The
Manning Guards were the original color company of the
Hampton Legion Infantry. Company
C was primarily recruited from Clarendon
District, with a
significant number of initial enlistees coming from
Sumter District as
well. Its initial captain was Brown Manning from
Manchester, the
brother of former governor John L. Manning and the son
of former
Governor Lawrence I. Manning. Company C
was mustered into
Confederate service for a term of one year at Camp
Hampton, Columbia,
on June 19, 1861. It had a heavy sprinkling of
sons of socially
prominent planters.
The Company first saw action at First Manassas on July
21, 1861, where the Legion sustained 125 casualties
out of 600 men engaged. It next saw major action
at Seven Pines on May 31, 1862, where the Legion
suffered a casualty loss of 40% of its strength.
Following this engagement, the Legion was assigned to
the Texas Brigade of John Bell Hood, and fought with
the Texans in the battles of Gaines Mill, Second
Manassas, and Sharpsburg.
Transferred to Jenkins South
Carolina brigade in November 1862, the Legion was
augmented to the strength of a regiment,. It
remained in Jenkins' Brigade until March 1864..
Wracked by heavy losses in battle and by disease, the
company was unable to voluntarily enlist a sufficient
number of recruits to maintain its strength, and a
fair number of conscripts were received in its ranks
form other parts of the State.
In April, 1864, the Legion was
converted to mounted infantry, and assigned to a
cavalry brigade commanded by Brigadier General Martin
W. Gary. Company C faithfully served in Gary's
cavalry and followed him to Appomattox, where the
remnant of the company was paroled.
The men who were original
members of the company when it was mustered into
Confederate service on June 19, 1861, are marked by an
asterisk.
OFFICERS
- Alford, James
McNair L., 3 LT; Marlboro District; 3 LT in K/8
S.C., and 3 LT N/20 S.C.
- Benbow, Henry
Laurens*, 3 LT; Clarendon Dist;
later COL 23 S.C.
Campbell, Richard S.*, 1 LT; Clarendon
- Dingle, James
Hervey, Jr*., 1 LT, Clarendon and
Charleston; promoted MAJ and KIA Sharpsburg 17 Sep
62 while holding the colors up. His dying
words were "Legion, follow your flag."
- Haynesworth, John
Richard*, 3 LT; Sumter; mortally
WIA 1 Manassas and died of wounds 21 Aug 61
- Huggins, George
Allen*, CAPT, Clarendon
(Resigned)
James, John Harper Matthew*, CAPT, Clarendon; last
captain of company
- Kelley, James D.*, 3 LT; Clarendon, died of
disease 11 Sep 62
- Lesesne, William
Theodore*, CAPT (Resigned),
Clarendon
- Manning, Brown,
CAPT *(not reelected), Sumter;
later 1 LT/Aide de Camp to BGEN James Cantey
- Nelson, William
Calvin*, 3 LT, Clarendon; not
reelected
- Witherspoon,
William Vaughan*, 2 LT, Clarendon
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
- Billups, 1 SGT*, Clarendon
- Clark, John
William*, 4 CPL, Clarendon
- Connors, Charles C*., 5 SGT, Clarendon
- Coogler, J.
Francis*, 3 SGT, Clarendon
- Darby, Artemus
Elliott*, 2 SGT, Clarendon;
later private A/2 S.C. CAV; original color
bearer of Legion
- Davis, Thomas
Newton*, 3 SGT, Clarendon
- Dean, Hugh Wilson*, 3 CPL, Clarendon
- Dorrity, Andrew J*., 1 SGT, Clarendon; died
of pneumonia at Knoxville, Tenn. 8 Jan 64 as POW
- Gaillard, Samuel
Isaac*, 1 SGT; Sumter; promoted
Sergeant Major and transferred to Legion Staff
- Graham, Joseph
Elliott*, SGT, Clarendon or Sumter;
mortally WIA Tilghman's Gate 27 Jul 64; DOW 31 Jul
64
- Hammett, William
James Nelson*, 1 SGT, Clarendon; KIA
Seven Pines 31 May 62
- Haynesworth,
George Edward (Tuck)*, 2 SGT, Sumter; later 1 LT
1 S.C. Regulars (Artillery); fired first shot of war
at the Star of the West 9 Jan 61
- Kelley, Benjamin
P., 2 CPL, Clarendon
- Kelley, Henry M.*, 5 CPL, Clarendon
- McCall, Charles
Spencer, 5 CPL, Marlboro; previously Co. L and N/20
S.C. (leader of the Red Shirts in Marlboro in 1876)
McKnight, William Hilliard*, 1 CPL, Clarendon, KIA
Seven Pines 31 May 62
- Mahoney, Henry D.*, 4 SGT, Clarendon
- Martin, Charles W.*, 3 CPL, Clarendon; later
in I/23 S.C., KIA Five Forks 1 Apr 65
- Patterson, Samuel,
5 CPL, Sumter, KIA 2 Manassas 30 Aug 62
- Singleton, Thomas
Day*, 1 CPL, Sumter, died of
pneumonia at Occoquan, Va 13 Feb 62
- Sullivan, Samuel
W.*, 2 SGT, Clarendon
Tindall, Richard W., 4 CPL, Sumter
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PRIVATES
- Alexander, J.
