1st South Carolina Rifle Regiment

the Confederate regiment the Union regiment 1st South Carolina Colored Infantry Regiment the Continental Army unit 1st South Carolina Regiment August 2013 1st (Orr's) South Carolina Rifle Regiment Flag of South Carolina.svg Flag of South Carolina July 20, 1861, to April 10, 1865 Confederate States of America CSA border|30px|Dixie Confederate States Army Infantry American Civil War Seven Days Battles Beaver Dam Creek Gaines' Mill Frayser's Farm Cedar Mountain Manassas Station Operations Second Manassas Ox Hill Harpers Ferry Sharpsburg Shepherdstown Fredericksburg Chancellorsville Gettysburg Bristoe Station Mine Run The Wilderness Spotsylvania Court House North Anna Cold Harbor Petersburg Siege Jerusalem Plank Road Fussell's Mill Second Ream's Station Peebles' Farm Boydton Plank Road Third Petersburg Appomattox Campaign Orr's Rifles was a South Carolina infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. History Formation On 20 July 1861, James Lawrence Orr organized the First South Carolina Rifle Regiment at Sandy Springs. He was elected Colonel; J. Foster Marshall was elected Lt. Colonel, and Daniel A. Ledbetter, Major. Ten companies were recruited in the following districts (counties were known as districts between 1800 & 1868).http://scgen.org/orr.htm Colonel James Lawrence Orr South Carolina Genealogical Society dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120130084207/http://scgen.org/orr.htm 30 January 2012 + Company: Nickname District Captain A: "the Keowee Riflemen" Pickens J.W. Livingston B: "McDuffie's Guards" Abbeville James Perrin C: "the Mountain Boys" Pickens J.J. Norton D: "Orr's Rifles" Anderson Frank E. Harrison E: "the Oconee Riflemen" Pickens Miles M. Norton F: "the Blue Ridge Rifles" Pickens Robert A. Hawthorne G: "the Marshall Riflemen" Abbeville G. McDuffie Miller H: "the Pee Dee Guards" Marion George M. FairleeI: not created K: "the Marshall Guards" Anderson George W. Cox L: "the Calhoun Guards" Anderson John B. Moore The regiment had seen no action by the time Orr left, but the name "Orr's Rifles" stuck throughout the war. Initial duty First posted to Sullivan's Island, SC to defend Charleston Harbor, others called them the "Pound Cake Regiment" in reference to their "light" garrison duty.https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Southern_Historical_Society_Papers/Volume_27/Orr%27s_South_Carolina_Rifles Orr's South Carolina Rifles J. W. Mattison Southern Historical Society Papers 27 157–165 1899 The 20th SC Infantry was referred to as the "Poundcake Brigade" on account of limited engagements and they were so close to home, their families could bring them poundcake or other treats. Transfer to Army of Northern Virginia In April 1862, the full-strength 1,000-man unit was transferred to Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia (ANV). In June, it was incorporated into Gregg's Brigade, of A.P. Hill's Light Division, of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson Corps (often termed the "Left Wing" early in the war). Surrender right|thumb|150px|Dr. William McNeill Whistler of the 1st S.C.R.R. Lee surrendered the ANV, including Orr's Rifles, at Appomattox Court House on 9 April 1865. After three years of combat, the regiment comprised 9 officers and 148 enlisted men. Flags The regiment was known to have carried 3 flags during the War. The first was given to the regiment was on February 25th, 1861. It had a white silk field with the states coat of arms in the center.New-York daily tribune, March 2, 1861, p.6 The second flag was presented to the regiment on October 4th of the same year. It had a blue field with a palmetto in the center and a crescent moon in the corner both in white. Around the top of the palmetto tree are the words "FIRST REGIMENT OF RIFLES, SoCa. VOLUNTEERS," in gold. At the based of the tree is the date "OCT. 4-1861."An Interview with Kristina Dunn Johnson https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/interview-kristina-dunn-johnson 2026-09-17 American Battlefield Trust en The third flag was carried into the Battle of Malvern Hill and it bore a blue field with a red palmetto in the center, unknown when it was made.The Washington herald, October 13, 1918, p.16 See also List of South Carolina Confederate Civil War units References External links Regiment details National Park Service FamilySearch.org https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233631/https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/1st_Regiment%2C_South_Carolina_Rifles_%28Orr%27s%29 2016-03-03 South Carolina Civil War Relic Room & Military Museum: includes picture of the Regiment's flag https://web.archive.org/web/20121128114859/http://www.crr.sc.gov/exhibits/Pages/civil_war.aspx 2012-11-28 South Carolina Genealogical Society Regiment rosters National Park Service Ancestry.com http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System National Park Service Category:Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from South Carolina Category:1861 establishments in South Carolina Category:Military units and formations established in 1861