resignations or the
casualties of war. The two regiments remained as first organized, with
few exceptions.

The Third stood, when ready for transportation to Virginia, the 7th of
June, as follows:

James H. Williams, Colonel, Newberry. B.B. Foster, Lieutenant
Colonel, Spartanburg. James M. Baxter, Major, Newberry. W.D.
Rutherford, Adjutant, Newberry.

Company A--B. Conway Garlington, Laurens. Company B--S. Newton
Davidson, Newberry. Company C--R.C. Maffett, Newberry. Company
D--T.B. Furgerson, Spartanburg and Union. Company E--James D.
Nance, Newberry. Company F--T. Walker, Newberry and Laurens.
Company G--R.P. Todd, Laurens. Company H--D. Nunnamaker,
Lexington. Company I--Smith L. Jones, Laurens. Company
K--Benj. Kennedy, Spartanburg. Surgeon--Dr. D.E.
Ewart, Newberry. Quartermaster--John McGowan, Laurens.
Commissary--Sergeant J.N. Martin, Newberry. Chaplain--Rev.
Mayfield.

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SEVENTH SOUTH CAROLINA REGIMENT. Colonel, Thomas G. Bacon.

The following companies were from Abbeville:

Company A, Captain W.W. Perryman. Company B, Captain G.M.
Mattison. Company C, Captain P.H. Bradley. Company D, Captain
S.J. Hester.

The following companies were from Edgefield:

Company E, Captain D. Dendy. Company F, Captain John S. Hard.
Company G, Captain J. Hampden Brooks. Company H, Captain
Elbert Bland. Company I, Captain W.E. Prescott. Company K,
Captain Bart Talbert.

Captain Perryman with his company, the "Secession Guards," volunteered
for the Confederate service before the other companies, and left for
Virginia on April 28th and joined the Second South Carolina Regiment.
Captain Bland took his place with his company in the regiment as
Company A.

The companies of the Seventh came together as a regiment at the
Schutzenplatz, near Charleston, on the 16th of April. In about
two weeks it was ordered to Edgefield District at a place called
Montmorenci, in Aiken County. While here a company came from Edgefield
County near Trenton, under Captain Coleman, and joined the regiment.
But this company failed to enlist.

The Seventh Regiment elected as officers: Colonel, Thomas G. Bacon, of
Edgefield District; lieutenant Colonel, Robert A. Fair, of Abbeville;
Major, Emmet Seibles, of Edgefield; Adjutant, D. Wyatt Aiken, of
Abbeville. All the staff officers were appointed by the Colonels until
the transfe