Wesley, Sumter
- Alford, Robert
Hurlbut, Marlboro (formerly in L/8 S.C.)
- Allen, Franklin
A., Laurens
- Anderson, William
J., Sumter
Baggett, Benjamin H., Clarendon* (later in I/23
S.C.)
- Bagnal, John
Conyers*, Manning
Barwick, Benjamin Jasper*, Sumter, later in
I/23 S.C., and then H/5 S. C. CAV
- Barwick, Lawrence
Newton*, Sumter, later in H/5 S.
C. CAV, then in I/23 S.C.
- Berry, N. T.,
Marion, previously in D/Manigualt's BN; died of
disease 7 Oct 64
- Bethea, Robert
Cochran, Pike County, Miss (visiting in Marion
District when conscripted), previously in E/7 MISS
- Biggart, William
A., Lancaster
- Blackwell, Michael
J., Sumter; later in A/Holcombe Legion CAV; then K/1
S.C. (Hagood's); then transferred to G/Hampton
Legion
- Bouchett, Thomas
J.*, Clarendon
- Bowers, James F.;
died pneumonia Camp Chase 15 Feb 65
- Bowers, Nathaniel
J.
- Boynton, Moses B.,
Barnwell
- Brady, Patrick,
Clarendon
- Brailsford,
Theodore W.*, Jr., Clarendon; later in
H/5 S.C. CAV
Brigman, Thomas
Jefferson, Marion
- Bullard, Charles
W., Marlboro; previously in N/20 S.C.
- Bullard, George
W., Marlboro; previously in N/20 S.C.
- Burgess, Robert
Warren*, Clarendon; later in I/25
S.C.; WIA Drewry's Bluff 22 May 654; DOW 30 May 64
- Burgess, Samuel
Edward*, Clarendon, died typhoid
fever Bacon Race Church, Va. 12 Sep 61
- Burgess, William
Robinson*, later Assistant surgeon
24 S.C.
- Calder, Arthur,
Marlboro, previously in L, N/20 S.C.
- Calder, Robert,
Marlboro; previously in B/24 S.C; N/20 S.C.
- Calder, Stanford,
Marlboro, previously in F/21 S.C. and N/20 S.C.
- Calder, William
F., Marlboro, previously in G/23 S.C., and L, N/20
S.C.
- Calhoun, Duncan
Archibald, Marlboro, previously in N/20 S.C.
- Cantrell, John
Tyler, Spartanburg; previously in F/22 S.C.; later
in H/Palmetto Sharpshooters
- Chandler, Samuel
Thomas*, Clarendon; WIA and
POW Seven Pines 31 May 62; DOW Fortress Monroe
26 Jun 62
- Clary, Michael J.,
Sumter
- Clopton, George
W., Laurens; transferred to D/27 S.C.
- Cobia, William
Francis*, Clarendon
Cochran, James B.*, Sumter or Clarendon;
later in H/1 S.C. Regulars
- Cole, Sidney F.*, Clarendon
- Creighton, James
D., Lancaster
- Crow, James R.,
Union
- Cuttino, William
H., Sumter; transferred from Co. A, Hampton Legion
(original PVT of that company)
- Davis,
Samuel James, Clarendon, KIA 2 Manassas 29 Aug 62
- Davis,
William A.; Clarendon; died Richmond of typhoid
fever 14 May 62
- Davis,
William Harvin, Clarendon; previously in F/6 S.C.
CAV
- Dean, Robert
M., Clarendon
- Derakin, Samuel*, Clarendon
- Dinkins, William
E.*, Clarendon, later in A/5
S.C. BN State Troops
- Dove, William R.,
Fairfield; previously in C/6 S.C., and F/6 S.C.
Reserves
DuBose, David St.
