lt.)	.	.
.	H.C. Lancaster (2Lt.)	.	.
.	John McCants (2Lt.)	.	.
.	T.H. Mims (2Lt.)	.	.
.	H.H. Murray (2Lt.)	.	.
.	D.T. Ferrell (1Sgt)	.	.
.	D.B. Owens (Bugler)	.	.
H	Richard M. Skinner	SUMTER	Santee Guerrillas
.	Edward Manly Bradham	.	.
.	Wm. Nettles	.	.
.	J.C. Bethune (1Lt.)	.	.
.	F.M. Rhame (2Lt.)	.	.
.	J.D. Skinner (Bvt2Lt.)	.	.
.	Wm. Lesene (1Sgt)	.	.
I	Thomas W. Tyler	BARNWELL/ORANGEBURG	.
.	James W. Reed Commanded unit as Company D, 14th Battalion	.	.
.	E. Brooker (1Lt.)	.	.
.	John Whetstone (2Lt.)	.	.
.	M.J. Rice (Bvt2Lt.)	.	.
.	A.P. Gue (3Lt.)	.	.
.	J.C. Fanning (1Sgt)	.	.
.	C.T. Dowling (Bugler)	.	.
K	Joseph Gist Harlan	UNION/SPARTANBURG	MOUNTAIN RANGERS
.	F.H. Bates (1Lt.)	.	.
.	E. Moore (1Lt.)	.	.
.	B. Richards (2Lt.)	.	.
.	R.W. Gilliam (3Lt.)	.	.
.	J.E. Hamm (1Sgt)	.	.

Date	Battle or City	Location	Commanding Officer	Brigade	Division	Corps
1/63	Unit Organized	Coast of S.C.	Col. Samuel Ferguson	.	.	Dept. of S.C., Ga., and Fla.
6/30/63	Grimball's Landing	James Island	Col. John Dunovant	.	.	Dept. of S.C., Ga., and Fla.
5/10-64*	Chester Station	.	Zimmerman Davis	Dunovant's Brigade	Butler's Divsion	Hampton's Corps
5/64*	Opertaions South of the James Elements involved in Charles City, Swift Creek, Drewry's Bluff, South Side	.	Zimmerman Davis	Dunovant's Brigade	Butler's Divsion	Hampton's Corps
5/23-5/26-64	North Anna River	.	Zimmerman Davis	Dunovant's Brigade	Butler's Divsion	Hampton's Corps
5/28/64	Hawes Shop	.	Zimmerman Davis	Dunovant's Brigade	Butler�s Division	Hampton�s Corps
6/1-6/3-64	Cold Harbor	.	Zimmerman Davis	Dunovant's Brigade	Butler's Division	Hampton�s Corps
6/11-6/12-64*	Trevilian Station	.	Zimmerman Davis	Dunovant's Brigade	Butler's Divsion	Hampton's Corps
6/64-4/65	Petersburg	.	Zimmerman Davis	Dunovant's Brigade	Butler's Division	Hampton's Corps
10/1/64	Vaughan Road	.	Zimmerman Davis	Dunovant Brigade (Dunovant is Killed)	Butler�s Divsion	Hampton�s Corps
10/27/64	Burgess Mill	.	Zimmerman Davis	.	Butler�s Divsion	Hampton�s Corps
2/65-4/65	Carolina�s Campaign	.	Zimmerman Davis	Logan�s Brigade	Butler�s Division	Hampton�s Command

Date	Battle or City	Elements Involved
6/62	Hutchinson's Island, S.C.	17th Battalion
7/9/62	Pinckney Island, S.C.	14th Battalion, detachment of
8/21/62	Pinckney Island, S.C.	14th Battalion, detachment of
10/22-1023-62/62	Coosawhatchie, Pocotaligo	14th Battalion
7/16/63	Grimball's Landing (Secessionville)	Four Companies
5/10/64	Chester Station, Va.	Fifth S.C. Cavalry
5/12/64	Swift Creek, Va.	Fifth Cavalry
5/16/64	Drewry's Bluff, Va.	Fifth Cavalry
5/17/64	Atkinson's Farm	Fifth Cavalry
5/18/64	South Side, Va.	Fifth Cavalry
5/24/64	Charles City C.H. (Wilson's Wharf, Va.	Fifth Cavalry
5/28/64	Haws' Shop (Price's Farm), Va.	Fifth Cavalry
5/29/64	Atlee's Station, Va.	Fifth Cavalry
5/30/64	Cold Harbor (Mattadaquin Creek), Va.	Fifth Cavalry
6/11/64-6/12/64	Trevilian Station,Va.	Fifth Cavalry
6/20/64-6/21/64	White House, Va.	Fifth Cavalry
6/24/64	Nance's Shop (Samaria Church)	Fifth Cavalry
6/29/64	Stoney Creek (Sappony Church), Va.	Fifth Cavalry
8/23/64	Gravelly Run (Ream's Station)	Fifth Cavalry
9/29/64	Wyatt's Farm, Va.	Fifth Cavalry
10/01/64	Vaughan Road (McDowell's) Va.	Fifth Cavalry
12/1/64	Stoney Creek, Va.	Fifth Cavalry
3/10/65	Monroe's Crossroads (Kilpatrick's Cavalry Camp), N.C.	Fifth Cavalry
3/16/65	Averasborough, N.C. (1)	Fifth Cavalry
3/19/65-3/21/65	Bentonville, N.C.	Fifth Cavalry

Fred Knudson's wonderful page on the Fifth S.C. Cavalry	Fifth S.C. Cavalry	Army of Northern Virginia	.	Brief History and Full Rosters
Papers relating to Zimmerman Davis wife	Fifth S.C. Cavalry	Army of Northern Virginia	Description of papers and letters of Watson Family	University of South Carolina
York County in the Civil War.	Company K,Fifth S.C. Cavalry	Army of Northern Virginia	.	Roxsanne Wells-Layton has developed and maintains this great site.