5th South Carolina Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
* April 13, 1861 - Organized 
** April 13 - Mustered into South Carolina State service
** June 4, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate service
* July 21, 1861 - Skirmish at Blackburn's Ford, Virginia
* July 21, 1861 - Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
* September 4, 1861 - Great Falls
* April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown 
* April 13, 1862 - Disbanded and reorganized
* May 4, 1862 - Skirmish at Williamsburg
* May 31-June 1, 1862 - Seven Pines
* June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
** June 27, 1862 - Gaines' Mill
** June 30, 1862 - Frayser's Farm
* August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
* September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
* September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
* December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
* October 28-29, 1863 - Wauhatchie
* November-December 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
* May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
* May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
* May 23-26, 1864 - North Anna River
* June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
* June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
* September 30, 1864 - 2nd Fort Harrison
* October 27, 1864 - Williamsburg Road
* April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
** Surrendered
DESIGNATIONS
* Charleston Harbor (April-June 1861)
* Department of Alexandria / Bonham's Brigade (May-June 1861)
* Army of the Potomac / D.R. Jones' Brigade (June-July 1861)
* Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / D.R. Jones' Brigade (July-October 1861)
* Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / 3rd Division / D.R. Jones' Brigade (October 1861)
* Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / 1st Corps / 3rd Division / D.R. Jones' Brigade (October-November 1861)
* Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Division / D.R. Jones' Brigade (November 1861-January 1862)
* Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / Longstreet's Division / D.R. Jones'/R.H. Anderson's Brigade (January-March 1862)
* Department of Northern Virginia / Longstreet's Division / R.H. Anderson's Brigade (March-June 1862)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Division / R.H. Anderson's/Jenkins' Brigade (June-August 1862)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Kemper's Division / Jenkins' Brigade (August-September 1862)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / D.R. Jones'/Pickett's Division / Jenkins' Brigade (September 1862-February 1863)
* Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Pickett's Division / Jenkins' Brigade (February-April 1863)
* Department of Southern Virginia / Pickett's Division / Jenkins' Brigade (April-May 1863)
* Department of Southern Virginia / Jenkins' Brigade (May 1863)
* Department of North Carolina / Jenkins' Brigade (May-July 1863)
* Department of Richmond / Jenkins' Brigade (July 1863)
* Department of Richmond / Ransom's Division / Jenkins' Brigade (July-September 1863)
* Army of Tennessee / Longstreet's Corps / Hood's Division / Jenkins' Brigade (September-November 1863)
* Department of East Tennessee / Hood's/Field's Division / Jenkins' Brigade (November 1863-April 1864)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Field's Division / Jenkins'/Bratton's Brigade (April 1864-April 1865)
== Regimental Roster ==
* First Commander: Micah Jenkins (Colonel)
* Thomas C. Beckham (Major)
* Asbury Coward (Colonel)
* William M. Foster (Major)
* John R.R. Giles (Colonel)
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 69-71)
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