Pierre, Jr.*, Clarendon; later CAPT K/7
S.C. CAV
- Dukes, George
Harper*, Clarendon; later in H/5
S.C. CAV
- Duncan, John G.,
Charleston
- Eikerenkoetter
(Cutter), John F.*, Clarendon
- Felder, William E.*, Sumter, later in D/2
S.C.; KIA Gettysburg 2 Jul 63
- Fletcher, John K.,
Marlboro; previously in G/8 S.C. and N/20 S.C.
- Fletcher, Joshua
D., Marlboro, previously in N/20 S.C.
- Floyd, Osborne,
Lancaster
- Ford, Jacob,
Chester; previously in B/4 S.C. CAV
- Ford, Shepherd,
Chester; previously in B/4 S.C. CAV
- Ford, Thomas,
Chester; previously in B/4 S.C. CAV
- Frith, Thomas E.,
Abbeville; previously in K/15 S.C.
- Gamble, James M.,
Clarendon, previously in I/23 S.C.; transferred to
I/25 S.C.
- Gayle, David C.,
Clarendon
- Geddings, Abraham
W.*, Clarendon; later in E/1
S.C.
- Gee, Samuel*, Clarendon, trans. to E/8
S.C.; KIA Gettysburg 2 Jul 63
- Goines, John
R., Lancaster; previously in D/10 S.C. CAV BN
- Griffin, Lawrence
M.*, Clarendon, died of
typhoid fever at Brentsville, Va. 19 Aug 61
- Griffin,
Robert H.*, Clarendon; later
in I/23 S.C.
- Gruver, J. T.
- Habersham, Richard
Wylly*, Clarendon, later in 2
S.C. Reserve BN; and Milledge's (GA) Artillery
Battery
- Hammett, James
Harvey, Clarendon
- Harrington, John
J.; died at home of disease Jul-Aug 64
- Harrison, John F.
- Harvin, J. Joseph*, Clarendon;
died typhoid fever 31 Jan 62
- Harvin, Septimus
Arthur*, Clarendon,
- Hodge, John
William, Clarendon
- Hodge, Samuel
David P., Marlboro, previously in N/20 S.C.
- Horton,
Christopher Columbus, Kershaw
- Horton, James
Jefferson, Kershaw
- Horton, Joseph W.,
Jr.*, Clarendon; later in H/5
S.C. CAV
- Horton, William
Starling, Lancaster; previously in 9 S.C.
- Humphrey, Samuel
Robert*, Clarendon; KIA 2 Manassas
30 Aug 62
- Jacobs, Abram L.
(Little Jake)*, Clarendon, WIA Campbell's
Station 16 Nov 63, and DOW (no date given) Emory
& Henry College Hosp, Emory, Va.
- Jenkins, William
Walker*, York (?), later in D/2
S.C., then I/6 S.C. CAV
- Jennings, Henry
D., Clarendon; previously in D/4 S.C. Reserves, then
Bachman's Artillery Battery
- Johnson, John W.,
Clarendon; died of measles at Ashland, Va. 18 Apr 62
- Johnson, Robert
Russell*, Clarendon, WIA Seven
Pines 31 May 62, died of complications of wound in
Clarendon Dist 6 Apr 63
King, Felix Long*, Clarendon; later in H/5
S.C. CAV; murdered at Charleston 13 Feb 64
- King, William C.*, Clarendon, KIA 1 Manassas
21 Jul 61
- Lamb, William D.,
Marion; previously in C/18 S.C. Heavy ART BN; then
C/3 S.C. State Troops
- LeMaster, John N.
(or M.), Spartanburg
- Lesesne, Charles
Frederick*, Clarendon
- Lesesne, James J.,
Sumter, previously in D/2 S.C.
Lesesne, Nabor DeKalb*, Williamsburg, WIA 1
Manassas 21 Jul 61; died of wound 29 Aug 61 at
Richmond
- Lipscomb, William
Smith, Union, previously in F/18 S.C., 1
S.C. BN, and H/27 S.C.
- Livingston, John
B.. Clarendon; later in C/2 S.C. CAV (became a
notorious scalawag office holder in Orangeburg
during Reconstruction)
- Lynch, Thomas*, Clarendon; KIA 1 Manassas
21 Jul 61
- McAbee, Albert,
Spartanburg; previously in C/13 S.C.
- McCall, William
H., Marion (Florence Section)
- McFaddin, J. Minto*, Clarendon
- McIntosh, S.
Edward, Clarendon; previously in C/9 S.C.
- McKnight, Robert
Mathew*, later in G/7 S.C. CAV
- McLaurin, Henry
James*, Sumter, later Assistant
Surgeon
- McLaurin, John
Franklin, Marlboro; previously in K/8 S.C., and
L, N/20 S.C.
