15th South Carolina Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
* September 10, 1861 - Organized at Lightwood Knot Spring(s?) near Columbia
** ? - Mustered into Confederate service
* November 7, 1861 - Hilton Head
* November 7, 1861 - Port Royal
* June 16, 1862 - Secessionville
* June 21, 1861 - Battle of Bull Run, Virginia (not engaged)
* September 12-15, 1862 - Harper's Ferry
* September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
* September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
* December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
* May 1-4, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
* June 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
* September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
* September=November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
* November 16, 1863 - Campbell's Station
* November-December 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
* November 29, 1863 - Fort Sanders
* December 15, 1863 - Bean's Station
* 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
* August 1864 - Berryville
* October 7, 1864 - near Port Republic
* October 14, 1864 - near Strasburg
* October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
* February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
* March 16, 1865 - Averasboro
* March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
* April 9, 1865 - Consolidated at Smithfield, North Carolina with parts of the following units:
** 7th South Carolina Infantry
** 1st South Carolina (Reserve) Infantry Battalion
** 2nd South Carolina (Reserve) Infantry Battalion
** 6th South Carolina (Reserve) Infantry Battalion
** 7th South Carolina (Reserve) Infantry Battalion
** Re-designated 7th (Consolidated) South Carolina Infantry
DESIGNATIONS
* Department of South Carolina (September-November 1861)
* Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 3rd Military District of South Carolina (November 1861)
* Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 6th Military District of South Carolina (May-June 1862)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / D.R. Jones' Division / Drayton's Brigade (August-November 1862)
* Army of Northern Virginia / Magruder's Command / McLaws' Division / Kershaw's Brigade (November 1862-July 1863)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / McLaws' Division / Kershaw's Brigade (July-September 1863)Originally printed July 1862 - likely a misprint
* Army of Tennessee / Longstreet's Corps / McLaw's Division / Kershaw's Brigade (September-November 1863)
* Department of East Tennessee / McLaw's/Kershaw's Division / Kershaw's Brigade (November 1863-April 1864)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Kershaw's Division / Kershaw's Brigade (April-August 1864)
* Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Kershaw's Division / Kershaw's/Connor's Brigade (August-September 1864)
* Kershaw's Division / Connor's Brigade (returning to the Petersburg lines but recalled) (September 1864)
* Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Kershaw's Division / Connor's Brigade (September-October 1864)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Kershaw's Division / Connor's/Kennedy's Brigade (November 1864-January 1865)
* Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / McLaws' Division / Kennedy's Brigade (January-February 1865)
* Hardee's Corps / McLaws'/Walthall's Division / Kennedy's Brigade (February-April 1865)
== Regimental Roster ==
* First Commander: William D. DeSaussure (Colonel)
* Richard Anderson (Lieutenant Colonel)
* John B. Davis (Colonel)
* Joseph F. Gist (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
* William M. Gist (Major)
* Frederick S. Lewie (Lieutenant Colonel)
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* Dickert, D. Augustus, History of Kershaw's Brigade, With Complete Roll of Companies, Biographical Sketches, Incidents, Anecdotes, etc. 
* (Pages 75, 88-90)
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