5th
South Carolina Cavalry
Company K
Mountain Rangers
This company was raised mainly in Spartanburg, Union, and York Districts, although men from Newberry and Laurens Districts are also known to have served in it. The commander was Joseph Gist Harlan (1822-1884), a planter and mechanic from Unionville, who had served previously as first sergeant, Co. D, Hampton Legion Bn. SC Cavalry. The company was mustered into Confederate service at Columbia, SC, on 30 December 1862, as Harlan's Co. SC Cavalry.
Officers:
Names | Harlan's Co. SC Cavalry | 5th Cavalry Co. K | Disposition |
Harlan, J. G. | CPT | CPT | Retired, 24 Feb 1865 |
Moore, Edward | 1LT | 1LT | Died, 11 Jun 1864 |
Bates, Farr Humphrey | 2LT | 2LT/1LT | . |
Gilliam, Robt. William | 2LT | 2LT | Resigned, 30 Jul 1864 |
Richards, B. | -- | 2LT | . |
Roll:
NAME | AGE | RANK | DISTRICT | REMARKS |
ALLEN, John | . | PVT | Union | . |
ANDERSON, J. F. | . | PVT | Spartanburg | Substitute for James FORTEN-BERRY. |
AUSTIN, John W. | 38 | PVT | Union | . |
AUSTIN, William G. | 18 | PVT | Union | WIA South Side, VA, 18 May 1864. Lost right arm. |
BARNETT, Charles | 17 | PVT | Union | WIA, Fayetteville, NC, 15 Mar 1865 |
BATES, Farr Humphrey | 30 | 1LT | Union | WIA, Vaughan Road, VA, 1 Oct 1864 |
BEARD, John W. N. | CPL | Union | Transferred from 3d SC Infantry, 1 May 1863 | |
BETSILL, James | 17 | PVT | Union | . |
BISHOP, Clough | 19 | PVT | Union | . |
BLASSINGAME, Thomas | . | PVT | Spartanburg | Captured at Stoney Creek, VA, 1 Dec 1864 |
BOOZER, Daniel B. | . | PVT | Newberry | WIA, Trevilian Station, VA, 11 Jun 1864 |
BOOZER, Frederick S. | 26 | SGT | Newberry | DOW as POW in Lincoln Hospital, Washington, DC, 20 Jun 1864 |
BOOZER, William | . | PVT | Newberry | . |
BRIGGS, William B. | 18 | PVT | York | DOD at Richmond, VA, 12 Jun 1864 |
BUCHANAN, F. Maxim | . | PVT | Union | WIA, Cold Harbor, VA, 30 May 1864. DOW at Richmond, VA, 21 Jun 1864 |
BUFORD, Munson Monroe | ? | PVT | Newberry | survived the war & was part of the cavalry escort when Johnston surrendered to Sherman in April 1865 |
BURNETT, Henry | 17 | PVT | Union | . |
CAMPBELL, Benjamin D. | 17 | PVT | Union | . |
CAMPBELL, Jeff Q. | 18 | PVT | Union | . |
CAMPBELL, Thomas J. | 41 | PVT | Union | . |
CAROTHERS, John M. | 17 | PVT | York | . |
EDGINS (EDGEGINS), James | 40 | PVT | Union | Substitute for James William TAYLOR |
EISON, David C. | 24 | PVT | Union | KIA, Bentonville, NC, 19 Mar 1865 |
EISON, Napoleon B. | 18 | PVT | Union | . |
ESTES, Elisha | . | SGT | Union | . |
ESTES, George W. T. | . | PVT | Union | WIA, Burgess' Mill, VA, 27 Oct 1864 |
FANT, John A. | . | PVT | Union | . |
FARR, David A. T. | 18 | PVT | Union | . |
FLEMING, Gilbert | 39 | PVT | Union | . |
FOSTER, Columbus C. | . | PVT | Union | Transferred to Co. K, 18th SC Infantry, 1864 |
