One flag survives in the Oakley Park Red Shirt Shrine, Edgefield, S.C. Two company flags survive, The Ryan Guards in the Confederate Relic Room and the McCalla Rifles in the South Carolina State Museum. Dedmondt also provides information about the final set of colors of the Fourteenth. Dedmondt, Glenn, The Flags of Civil War South Carolina, ISBN NUMBER 1-56554-696-2 |
(Gregg's/Mcgowan's Brigade) Army of Northern Virginia (COLONELS AND COMMANDING OFFICERS) COL. JAMES JONES Resigned April, 1862 BRIGADIER GENERAL SAMUEL MCGOWAN General to date from 1/17/63 Wounded four times BRIGADIER GENERAL ABNER PERRIN* General to date from 09/10/63 "I shall come out of this fight a live major general or a dead brigadier." Guess which...the battle was the Wilderness. COL. J.N. BROWN Wounded at Gaines Mill and Gettysburg Captured Noel Station on North Anna 5/23/64 Exchanged 8/3/64 LT.COL. EDWARD CROFT (C) Wounded at Seven Days and Gettysburg LT.COL. W.D. SIMPSON Resigned to enter Confederate Congress CAPT. J.H. BOATWRIGHT LT. COLONELS: SAMUEL MCGOWAN, J.N. BROWN, EDWARD CROFT(C), W.D. SIMPSON MAJORS:W.J. CARTER, EDWARD CROFT(C), W.H. HARPER Staff: D.E. Brown (Adj.) W.B. Carson (Chap.) J.A. Clark (Music.) Franklin Cutgez M. Davis Harry Hammond (Comsy.) Louis V. Huot (Surg.) Lott Jennings (Music.) P.D. Jennings (Music.) H. Langford William Lott (Music.) W.J. Ready (Adj.) H. Rodgers (Nurse) P. Sageman W.M. Scarborough (Surg.) C.L. Siegel (Ch.Music.) J.J. Smith (Band) C.H. Suber (Regt. QM) |
Co | Captain | County | Nickname |
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A | W.J. CARTER | DARLINGTON | LYNCH CREEK GUARDS |
. | C.M. STUCKEY | . | . |
. | R. Commander (1Lt.) | . | . |
. | J.W. Harrell (1Lt.) | . | . |
. | N.B. Mims (1Lt.) | . | . |
. | Sidney Carter (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | A.M. Scarborough (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | J.H. Andrews (3Lt.) | . | . |
. | W.B. Howell (1Sgt) | . | . |
. | A.F. Stuckey (1Sgt) | . | . |
B | A.P. WEST | EDGEFIELD | DEARING GUARDS |
. | JAMES. BOATWRIGHT | . | . |
. | E.W. Rutland (1Lt.) | . | . |
. | R.B. Watson (1Lt.) | . | . |
. | J.M. Bell (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | E.J. Beck (3Lt.) | . | . |
. | H.J. Rauch (3Lt.) | . | . |
. | E.A. Roach (3Lt.) | . | . |
. | F.M. Gibson (1Sgt) | . | . |
. | W.W. Holston (1Sgt) | . | . |
. | J.H. White (1Sgt) | . | . |
C | W.L. WOOD | LAURENS | RAIBORN COMPANY |
. | G.W. CULBERTSON | . | . |
. | J.M. Miller (1Lt.) | . | . |
. | G.W. Jones (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | W.H. Pinson (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | R.S. Goodgion (1Sgt) | . | . |
D% | ABNER PERRIN | EDGEFIELD | EDGEFIELD RIFLES |
. | E.H. YOUNGBLOOD | . | . |
. | E.S. MIMS | . | . |
. | CICERO ADAMS (C) | . | . |
. | T.W. CARWILE | . | . |
. | W.H. Brunson (1Lt.) | . | . |
. | M.T. McHenry (1Lt.) | . | . |
. | W.F. Durisoe (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | H.D. Crocker (3Lt.) | . | . |
. | A.W. Youngblood (Asst.Surg.) | . | . |
. | B.A. Jones (1Sgt) | . | . |
