17TH
SOUTH CAROLINA INFANTRY REGIMENT
"Evan's
Tramp Brigade"
COMPANY C, BROAD RIVER LIGHT INFANTRY
YORK COUNTY,
SC
RECORD OF EVENTS
REUNION
1889
This page contains a roster, battle
links, casualties at 2nd Manassas,
Hewlett's Farm, &
Petersburg. Please scroll down to see all
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Officers:
John Alfred Witherspoon, Captain, wounded 8/30/1862
2nd Manassas, DOW 10/19/1862,
John W. Mitchell, Bvt 2nd Lt/Captain, retired 2/4/1864
William Dunovant, Captain, retired 1/4/1865
William H. Moore, Captain, dismissed 10/1/1862 as 2nd Lt.
F.W. Moore, 1st Lt., dropped 4/28/1862
Daniel J. Young, 1st Lt., KIA 8/30/1862,
2nd Manassas
James G. Dover, 1st Lt., r. 4/1/1864
Henry Pratt, 1st Lt., KIA 7/30/1864,
Crater
J.W.A. Hartness, 2nd Lt., dropped 4/28/1862
John C. Sanders, 2nd Lt.
John M. Morrow, 2nd Lt.
Enlisted men:
Ash, R.L., Private, KIA 8/30/1862
2nd Manassas
Barry, William Randolph, Private
Bolin, John, Private, DOW 11/10/1862, buried
Manasas Cemetery, also listed as
John Bowlin
Bolin, Lewis, Private KIA 7/301864
Crater, also listed as Lewis Bowlin
Bolin, William, Private DOD 6/15/1862 Charleston SC
Bolin, William Riley, Private, 9/15/1864
Petersburg
Boyles, William, Private DOD 1862 Charleston SC
Bridges, James, Private
Bridges, John G., Private
Bridges, Jonathan, Private, DOD 7/24/1862 Adams Run SC
Chambers, William S., Private, KIA 7/30/1864
Crater
Childers,
John, Private, KIA 5/20/1864, Clay's Farm VA
Clark, William, Private, KIA 9/17/1862,
Sharpsburg
Coat,H.P., Private
Cole, H.P., Private, KIA 7/30/1864,
Crater
Cole, Pinckney, Private, KIA 5/20/1864,
Clays /Hewlett's Farm
Dover, J.G., Private
Dover, Michael, Private
Dover, William M., Private, DOW 8/7/1864,
Crater
Enloe, W., Private
Fervell, S.E., Private, paroled
4/9/1865
Appomattox
Gilfillan, John
McCully, Private, also served Hamptons Legion Co. B
Hambrick, George, 3rd Sgt., KIA 8/30/1862,
2nd Manassas
Hartness, Addison Davies, Private/Sgt., DOW 8/13/1864,
Crater
Hartness, John R., Private, DIP 3/20/1864
Elmira
Hartness, W.T., Private/Sgt.
Irvin, William A., Private,
Old City Cemetery
Lynchburg, VA
Jones, F.M., died 4/13/1865,
Buried
Cypress Cemetery
Lanier, Pete, Private, KIA 7/30/1864,
Crater
Martin, William W.,
Private
McDaniel, James, Private
McKeown, William C., Private
Morrow, Daniel S., Private
Moss, Noah W., Private
Moss, Robert H., Private
Moss, Thomas, Private
Moss, Wylie A., Private
Mullinax, Andrew Jackson, Private, KIA 7/30/1864,
Crater
Mullinax, Rice, Private
Porter, Theodore, Private
Price, Thomas J., Private, KIA 9/17/1862,
Sharpsburg
Ramsey, David W., Private
Ramsey, Elias, Private
Randall, J.W., Private
Randall, Robert H., Private, DOW 3/28/1864
Ft.