FOSTER, James M. | . | PVT | Spartanburg | . |
FOWLER, Gassoway | . | PVT | Union | Exchanged with N.B. EISON, 6th SC Cavalry |
GARRISON, M. Brown | 18 | PVT | York | . |
GAULT, George | . | PVT | Union | . |
GEORGE, Jefferson J. | . | PVT | Union | . |
GIBBS, Jasper | . | PVT | Union | Substitute for Robert A. FANN |
GILBERT, D. Pinckney | . | PVT | Union | Exchanged with David A. T. FARR, 6th SC Cavalry |
GILES, Joseph | . | PVT | Union | Died in Union District, SC, 2 Apr 1863 |
GILLIAM, D. A. Thomas | 18 | PVT | Union | WIA, Cold Harbor, VA, 30 May 1864 |
GILLIAM, Robert William | . | 2LT | Union | KIA near Petersburg, VA, 30 Jul 1864 |
GILLIAM, Thomas | . | PVT | Union | . |
GILLIAM, William T. | 42 | PVT | York | Discharged, Wilmington, NC, 29 Dec 1863 |
GILLILAND, Abner | . | PVT | Union | . |
GILLISON, A. G. | . | PVT | Union | . |
GOORE (GORE), Lawson D. | . | PVT | York | . |
GORDON, William M. | . | PVT | York | Transferred to Co. K, 17th SC Infantry, 12 Apr 1864 |
GOREE, Robert A. | . | PVT | GA | WIA, Cold Harbor, VA, 30 May 1864 |
GOSSETT, John | . | PVT | Union | . |
GOSSETT, W. G. | . | PVT | York | Detailed to Kings Mountain Iron Works |
GREGORY, Charles S. | . | PVT | Union | . |
GUY, James L. | . | PVT | York | . |
HAMES, Theodore Thaddeus | . | PVT | Union | WIA, Charles City, C.H., VA, 24 May 1864 |
HAMM, J. Edwin | 37 | 1SG | Union | WIA Trevilian Station VA, & Fayetteville NC |
HARDEN, William | . | PVT | Union | . |
HARDIN, George | . | PVT | Union | . |
HARGROVE, Joseph C. | 18 | PVT | Newberry | . |
HARLAN, Joseph Gist | . | CPT | Union | Disabled by fall from horse. Retired, 24 Feb 1865 |
HOWARD, Daniel | 37 | PVT | Union | . |
HUFF, Frank | . | PVT | Union | . |
HUFF, Jabez Bud | . | PVT | Union | Transferred to Co. C, 18th SC Infantry, 27 Jul 1864 |
HUFF, James F. | 17 | PVT | Union | DOD at home, 2 Feb 1863 |
HUGGINS, Lawson E. | . | PVT | Union | Substitute for James G. V. LEGG |
HUGHES, George W. | 39 | PVT | Union | . |
HUNTER, James W. | . | PVT | Union | . |
IVEY, John | 17 | PVT | Union | . |
JACKSON, Drury | 57 | PVT | Union | . |
JACKSON, James | 48 | PVT | Union | . |
JENKINS, Francis J. | 43 | PVT | Union | . |
JOHNSON, James | 17 | CPL | Union | . |
KENNEDY, Benjamin | PVT | Union | . | |
LANDRUM, William P. | 17 | PVT | Union | . |
LAWSON, Elijah B. | . | PVT | Union | . |
LAWSON, Henry Coleman | . | PVT | Union | . |
LAWSON, Robert J. | 17 | PVT | Union | . |
LAWSON, William B. | . | PVT | Union | . |
LAYTON, Francis L. | 17 | PVT | Union | . |
LEAMAN, Hugh | . | PVT | Newberry | . |
LEE, John T. | 39 | PVT | Union | Transferred to Co. A, 18th SC Infantry, 15 Nov 1864 |
LEE, Robert | . | PVT | Union | . |
LEMASTER, Abraham | 52 | PVT | York | Substitute for T. M. WHITAKER |
LITTLE, Thomas | 41 | PVT | Union | . |