. | A.S. Walker (Hosp.Stew.) | . | . |
E | J.N. BROWN | LAURENS | ENOREE MOSQUITOES |
. | SAMUEL L. DORRAH | . | . |
. | H.P. GRIFFITH | . | . |
. | Jesse Gwin (1Lt.) | . | . |
. | N. Austin (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | A.C. Owens (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | J.A. Power (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | E.B. Simmons (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | J.M. Boyd (1Sgt) | . | . |
. | J.A. Mears (1Sgt) | . | . |
. | J.W. Motte (1Sgt) | . | . |
. | W.C. Power (1Sgt) | . | . |
F | R.S. OWENS | LAURENS | CAROLINA BEES |
. | J.H. Dunlop (1Lt.) | . | . |
. | J.H. Williams (1Lt.) | . | . |
. | J.F. Byrd (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | H.N. Hunter (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | J.M. McCarley (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | W.A. Shands (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | J.P. Sloan (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | Z.F. Wright (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | W.A. McKelvey (1Sgt) | . | . |
. | E.T. Copeland(QMSgt.) | . | . |
G# | WM. JAY | ABBEVILLE | . |
. | E. COWAN | . | . |
. | M.C. TAGGART | . | . |
. | J.W. Truwit (1Lt.) | . | . |
. | J.M. Dyson (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | A.F. Young (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | J.M. Young Jr. (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | C.W. Cowan (3Lt.) | . | . |
. | J.F. Jordan (3Lt.) | . | . |
. | Jesse Jay (SgtMajor) | . | . |
H | EDWARD CROFT(C) | BARNWELL | RYAN'S GUARDS |
. | M.T. Holly (1Lt.) | . | . |
. | J.E. Steadman (1Lt.) | . | . |
. | A.F. Jordan (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | O.C. Plunkett (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | G.M. Courtney (3Lt.) | . | . |
. | P.B. Plunkett (1Sgt) | . | . |
. | W.B. Plunkett (1Sgt) | . | . |
I | H.H. HARPER | ABBEVILLE | MCCALLA RIFLES |
. | W.R. WHITE | . | . |
. | E.W. Davis (1Lt.) | . | . |
. | W.J. Robertson (1Lt.) | . | . |
. | J.G. Baskin Jr. (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | M.T. Hutchison (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | G.L. Bell (1Sgt) | . | . |
. | T.A. Cater (OrdSgt.) | . | . |
. | R.H. Harkness (OrdSgt.) | . | . |
K^ | D.C. TOMPKINS | EDGEFIELD | MEETING ST. SALUDAS |
. | J.H. ALLEN | . | . |
. | WM. M. JORDAN | . | . |
. | W.L. STEVENS | . | . |
. | O.U. Allen (1Lt.) | . | . |
. | W.S. Allen (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | B.B. Bryan (2Lt.) | . | . |
. | J.S. Landrum (1Sgt) | . | . |
% Occasionally shown as Edgefield Riflemen, may share it origins with Company A, 22 S.C.V. # Some men from Edgefield ^ Some sources cite this as W.L. Stephens, Ouzt/Timmerman Company. For Additional Reading: BROWN, VARNIA, D.: A Colonel at Gettysburg an Spotsylvania: CALDWELL, J. F. J.: The History of a Brigade of South Carolinians.