- McLeod, Albert S.,
Clarendon; previously in C/9 S.C. and K/6 S.C.
- McLeod, James G.*, Clarendon (Sumter postwar)
McLeod, John C.*, Clarendon (Kershaw
postwar)
- McNeill, Alexander
M., Chester; previously in A/6 S.C. Res.
- Manning, Richard
Irvine, Jr.*, Sumter, later 1 LT ADC to
Gen Joseph E. Johnston
- Martin, Alfred A.,
Orangeburg
- Martin, William
Tribue; probably Richland; trans to L/8 S.C.
- Messer, John M.,
Darlington, previously in G/6 S.C. CAV
- Miller, James W.,
Chester, previously in A/6 S.C. Reserves
- Miller, Simeon E.;
trans to F/3 S.C. (Palmetto) ART BN
- Monagham, Thomas,
Sumter
- Moses, Abram
DeLeon, Sumter; previously in Wise's (VA) Legion;
later Paymaster, C S. Navy
- Moses, Isaac
Calhoun; Sumter; previously in Wise's (VA)
Legion; later Assistant Paymaster, C. S. Navy;
name changed to Perry M. DeLeon during war
Nelson, Richard Manning*, Clarendon; trans to G/6
S.C. CAV
- Nelson, Theodore
McFadden, Clarendon, KIA 2 Manassas 30 Aug 62;
previously in C/ 9 S.C.
- O'Hara, John*, Clarendon
- Pack, Benjamin
Joseph*, Clarendon; WIA 2 Manassas
30 Aug 62; DOW Warrenton, Va 18 Sep 62
- Plowden, Gabriel
Whitfield*, Clarendon
- Plowden, Isaac
Belton*, WIA 2 Manassas 30 Aug 62;
DOW Warrenton 19 Sep 62
- Plowden, W.
Burgess, Clarendon; previously C/21 S.C.
- Pool, Stephen M.,
Pickens (Oconee Section); previously in E/1 S.C.
Rifles
- Ragin, John F.*, Clarendon, later in H/5
S.C. CAV
Ragin, Rufus A.*, Clarendon
- Reardon, James J.;
Clarendon, died Richmond of disease early 1864
- Rhame, James O.*, Clarendon, died typhoid
fever Prince William County, Va. 30 Nov 61
- Rhame, John Boyd*, Clarendon, died typhoid
fever at Culpeper, Va. 17 Aug 61
- Rice, J. P.
- Richardson,
Richard Charles, Jr.*, Clarendon; later in K/4
S.C. CAV
- Richbourg,
Augustus Baxter, Clarendon*, KIA Seven Pines 31 May 62
- Richbourg, Edwin
Nathan, Clarendon*, KIA Seven Pines 31 May 62
Richbourg, Elihu N., Clarendon*; WIA Seven Pines 31 May
62; died at home (probably of wounds) 31 Dec 62
- Richbourg, Rufus
Nathaniel*, Clarendon; later in
cavalry
- Ridgeway, Lawrence
M., Clarendon; later in F/5 S.C. Reserve BN
- Ridgill, William
J. W.*, Clarendon
- Robinson, Richard
T., Lancaster
- Rogers, Philip
Berry, Marion (Dillon Section)
- Rollins, William
L. D., Spartanburg; previously in I/9 S.C., then
K/Palmetto Sharpshooters; after service with Company
C, transferred back to K/Palmetto Sharpshooters
- Rozier, John R.,
Marion (Dillon Section)
- Sanders, Moses P.,
Marlboro, previously in E/4 S.C. CAV and N/20 S.C.
- Scarborough, James
Hastings*, Clarendon (?), KIA 1
Manassas 21 Jul 61
- Shepherd, John H.,
died in hospital Richmond 30 Jul 64
- Sinclair, Daniel
C., Marlboro; previously in G/23 S.C.
- Sings, John
Washington*, Clarendon, died Richmond
of typhoid pneumonia 27 Apr 62
- Skinner, Benjamin
Witherspoon*, Clarendon, died at home
17 Feb 62
- Small, Samuel
Montgomery, Lancaster; previously in E/12 S.C.
- Smith, J. C.