LYNCH, David S. | . | PVT | Union | . |
MARTIN, Spencer G. | . | PVT | Union | . |
MCDANIEL, Robert | 37 | PVT | York | Captured and escaped |
MILLER, James R. | 20 | PVT | York | Captured at Stoney Creek, VA, 1 Dec 1864 |
MILLER, Robert A. | 18 | PVT | York | Captured at Stoney Creek, VA, 1 Dec 1864 |
MONTJOY, James M. | 18 | PVT | York | WIA, Bentonville, NC, 21 Mar 1865 |
MOORE, Daniel D. | 35 | SGT | York | WIA, White Oak Swamp, VA |
MOORE, Edward | 37 | 1LT | York | WIA, Cold Harbor, VA, 30 May 1864 DOW at Richmond, VA, 11 Jun 1864 |
MURPHY, A. M. B. | . | PVT | York | . |
MURTISHAW, William H. | . | PVT | York | Transferred to Co. B, 18th SC Infantry, 12 Dec 1864 |
MYERS, Isaac N. | 17 | PVT | Union | Transferred to Co. I, 18th SC Infantry, 1863 |
NOLAND, James F. | . | PVT | York | . |
PARKER, Eleazer | . | PVT | Union | Captured at Bentonville, NC, 22 Mar 1865 |
PHILLIPS, Milton | 31 | PVT | Union | . |
POOL, John Albert | . | PVT | Spartanburg | . |
QUINN, W. H. | 44 | PVT | Union | Never reported for duty |
RICHARDS, M. G. Berry | . | 2LT | Laurens | DOW at Smithfield, NC, 27 Mar 1865 |
RICHARDS, John C. | . | SGT | Union | . |
ROBERTSON, William S. B. | 39 | PVT | Union | . |
ROCHESTER, George W. | 17 | PVT | Union | . |
SADLER, Hezekiah H. | . | PVT | York | KIA, Trevilian Station, VA, 11 Jun 1864 |
SADLER, John S. | 26 | PVT | York | Captured at Stoney Creek, VA, 1 Dec 1864 |
SADLER, Samuel N. | . | PVT | York | . |
SADLER, William B. | . | PVT | York | . |
SAVAGE, William M. | . | PVT | Union | Claimed exemption as black-smith |
SCOTT, Lee | . | PVT | Union | DOD in hospital at Danville, VA, 22 Dec 1864 |
SEXTON, Curran P. | 17 | PVT | Union | WIA Price's Farm, VA, 28 May 1864. DOW in hospital at Richmond, VA, 16 Jun 1864 |
SEXTON, Francis M. | 17 | CPL | Union | . |
SHUTTLESWORTH, George C. | . | PVT | Union | . |
SMITH, John W. | . | PVT | Union | . |
SPARKS, Barham W. | . | PVT | Union | . |
STROUD, Isaac T. | 17 | PVT | Union | WIA near Fayetteville, NC, 1865 |
SUBER, William P. | 22 | PVT | Newberry | DOD in hospital |
SUMNER, John R. | 17 | PVT | Union | WIA, Trevilian Station, VA, 11 Jun 1864 |
SUMNER, Marion M. | . | PVT | Union | WIA, Burgess' Mill, VA, 27 Oct 1864 |
TUCKER, Elijah | . | PVT | Union | Discharged for disability, Columbia, SC, 3 Feb 1863 |
TURNER, James B. | . | PVT | Union | WIA, Darbytown Road, VA, 19 Aug 1864 |
VINSON, James W. | 17 | PVT | Union | Transferred to Co. A, RMRHA, 15 Dec 1863 |
VINSON, William L. (Bones) | 17 | PVT | Union | Discharged, 13 Oct 1863 |
VINSON, W. J. | . | PVT | Union | . |
WALKER, Landon M. E. | 17 | PVT | Union | . |
WALKER, William M. | . | PVT | York | Divison blacksmith |
WATERS, Henry C. | . | PVT | Union | . |
WEBSTER, John R. | . | PVT | Union | Captured at Stoney Creek, VA, 1 Dec 1864 |
