Palmetto Sharpshooters, Co. A, SCV

Palmetto Sharpshooters,
Company A,
Johnson Rifles,
Union County, SC

This unit was formed from the 5th Infantry Company B SCV,
in April 1862.

Officers:
Goss, John Wesley
, Captain/Lt. Colonel (on leave of absence in SC at the end of the war)
Johnson, Richard C., Captain (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Beaty, Christopher L., 2nd Lt./Captain (KIA 8/15/1864)
Kitchens, John T., 1st Lieut. (KIA 6/30/1862 Frayser's Farm)
Mullinax, Joshua, 1st Lieut. (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Comer, Samuel, Corp./2nd Lieut. (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)

Enlisted:
Austell, Joseph L.
, Private
Barnett, Isaac C., Private
Barnett, John W., Private
Barnett, Warren, Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Bearden, Eliphus, Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Buchanan, George G., Private
Buchanan, Jesse B., Private
Carpenter, M.M., Private
Carr, P.J., Private
Carroll, James, Private (wounded 8/14/1864, DOW 8/21/1864)
Comer, Benjamin, Private
Comer, F.M., Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomatox)
Comer, Thomas J., Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Crawford, J.K., Private
Davis, D. Sumpter, Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Davis, J.F.M., Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Davis, R.T., Sergt.
Dunaway, Abram, Private (KIA 8/12/1864 Deep Bottom VA)
Dunaway, Joseph, Private (DOW 10/7/1864 Petersburg VA)
Dunaway, Stephen, Private (KIA 8/12/1864 Deep Bottom VA)
Dunaway, William, Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomttox)
Dunlap, R.D., 2nd Corp. (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Dunlap, William S., Sergt.
Dunn, Silas Y., Corp. (DOW 7/24/1862 Richmond VA)
Dupree, R.F., Private (KIA 6/30/1862 Frayser's Farm)
Eubanks, Joseph, Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Eubanks, Thomason, Private
Fant, J.M., 4th Corp. (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Fincher, C.P., Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Fincher, John M., 3rd Corp. (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Fincher, T.D., Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Flanigan, James, Private (KIA 9/17/1862 Sharpsburg)
Gassaway, C.I., 3rd Sergt. (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Gassaway, Caleb, Corp.
Gassaway, Charles M., Private (KIA 6/30/1862 Frayser's Farm)
Goss, H.L., Private
Gowing, William H., Private
Grady, H.P., 1st Corp. (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Graham, O.B.H., Private
Greer, R.H., Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Gregory, E.H., Private (DOD 6/1862)
Gregory, J.J.E., Private
Griffin, James, Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Hames, L.A., Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Herbison, William, Private
Holkins, B.P., Private (KIA 6/29/1862 Richmond VA)
Holland, D. D., Corp.
Hughes, William G., Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Humphreys, F.M., Private (KIA 6/19/1864 Petersburg VA)
Humphries, John W., Private
Humphries, M.M., Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Humphries, Marion, 1st Sergt. (KIA 6/19/1864)
Humphries, R., Private (DOW 6/19/1864 Petersburg VA)
Hunsucker, A.L. Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Isom, M.C., Private (DOD)
Ison, Williamm F., Private (DOD 7/3/1862)
James, John L., Private (KIA 6/30/1862 Frayser's Farm)
Jamison, Thomas, Private (DOD 7/12/1862)
Johnson, G.W., Private (KIA 6/29/1862 Savage Station VA)
Jones, Newton, Private
Kennedy, James, Private
Killian, A.A., Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Killian, D.E., Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Lawson, Joseph, Private
Lawson, William, Private
Lemaster, William E., Private
Lipsey, Ira, Private
Lipsey, Newton, Private
Lipsey, William, Private
Lloyd, J.G., Private (DOD 4/5/1863)
McCormick, George, Private
McDaniel, Lemuel, Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Mabry, Harvey, Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Malone, John, Private
Malone, Marion, Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Martin, S.G., Private
Mott, J.C., Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Nance, Thomas D., Private (KIA 5/6/1864 Wilderness)
Nethers, James V., Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Norman, Thomas F., Private (KIA 6/30/1862 Frayser's Farm)
Parris, J.W., Private (KIA 6/27/1862)
Parris, P.G., Private
Powell, James F., Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Presley, T.B., Private
Pridmore, George G., Private
Puckett, Calvin, Private
Puckett, John, Private
Ray, Elijah, Corp./Sergt.(POW/DOW 7/18/1862 Philadelphia PA), Buried Philadelphia National Cemetery
Sanders, William H., Private
Sartor, J. Lawrence, Corpl. (KIA 8/14/1864)
Smith, J.D., Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Smith, William, Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
St. Amand, A.W., Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Strange, William, Sergt.
Strong, M.J., Private
Taylor, Thomas, Private
Teague, G.W.L., 2nd Sergt. (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Thomas, D.A., Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Thomas, P.G., Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Tucker, J.B., Private
Turner, John S., Private (KIA 5/31/1862 Seven Pines)
Vaughn, R.N.C., Private, (KIA 10/7/1864 Darbytown)
Walker, James J., Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Wilkins, William, Private
Willard, Caleb Y., Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Willard, Cary W., Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Willard, Cornelius, Private
Willard, Drayton D., Private (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Willard, James, Private
Willard, L.B., 4th Sergt. (paroled 4/9/1865 Appomattox)
Willard, Mabry, Private (DOD 2/1863)
Winebrener, Solomon, Private
Wix, Foster, Private (DOD)
Wix, Hiram, Private (KIA 6/30/1862 Seven Pines)
Wix, J.T., Private

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This roster was compliled from Microfilm at the National Archives:
M267-383 Palmetto (1st Palmetto) Sharp Shooters (Jenkins Regiment) Br - C, M267-384 Palmetto (1st Palmetto) Sharp Shooters (Jenkins Regiment) D - Ge, M267-385 Palmetto (1st Palmetto) Sharp Shooters (Jenkins Regiment) Go - H, M267-386 Palmetto (1st Palmetto) Sharp Shooters (Jenkins Regiment) I - L, M267-387 Palmetto (1st Palmetto) Sharp Shooters (Jenkins Regiment) M, M267-388 Palmetto (1st Palmetto) Sharp Shooters (Jenkins Regiment) N -Sa, M267-389 Palmetto (1st Palmetto) Sharp Shooters (Jenkins Regiment) Sc - T, M267-390 Palmetto (1st Palmetto) Sharp Shooters (Jenkins Regiment) V - Z.