Book Description

The South Carolina 110th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Marion, near Georgetown, South Carolina, in July, 1861. Its members were raised in the counties of Georgetown, Horry, Williamsburg, Marion, and Charleston. The regiment moved to Cat Island where many of the men suffered from typhoid fever, measles, and mumps. In March, 1862, it was sent to Mississippi, then in the Kentucky Campaign it was involved in the capture of Munfordsville. During the war it was assigned to General Manigault's and Sharp's Brigade and from September, 1863 to April, 1864, was consolidated with the 19th Regiment. The unit served with the Army of Tennessee from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, endured Hood's winter campaign in Tennessee, and saw action in North Carolina. It lost 16 killed, 91 wounded, and 2 missing at Murfreesboro, and the 10th/19th had 236 killed or wounded at Chickamauga and totaled 436 men and 293 arms in December, 1863. During the Atlanta Campaign, July 20-28, the 10th Regiment lost 19 of 24 officers engaged and surrendered on April 26, 1865, with no officers and 55 men. Company A, Georgetown Rifle Guards, (Georgetown, ) Company B, Brooks Guards, (Horry, ) Capt. J. H. Norman. Company C, Lake Swamp Volunteers, (Horry, ) Company D, Wee Nee Volunteers, (Williamsburg, ) Capt. R. M. Gourdin. Company E, Black Mingo Rifle Guards, (Williamsburg, ) Company F, Pee Dee Rangers, (Marion, ). Company H, Liberty Volunteers, (Williamsburg, ) Company-, Carvers Bay Palmetto Rifle Guards, (Georgetown, ). Company K, Eutaw Volunteers, (Charleston