- Stephens, Calvin
S., Spartanburg, previously in K/Palmetto
Sharpshooters,
- Strange, John
Pringle*, Clarendon
- Strange, Joseph
Davy*, Clarendon; died of
typhoid fever and measles at Bacon Race Church, Va,
28 Sep 61
- Stuart, Samuel*, Clarendon; KIA Seven
Pines 31 May 62
- Stukes, John M.*, Clarendon
- Stukes, Samuel
James*, Clarendon; KIA Seven
Pines
- Thames, Rufus M.,
Jr.*, Clarendon;
died typhoid fever at Brentsville, Va. 6 Sep 61
- Thames, Thomas
Lemuel, Clarendon; died at home of chronic diarrhea
10 Mar 63
- Thomas, Jesse N.,
Clarendon; previously in C/9 S.C.
- Thomas, William,
Clarendon; promoted to Chaplain of Legion for
bravery at Campbell's Station (went to the side of a
wounded soldier to pray for him while under heavy
artillery fire)
- Thompson, John D.*, Clarendon; later in
Reserves and KIA Dingle's Mill 9 Apr 65
- Thompson, William
B., Clarendon
- Tindall, Benjamin
M.*, Clarendon
- Tindall, Henry L*., Clarendon, KIA Seven
Pines 31 May 62
- Tindall, John J.,
Clarendon, previously in I/22 S.C.
- Touchberry, James
J.*, Clarendon; KIA 1 Manassas
21 Jul
- Touchberry, Joseph
E., Clarendon
- Wade, William D.,
Barnwell, previously in E/2 S.C. ART
- Ward, Andrew
James, probably Greenville; previously in G/3 S.C.
Reserve BN; died as POW at Elmira of chronic
diarrhea 2 Oct 64
- Ward, Hezekiah W.*, Clarendon; trans to I/22
S.C.
- Watts, Julius J.,
Clarendon
- Webb, Louis L.,
Spartanburg
- Wells, Francis A*., probably Clarendon; died
Charlottesville, Va., of typhoid fever 4 Dec 61
- Whitworth, John
Shaw, Sumter, KIA 2 Manassas 30 Aug 62; previously
CAPT C/9 S.C.
- Wilburn, Isaac S.,
died as POW Camp Morton, Ind., 3 Dec 63
- Williams, George
W., Sumter or Clarendon; WIA Seven Pines 31 May 62;
died Richmond of wounds 12 Jun 62
- Williams, Wiley
W., Beaufort; previously in H/Hampton Legion
- Willoughby, James
P., Marion; previously in G/23 S.C. and L, then N/20
S.C.; POW Sailors Creek 6 Apr 65; died as POW of
chronic diarrhea at Newport News 7 May 65
- Wilson, Joseph
Cohen*, Sumter
- Winecoff, Marcus
W.*, Cabarrus County, N.C.;
trans to H/7 N.C.; KIA Kelly's Ford, Va. 8 Nov 63
(probably living in Sumter at time
of enlistment)
- Wise, Andrew
Jackson*, probably Clarendon, later
in Matthews Heavy ART Battery
- Wise, Thomas J., Clarendon*; died Camp Wigfall, Prince
William County, Va of pneumonia 1 Jan 62
- Witherspoon,
Charles Leroy*, Sumter or Clarendon;
later in Arsenal Cadets, Columbia, then H/5 S.C. CAV
- Witherspoon, James
W.*, Clarendon
- Woods, John
Hernando*, Clarendon;
KIA summer 1863
- Wright, R.
S., Edgefield
- Wright, Stephen,
Marion
In addition to the
above, there were six men who were listed on the
initial roll of the company when it left Manchester
for Columbia in June, 1861, but who did not muster in
with the company on June 19. They were:
Boyd, Charles R.
R., Clarendon, later 3 LT D/4 S.C. Reserves
Brunson, D. Oscar,
Clarendon, later in I/23 S.C.
Felder, Robert F.,
Clarendon; later in C/21 S.C.
James, Robert B., Clarendon; later in I/23 S.C.
(prevented by sickness from joining Company C, per
notation on roll)
Rowe, James L.,
Clarendon; later in I/23 S. C., then D/4 S.C. Reserves
Suggs, John
William, later Assistant Surgeon of Marion Artillery,
S. C. State Troops
The following men of Company C --The Manning Guards
were present at the surrender at Appomatox:
Officers
Coogler, J. F.
Mahoney, H. D.
Conners, C. C.
Privates
Bagnall, J. C.
Brady, P.
Biggart, W. A.
Calder, A.
Souis, J. R.
Harvin, W. J. T.
Lesesne, J. T.
Martin, A.
McAbee, M. C.
Plewden, G. W.
Robinson, R. T.
Smail, T. M.
Stukes, J. M.
Lipscomb, W. S.
Theift, T. E.
Source: The
Appomattox Roster. R. A. Brock.
The Southern Historical Society. 1887 - List provided
by Cindy Parker