THE 15th SOUTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT - FIRST EDITION

Description: A HISTORY OF THE 15th SOUTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT 1861-1865 THE SOUTH CAROLINA REGIMENTAL-ROSTER SET BY JAMES B. CLARY FIRST EDITION MINT CONDITION BOOK This is a brand new, unread, pristine condition book. Sample book shown; your book is brand new and comes in the original, publisher’s shrink wrap. Sharp, Bright, Clean, Pristine-Condition, New Book Handsome Cover Design with Seal of The South Carolina Regimental-Roster Set Loaded with Wonderful Illustrations, Photos and Maps; Fully Referenced and Index; Contains a Bibliography; Excellent Appendices HANDSOMELY PUBLISHED BY BROADFOOT PUBLISHING, IN 2007 This book presents an excellent, comprehensive unit history of the of the 15th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry. It also contains a roster of the unit with detailed Civil War service information on each soldier, including a transcription of his service record. The roster is alphabetical for easy use. The 15th South Carolina was formed in 1861 and provided service to the Confederacy until the end of the war in 1865. If fought in both the Easter and Western Theaters of the war, fighting in almost all the major engagements of the war. The 15th South Carolina’s initial trial-by-fire occurred on Hilton Head island during the Battle of Port Royal Sound in on November 7, 1861. Following the Regiment’s service on the coast of South Carolina, the unit was transferred to General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in July of 1862. As part of Lee’s Army, it served in General James Longstreet’s Corps in the battle of Sharpsburg, South Mountain. In November 1862, it joined General Kershaw’s famous South Carolina brigade as part of Longstreet’s Corp where the regiment remained for the rest of the War. As part of Kershaw’s brigade, the 15th South Carolina fought in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Kershaw’s brigade was sent to the Western Theater were it fought in the battles of Bean Station, Chickamauga, and Knoxville, before being returned to the Army of Northern Virginia in April 1864. There it fought in the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, North Anna, Cold Harbor, and during the Siege of Petersburg. In August 1864, Lee ordered Kershaw’s brigade to the Shenandoah Valley where the unit fought in the battles of Charlestown, Strasburg’s Hupp’s Hill, and Cedar Creek. In January 1865, General Lee ordered Kershaw’s brigade to return to South Carolina to oppose General Sherman’s army during its march through the Carolinas. Following the evacuation of Charleston, where the 15th South Carolina was one of the last Confederate fighting units to leave the city, the unit fought at the battles of Averasboro and Bentonville, in North Carolina. The Regiment surrendered, along with the remaining men of Kershaw’s brigade as part of General Joseph E. Johnston’s Army of Tennessee in Greensboro, North Carolina on April 26, 1865. Kershaw’s brigade and the 15th South Carolina Infantry served as the last Confederate provost guard protecting food and ordnance stores in Greensboro before finally returning to their homes in South Carolina. This first edition book is a brand new, unread, pristine condition. Sample book shown; your book is brand new and comes in the original, publisher’s shrink wrap (see photo #2). This handsome book is part of The South Carolina Regimental-Roster Set and is bound in handsome Confederate gray, cloth covers with bright, gold-gilded lettering and the image of the seal of the series on the cover. The book is sharp, bright, and clean. The pages are clean, bright white and in excellent condition. 602 pages. Loaded with photographs, illustrations and maps. High quality, cloth binding. Fully referenced and indexed with a bibliography and excellent appendices. A brand new, first edition book. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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