WELBOURNE, Monroe W. | . | CPL | Union | DOW in hospital at Charlottes-ville, VA, 15 Jul 1864 |
WHITMIRE, K. C. | . | PVT | Union | . |
WHITMIRE, William Bobo | . | PVT | Union | DOW in hospital at Charlottes-ville, VA, 25 Jun 1864 |
WILBURN, Monroe W. | . | PVT | Union | DOD in hospital at Charlottes-ville, VA, 10 Jul 1864 |
WILBURN, Sanford | 19 | PVT | Union | Died at Cedar Bluff, Union Co., SC, 29 Jun 1912. Buried in Padgett Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Co., SC. |
WILBURN, Thomas | . | PVT | Union | |
WILLIAMS, C. Knox | 36 | SGT | York | Transferred to Co. K, 17th SC Infantry, 1 Nov 1863 |
WILLIAMS, Harvey J. | 36 | PVT | Union | . |
WILLIAMS, Jonathan B. | 18 | PVT | York | . |
WILLIAMSON, James B. | . | PVT | York | . |
WILSON, Thomas W. | 18 | PVT | Union | . |
WIX, Benjamin F. | 16 | PVT | Union | . |
WIX, John T. | 40 | PVT | Union | . |
WOOTEN, John E. | 37 | PVT | Union | . |
YOUNGBLOOD, Thomas H. | . | PVT | York | . |
Record of Events: Harlan's Co. SC Cavalry
30 Dec 1862. Station: Columbia, SC.
Record of Events:Co. K, 5th SC Cavalry
Undated [received at A.&I.G.O., 28 Apr 1863]. Station: Pocotaligo, SC.
Mar & Apr 1863. Station: Charleston, SC.
29 Jun 1863. Station: Charleston, SC.
Jul & Aug 1863. Station: Kenansville, NC.
Sep & Oct 1863. Station: Kenansville, Duplin Co., NC.
Nov & Dec 1863. Station: Wilmington, NC.
Jan & Feb 1864. Station: Camp Badger [Wilmington], NC.
Mar & Apr 1864. Station: Wilmington, NC.
30 Apr-31 Aug 1864. Station: Gravelly Run, VA.
Sep & Oct 1864. Station: Armstrong's Mill, VA.
This Company was engaged in the fight on the 28 Sept. and again on the 1 Oct., 1864, near the Vaughn Road in Dinwiddie County, Va. On the 27 October 1864, were again engaged in the fight near Burgess Mills in Dinwiddie County, Va.
Engagements:
Newport Barracks (Sheppardsville), NC, 2 February 1864.
Chester Station, VA, 10 May 1864.
Swift Creek, VA, 12 May 1864.
Drewry's Bluff, VA, 16 May 1864.
Atkinson's Farm, VA 17 May 1864.
South Side, VA, 18 May 1864.
Charles City C.H. (Wilson's Wharf/Kenner's Point),VA, 24 May 1864.
Haws' Shop (Price's Farm), VA, 28 May 1864.
Atlee's Station, VA, 29 May 1864.
Cold Harbor (Mattadaquin Creek), VA, 30 May 1864.
Trevilian Station, VA, 11-12 June 1864.
White House, VA, 20-21 June 1864.
Nance's Shop (Samaria Church), VA, 24 June 1864.
Stoney Creek (Sappony Church), VA, 29 June 1864.
Gravelly Run (Reams' Station), VA, 23 August 1864.
Wyatt's Farm, VA, 29 September 1864.
Vaughan Road (McDowell's), VA, 1 October 1864.
Stoney Creek, VA, 1 December 1864.
Monroe's Crossroads (Kilpatrick's Cavalry Camp), NC, 10 March 1865.
Averysborough, NC, 16 March 1865.
Bentonville, NC, 19-21 March 1865.
Informationn donated by Fred Knudsen.
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