The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-12-28
DID HER DUTY.
South Carolina Furnished 73, 900
Soldiers for the Confederacy.
STATE HISTORIANS REPORT
Compilation of interesting Facts
and Figures Regarding this
States Quota in the
Civil War.

Civil War.
Following is the annual report Of Col.
John P. Thomas, State historian OF
Confederate records for the year 1898:
To His Excellency, ". Fl. Ellerbe,
Governor of South Carolina.
Sir:-I have the honor to submit
through you to the general assembly
my annual report, together with the pa
pers,. enclosed herewith, marked A, B
and C, as we'll as addenda to report,
marked D and E.
Schedule A shows the total number
of troops furnished for service, Confed-
crate and State, by South Carolina with
other pertinent data-as appears from
rolls filed in this Office to December 20,
1898.
Schedule B gives number of rolls,
in addition to those embraced in Seized.
ule A, bearing on the same subject,
and augmenting the volume Of service
in the war.
Schedule G is the financial statement.
Addendum D and addendum Z give
acts in relation to the Confederate war
from the statutes at large of South Car
olina, and the list from the adjutant's
report, in appendix to journal OF fourth
session Of the South Carolina conven-
tion, exhibiting the approximate esti-
mate Of the strength of the force from
this State in the Confederate service on
Both August, 1862.
In my initial report, made less than
three months after my appointment to
Office and presented at the last session
of the general assembly, after stating
that I had found time to do no more
than to ascertain and present the exact
status of the Office work when | as
sumed charge, added: AS for the
future, in order to complete the work
provided for in the joint resolution of
Of December 20, 1893, it will be neces-
sary to devise some efficient mode Of Sc
curing the rolls out and missing, and,
this done, the next step would be for
the commissioner and historian to Sc
cure the necessary data for the history
that it is intended shall accompany the
completed rolls-a history Of the part
taken by the State in the late war and
that taken by the troops furnished by
the State to the Southern Confederacy.
I am profoundly gratifed to report in
Gods providence, through persistent
efforts and many ways and means, /
have been enabled to accomplish the
the work thus outlined.
Not only have all the Confederate
rolls proper-infantry, cavalry and ar
tillery, including the field and staff Of
regiments and battalions-been secured,
but there have been obtained rolls OF 80
companies Of State troops, as well as a
number Of rolls Of various kinds outside
Of the regular organizations, but close.
ly identified therewith-making grand
| total Of 598 in all.
In addition, in furtherance Of the
work of my Office as defined by legisla-
tive enactment, there have been col
lected and put in good shape and fled
in my office many valuable historic
sketches, connected with the rolls. 1t
is not proposed here to give thorough
analysis of schedules A and B append
ed to this report. They speak for
themselves sadly and yet proudly, tell
ing how South Carolina and the States
Confederate with her rivalled "the
grandeur that was Greece and the glory
that was Rome" in their years Of une-
quail and unequalled war.
The following tables give the numeri-
cal results of the rolls in the respective
departments of service. Few Of the
rolls, it must be conceded, are absolute
ly complete, since many Of them omit
important data. In the matter, how
ever, of the enrollment-which is the
main thing-the figures, though doubt
less below the mark, may be deemed
approximately correct.
A careful collation. of all the data at
tainable gives the annexed results:
Infantry-Field and staff 764, Of which
number 81 died in battle or from
wounds, 10 were wounded, "a were cap
tured and SO surrendered. There were
1888 captains; 66 first lieutenants, 789
second lieutenants, 296 third lieuten-
ants, ,423 sergeants, 2,039 corporals
36, $40 privates, making total Of A, :
1856. Of this number 6,237 died in
battle, $3.50 of disease, 64S in prison,
1852 wounded, 1902 captured, total
number of casualties, 1920. The
number surrendered was 4, 469; desert
ers PIG.
Cavalry-Field and staff "A, died in
battle or from wounds 4, wounded s,
surrendered 16. Line o6icers-Cap-
tains 1873, first lieutenants l09, second
lieutenaats Ill, third lieutenants 36,
sergeants, 455 corporals 3S9, privates T..
767, total, 9,O42. Died in battle 40. Of
disease 40l, in prison 81, wounded 524,
captured 1874, total casualties 1861,
surrendered !, ,551, deserted II.
Artillery-Eield and staff 81, died IN
battle 3, wounded 3, captured l, sur
renderedS. Line officers captains IS,
first lieutenants 12s, second lieuten-
ants 1O4, third lieutenants IA, sergeants
341, corporals 354, priyates Z, l33, total
S.O75. Killed in battle 2l3, died Of
disease 2O2, died in prison IS, wound
ed 296, captured so, total casualties
796, surrendered l, ,222.
In the State troops there were l6
field officers, 76 captains. II first lieu
tenants, 1O4 Second Lieutenants 30
third lieuenants, 215 sergeants 0 l9l
corporals, 4,231 privates, making a
total Of 1923.
The grand total of troops sent out
from the State was as follows: Officers
4, 456, enlisted men 81, l06, total Sc, ,53l.
The total number Of effective men was
81, 1856. There ,iere 1924 deaths on
the field, 725 in prison, 5,6S7 Of dis
ease, wounded 1890, captured l,776,
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