* CHAPMAN, J.A.:History of Edgefield County. (Company B D, G, and K) LANE, BESSIE M.: The Carter Letters, l86l-l863: Lt. Sidney Carter, l4th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, Gregg's-McGowan's Brigade. THOMASON, W.P.: The War Between the States, being a sketch of the part borne by L.H. Mahaffey and W.P. Thomason TOMPKINS, AUGUSTUS D.: Company K, 14th S.C. Infantry U.D.C.:Recollections and Reminiscences 1861-65: Individuals: Allen, James H. Allen, Fourteenth SCV, Company K, Vol. 6, page 155, UDC Allen, N. Scott, Co. K, 14th SCV, Vol. 5, page 553 Allen, Ossamus W. Allen, Fourteenth SCV, Company K, Vol. 6, page 155, UDC Allen, W. Scott Allen, Fourteenth SCV, Company K, Vol. 6, page 156, UDC Allen, W.S., Co K, 14th SCV, Vol. 2, page 529 Amaker, Ransom D., Co K, 14th SCV, Vol. 2, page 538 Berry, Daniel, Co B, 14th SCV?, Vol. 2, page 516 Berry, N.L., Co B, 14th SCV, Vol. 2, page 532 Black, M.P., Co B 14th SCV, Vol. 2, page 518 Brown, Ancestors of the John Newton Brown Chapter (Third Battalion & Fourteenth SCV and others, Vol. 7, page 223, U.D.C. Brunson, Joe Brunson, Gregg’s First, Fourteenth SCV, Vol. 7, page 198, U.D.C . Burkett, Burkett L. Henderson, Fourteenth S.C.V., Vol. 7, page 259, U.D.C. Burton, N.N., Co B, 14th SCV, Vol. 2, page 535 Buzzard, J.W., Co K, 14th SCV, Vol. 2, page 521 Corley, A.D., Co B, 14th SCV, Vol. 2, page 536 Courtney, James Courtney Letters, Fourteenth Regiment, Vol. 9, page 223, U.D.C. Covar, Lewis, Letter, Co D, 14th SCV, Vol. 5 page 327 Croft, Edward, Fourteenth SCV, Vol. 3, page 62 Crouch, Zed, Co. B, 14th SCV, Vol. 2, page 537 Etheredge, Caleb, Co B, 14th SCV, Vol. 2, page 529 Hare, James, Co B, 14th SCV, Vol. 2, page 535 Havird, W.P. Co. B, 14th SCV, Vol. 2, page 535 Hawthorne, J.N., 14th SCV, Vol. 5, page 442 Henderson, B.L. Henderson, Company C, Fourteenth SCV, Vol. 6, page 194, UDC Holstein, W.W., Co B, 14th SCV, Vol. 2, page 536 Johnstone, Boyce, Johnstone, Randall Letters, 14th S.C.V., 7th Battalion, Vol. 8, page 148, U.D.C. Landrum, Letters of John S. Landrum, Company K, Fourteenth South Carolina, Vol.11, page 387, U.D.C. Mathews, Bailey, Co. B, 14th SCV, Vol. 3, page 55 Matthew, John, Co. B, 14th SCV, Vol. 2, page 537 Matthews, Bailey, Co B, 14th SCV, Vol. 2, page 543 McGee, Wm. D. Co B, 14th SCV, Vol. 2, page 545 Miller, J.F., Company C, Fourteenth SCV, Vol. 6, page 44, UDC Miller, J.M., Company C, Fourteenth SCV, Vol. 6, page 35, UDC Miller, J.M., Letters, Fourteenth SCV, Vol. 5, page 371 Miller, The W.D.L. Miller Letters, 14th S.C.V., Vol. 8, page 140, U.D.C. Minck, Joel, Co B, 14th SCV, Vol. 2, page 540 Perry, E.A., Company B, 14th SCV, Vol. 5, page 232 Price, Q.I. Price, Fourteenth S.C.V., Vol. 7, page 5, U.D.C. Quattlebaum, W.L. Quattlebaum, Fourteenth SCV, Vol. 8, page 484, U.D.C. Rauch, J.I. 14th SCV, Vol. 5, page 233 Rodgers, Co B, 14th SCV, Vol. 2, page 528 Rodgers, J.A., 14th SCV, Co B, Vol. 2, page 519 Rodgers, Wm., Co B, 14th SCV, Vol. 2, page 530 Stevens, Captain W.L. Stevens, Fourteenth, S.C.V. Vol. 8, page 303, U.D.C Stevens, W.L., Capt, Letters, Co. K, 14th SCV, Vol. 2, page 271-275 Stoddard, R.J. Stoddard, 14th S.C.V., Vol. 8, page 51, U.D.C. Thomas, David, W. Co. D, 14th SCV, Vol. 3, page 189 Towles, R.N., Co