Steadman
Sandifer, Andrew D., Private
Sandling, Andrew Didd, Private
Sherer, J.M., Private
Smith, A.T., Private, KIA 7/30/1864
Crater
Smith, Joseph Warren, Private, taken prisoner
12/14/1862 Kinston NC, DOW 1/9/1865
Elmira
Smith, William H., 1st Sergeant, taken
prisoner 12/14/1862 Kinston NC
Sprouse, Josiah R., Private
Sprouse, William M., Private
Starnes, C.B., Sergeant
Starnes, Jacob, Pvt/Sgt
Thomas, W., Private
Turner, David, Private
Warlick, William H., Private
Webber, Benjamin, Private, KIA 7/30/1864,
Crater
Webber, Casper K., Private, KIA 8/10/1864
Petersburg
Williams, D.M., Private, enlisted 5/17/1864, captured 4/3/1865 at
Appomattox, sent to Hart's Island
Prison NY 4/11/1865, took oath of allegiance 6/19/1865
Williams, James L., Private
Wishart, Joseph A., Private
Wisher,Jackson W., Private
Wisher, Joseph, Private, DIP 5/19/1865
Elmira
Wylie, John, Private
CASUALTIES
IN THE BATTLE OF SECOND MANASAS
9/24/1862, From the Yorkville Enquirer:
The following are the casualties in Company C (in the 17th Regt., S.C.
Vol.) from the District (York), additional to those heretofore published:
Killed:
Capt. Witherspoon
Lt. J.P. Young
Sgt. Hambrick
Ash, R.L.
Mortally wounded:
C. Webber
Seriously wounded:
Capt. Witherspoon
Slightly wounded:
Lt. W. Moore
Lt. Mitchell
Sgt. Martin
Cpl. Brown
J. Young
F. Moore
W. Moore
T. Moore
W. Wallech
J. Hopper
J. Maner
J. McDaniel
F. Bridges
A.F. Ash
Thomas Hartness
T. Price
C. Archy
A. Mullinax
W. Sprouse
J. Sprouse
-Courtsey or Louise Pettus, Editor, The Quarterly, York County Genealogical
& Historical Society.
CASUALTIES AT
HEWLETT'S FARM AKA CLAY'S FARM VA. - The
following appeared in the June 1, 1864 issue of
the Yorkville Enquirer. Casualties in 17th Regiment SCV, in the battle of
Hewlett's Farm, up to May 21, 1864. Company C-Lieut. J.C. Saunders
commanding
Wounded-Michael Dover, leg amputated
J. Childers, slightly in hand
CASUALTIES
OF THE 17TH REGT. AT PETERSBURG
VA
(The battle of Petersburg March
25-April 2 1865, was Rober E. Lee’s last
big battle. Outnumbered by Grant’s 115,000 troops to his 54,000, Lee
was forced to evacuate Petersburg & the Confederate Capital, Richmond
VA. York District troops were numerous at Petersburg & suffered heavy
casualties. The following appeared in the Yorkville, Enquirer, April 5, 1865.)
Company C:
Killed:
None
Wounded:
Maj. J.W. Avery slightly
Lt. J.M. Morrow, in right hip severe
Sgt. W.H. Smith, in knee leg amputated
Sgt. W.T. Hartness, hand slight
Private Thomas Moss, shoulder severe
Private R. H. Randall, left breast severe.
-Courtesy of Louise Pettus, Editor of The Quarterly, York County Genealogical
& Historical Society.
These pages and information thereon are not to be
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of Roxsanne Wells-Layton ©
Copyright 2001.
All rights
reserved.
Links for battles that the
17th fought in:
Malvern
Hill, Virginia
Rappahannock
Station Virginia
The Battle of 2nd Bull Run
(2nd Manassas) Official Records
2nd Manassas AKA Bull Run
Virginia
South Mountain AKA Boonsboro
MD
Battle
of South Mountain
The Battle of Antietam Official
Records and Battle Description
Antietam, MD Battle
Summary
Battle
of Antietam AKA Sharpsburg
Kinston,
North Carolina
Jackson,
Mississippi
Savannah,
Georgia
Bermuda
Hundred VA
Ware
Bottom Church Virginia
Battle
Of The Crater
Petersburg
Siege
The Petersburg
Campaign
Fort
Stedman Virginia
Lewis
Farm, Virginia
Five
Forks Virginia
Sailor's
Creek or Sayler's Creek Virginia
Appomattox
Court House Official Records
Paroling the Army of Northern
Virginia
South Carolina Infantry
Units
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