1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment
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Soldier's Notes
Lt. Colonel Washington P. Shooter, the regimental Commander, was killed in action on May 12, 1864 at Spotsylvania.
First Lieutenant Evander C. Shooter, Company E, was killed in action on May 12, 1864 at Spotsylvania.
Fifth Sergeant C. F. Shooter, Company E, was killed in action on May 5, 1864 at the Wilderness.
Private William Nelson Shooter, Company E, was the only Shooter brother to survive the war. He surrendered at Appomattox.
Private Robert C. Anderson, Company F (the Horry Rebels), served under Captain Thomas Pinckney Alston. He was reported to have died of typhoid fever in a Danville, Virginia Army Hospital after the Seven Days Battle.
Private Peter McGovern, Company E, was killed at Fort Moltrie on 8 September 1863.
Private John Mayfield, Company F, enlisted in Wade Hampton's Legion on January 2, 1862 at Nashville, Tennessee and was later consolidated into Butler's 1st South Carolina Infantry. He went missing in action between February 28, 1862 and April 30, 1862, apparently during the Peninsula Campaign.
Private Anderson W. Charles, Company I, enlisted at Union, South Carolina on December 30, 1863 and was on a muster roll at Dec 31, 1864. Private Frank E. Charles enlisted and served at the same time in the same company, so is assumed to be a brother or other close relative of Anderson.
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