K, 14th SCV, Vol. 2, page 522 Walker, Ride, Co B, 14th SCV, Vol. 2, page 539 Watson, R.B. Lt., Fourteenth SCV, Vol. 6, page 335 Watson, R.B., Co B, 14th SCV, Vol. 2, page 534 Watson, R.B., Gregg’s First/14th SCV, Vol. 5, page 436 Whitlock, M.C., Co H, 14th SCV, Vol. 5, page 430 Whitlock, V.M. Co. H, 14th SCV, Vol. 3, page 359 Rosters and Other: Roster, Co B, Fourteenth SCV, Vol 3, page 540 Comments Roster, Co B, Fourteenth SCV, Vol 3, page 563, Comments Roster, Co C, Fourteenth SCV, Vol. VI, page 62 Roster, Co E, Fourteenth SCV, Vol. 3, page 510 Roster, Co H, Fourteenth SCV, Comments, Vol. 2, page 574 Roster, Co K, Fourteenth SCV, Vol. 2, page 566 Roster, Co K, Fourteenth SCV, Meeting Street Saluda’s, Vol. 2, page 572 Roster, Co K, Fourteenth SCV, Vol. 3, page 521 Co K, Fourteenth SCV, Casualties at Gettysburg, Vol. 2, page 608 Co. K, History and Roster, Vol. VI, page 419 Co. E, List of Battles, Vol. III, page 476 History of Co. E, 14th SCV, Vol. 3, page 476 |
Date | Battle or City | Location | Commanding Officer | Brigade | Divsion | Corps | |
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10-61 | Aiken, S.C. | . | Col. James Jones | . | . | . | |
6/30/62 | Frayser's Farm | . | Col. Samuel McGowan | Gregg's Brigade | Hill's Division | Magruder's Corps | |
8/29-8/20-62 | Second Manassas | Railroad Cut | Col. Samuel McGowan/W | Gregg’s Brigade | Hill’s Division | Jackson’s Corps | |
. | . | . | Lt. Col. W.D. Simpson | . | . | . | |
9/1/62 | Ox Hill | . | Lt. Col. W.D. Simpson | Gregg’s Brigade | Hill’s Division | Jackson’s Corps | |
9/17/62 | Sharpsburg | Close of Battle | Lt. Col. W.D. Simpson | Gregg's Brigade | Hill’s Division | Jackson’s Corps | |
9/20/62 | Shepherdstown | . | Lt. Col. W.D. Simpson | Gregg's Brigade | Hill’s Division | Jackson’s Corps | |
12/13/62 | Fredericksburg | Gap in Center | Col. Samuel McGowan | Gregg's Brigade | Hill’s Division | Jackson’s Corps | |
. | . | . | . | Gen M Gregg/K | . | . | |
. | . | . | . | Col. D.H. Hamilton | . | . | |
. | . | . | . | Col. Abner Perrin | . | . | |
5/5/63 | Chancellorsville | Attacking 5/3 | Col. Abner Perrin | Gregg's Brigade | Hill's Division | Jackson's Corps | |
. | . | . | . | Col. Abner Perrin | . | . | |
. | . | . | . | Col. Samuel McGowan/W | . | . | |
. | . | . | . | Col. O.Edwards/K | . | . | |
7/1-7/3-63 | Gettysburg | First Day, The Town | Lt. Col. J.N. Brown | Gregg's Brigade | Pender’s Division | Hill’s Corps | |
. | . | . | . | Col. Abner Perrin | . | . | |
7/14/63 | Falling Waters | . | Lt. Col J.N. Brown | McGowan's Brigade | Wilcox' Division | Hill's Corps | |
10/09-10/22-63 | Bristoe Campaign | . | Lt. Col. J.N. Brown | McGowan's Brigade | Wilcox' Division | Hill's Corps | |
11/12-63 | Mine Run | . | Lt. Col. J.N. Brown | McGowan's Brigade | Wilcox' Division | Hill's Corps | |
5/5-5/7-64 | Wilderness | . | Lt. Col. J.N. Brown | McGowan's Brigade | Wilcox' Division | Third Corps | |
5/8-5/20-64 | Spotsylvania | Bloody Angle | Lt. Col. J.N. Brown | McGowan's Brigade | Wilcox' Division | Third Corps | |
. | . | . | Lt. Col. Edward Croft | Lt. Col. J.N. Brown | . | . | |
