Orders to the Eutaw Battalion, 1862.

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Orders to the Eutaw Battalion, 1862.

The first order (1862 May 18) authorizes requisition of cartridges if any man in the unit has less than fifty. The second order (1862 May 27) enforces an earlier order requiring ten men from each company to serve as sharpshooters. The third order (1862 May 28) from the headquarters of the Second Military District announces the staff appointments for Brig. Gen. H.W. Mercer as he assumes command of the Second Military District. Fourth order (1862 May 28) also concerns staff appointments of General Mercer.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7394380

South Carolina Historical Society

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Mercer, Hugh W. (Hugh Weedon), 1808-1877

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Hugh Weedon Mercer, Confederate officer, merchant, and banker, was born on November 27, 1808 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and died in Baden Baden, Germany on June 9, 1877. He graduated from West Point in 1828. He was commissioned a colonel with the Confederate Army when Georgia seceded; was appointed a brigadier general (1861) and commanded the post of Savannah for most of the war. He was a brigade commander under Hardee during the Atlanta Campaign (1864). From the description of Hug...

Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Battalion, 11th.

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In February 1862 Captain Charles H. Simonton and his company were mustered into Confederate service. In May 1862 the command was divided into companies A and B and assigned to the Eutaw Battalion. The Eutaw Battalion, or the 11th South Carolina Infantry Battalion, was augmented and organized into a full infantry regiment, the 25th South Carolina (Volunteer) Regiment, in July 1862. Charles H. Simonton became the commander of the regiment. From the description of Orders to the Eutaw Ba...

Simonton, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1829-1904

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Charleston, S.C. attorney, judge, and South Carolina state representative. In 1857 he formed a law partnership with Theodore G. Barker which lasted until 1886, when Simonton was appointed to the bench of the Federal court of the district of South Carolina. From the description of Charles H. Simonton legal papers, 1868-1899. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36793943 ...