5/23-5/26-64 | North Anna | . | Capt. J.H. Boatwright | Mcgowan’s Brigade | Wilcox' Division | Third Corps | |
5/23/64 | Jericho Ford | . | Capt. J.H. Boatwright | McGowan’s Brigade | Wilcox' Divsion | Third Corps | |
. | . | . | . | Col. J.N. Brown /C | . | . | |
. | . | . | . | Col. I.F. Hunt | . | . | |
6/1-6/3-64 | Cold Harbor | . | Capt. J.H. Boatwright | McGowan’s Brigade | Wilcox' Division | Third Corps | |
6/64 | Following Cold Harbor | Conner takes Brigade Command | Col J.N. Brown | James Conner | Wilcox' Division | Third Corps | |
7/28/64 | Deep Bottom | . | Lt. Col. Edward Croft | McGowan's Brigade | Wilcox' Division | Third Corps | |
. | . | . | Major H.H. Harper (Missing) | . | . | . | |
Aug-64 | Petersburg | . | Col. J.N. Brown | McGowan's Brigade | Wilcox' Division | Third Corps | |
. | . | . | Lt. Col Edward Croft | Col. I.F. Hunt | . | . | |
. | . | . | Capt. D.R. Duncan | Col. J.N. Brown | . | . | |
. | . | . | Capt. J.H, Boatwright | . | . | . | |
8/16/64 | Fussell Mills/Deep Bottom Run or Strawberry Plains (8/13-8/20) | . | Lt. Col. Edward Croft | Mcgowan's Brigade | Wilcox' Division | Third Corps | |
8/64 | McGowan Returns | Before Ream's Station | Lt. Col. Edward Croft | Gen. Samuel McGowan | Wilcox' Division | Third Corps | |
8/24/64 | Ream’s Station | . | Lt. Col. Edward Croft | McGowan's Brigade | Wilcox' Divsion | Third Corps | |
9/30/64 | Jones Farm (Squirrel Level Road) | . | Lt. Col. Edward Croft | McGowan’s Brigade | Wilcox' Division | Third Corps | |
10/01/64 | Pegram's Farm | . | Lt. Col. Edward Croft | McGowan’s Brigade | Wilcox' Division | Third Corps | |
3/31/65 | Gravelly Run | . | Lt. Col. Edward Croft | McGowan’s Brigade | Gracie and McGowan’s Brigade(Wilcox' Division) | Third Corps | |
. | . | . | . | Col. J.N. Brown | General Samuel McGowan | . | |
4/1/65 | Five Forks | . | Major E.D. Brailsford | McGowan's Brigade | Wilcox' Division | Third Corps | |
4/2/65 | Dinwiddie Courthouse | . | Col. J.N. Brown | Mcgowan’s Brigade | Wilcox' Division | Third Corps (Heth) reverts to First Corps (Longstreet) | |
04/09/65 | Appomattox | . | Lt. Col. Edward Croft | McGowan's Brigade | Wilcox' Division | Third Corps (Heth) reverts to First Corps (Longstreet) | |
Fourteenth South Carolina Infantry | McGowan's Brigade | Army of Northern Virginia | Regimental History | Rosters |
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Robert Watson, Fourteenth South Carolina Infantry | Mcgowan’s Brigade | Army of Northern Virginia | Description of papers and letters of Watson Family | University of South Carolina |
Fourteenth South Carolina Infantry | Mcgowan’s Brigade | Army of Northern Virginia | Description of papers and letters of Samuel L. Dorroh | University of South Carolina |
Fourteenth South Carolina Infantry | Mcgowan’s Brigade | Army of Northern Virginia | Description of papers and letters of Samuel L. Dorroh | University of South Carolina |
Stoddard Family Letters | Letters concerning the 14th, 3rd, 24th South Carolina | Laurens County | . | . |
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