South Carolina 6th Cavalry Regiment

Historical Notes:
This unit was also called the 16th Battalion SC Partisan Rangers - Aiken's Regiment and the 1st Reg. SC Partisan Rangers.

The South Carolina 6th Cavalry Regiment [also called Dixie Rangers] was organized in January, 1863, using the 16th South Carolina Cavalry Battalion as its nucleus. Some of the men were from Columbia and The Citadel Academy. It saw action at Willstown and Pon Pon River in South Carolina, then moved to Virginia with about 1,000 men. Assigned to General Butler's Brigade, the unit participated in The Wilderness and Cold Harbor operations and in various conflicts south of the James River. Later it was engaged in the campaign of the Carolinas assigned to Logan's Brigade. The regiment surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. Officers:
Original commissioned officers
Colonel Hugh K. Aiken
Lieutenant Colonel Lovick P. Miller
Major T.B. Ferguson
Captain Lewis Jones
Captain James J. Gregg
First Lieutenant Z. W. Carwile
First Lieutenant John M. Ward
First Lieutenant Alexander McQueen, from Chesterfield County
Second Lieutenant John Bauskett
Second Lieutenant J. J. Bunch
Second Lieutenant Henry McIver
Second Lieutenant Samuel W. Evans
Noncommissioned officers
George W. Spencer, 1Sgt from Chesterfield County. Departed Greensboro, North Carolina, after April 9, 1865 - Promoted 1st Lt. June 25, 1863
John B. Strother, 2Sgt from Chesterfield County. Discharged, over conscript age, June 11, 1862
Hugh Jr. Craig, 3Sgt from Chesterfield County. Departed Greensboro, NC after Apr 9, 1865 - Promoted 2Lt, June 25, 1863
John H. McIver, 4Sgt from Chesterfield County. Transferred to staff as Quartermaster, May 1, 1862
John E. Sellers, 5Sgt from Chesterfield County. Promoted to 1Sgt, June 25, 1863. Killed in action at Haw's Shop, Virginia
Thomas W. Bouchler, 1Cpl from Chesterfield County. Transferred to Colt's Battalion as SgtMaj in 1864
Zacharhiah Jr Ellerbe, Cpl from Chesterfield County. Discharged, over conscript age, June 14, 1862
Samuel H. Roberson, 3Cpl from Chesterfield County. Transferred to Aiken's Partisan Rangers, Dec 15, 1862
Nevin S. Smith, 4Cpl from Chesterfield County. Departed Greensboro, North Carolina, after Apr 9, 1865
William B. Sellers, Corporal, Chesterfield County. Enlisted June 1, 1863; captured on December 10, 1864, at Armstrong Mills, Virginia, and sent as a prisoner of war to Point Lookout, Maryland; released on June 19, 1865. Walked home to South Carolina
Assignments:
2nd Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida (January 1863 – March 1864)
6th Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida (Companies A and F) (December 1863 - January 1864)
6th Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida (One Company) (January – May 1864)
Butler’s – Dunovant’s Brigade, Butler’s Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (May 1864 – January 1865)
Butler’s Brigade, Butler’s Division, Hampton’s Cavalry Command (January - April 1865)
Logan’s Brigade, Butler’s Division, Hampton’s Cavalry Command, Army of Tennessee (April 1865)
Battles:
Willistown Bluff, Pon Pon River (July 10, 1863)
The Wilderness VA (5 - 6 MAY 1864)
Spotsylvania Court House VA (8 - 21 MAY 1864)
North Anna VA (23 - 26 MAY 1864)
Cold Harbor VA (1 - 3 JUN 1864)
Petersburg Siege VA (JUN 1864 - APR 1865)
Vaughan Road (1 OCT 1864)
Carolinas Campaign SC (FEB - APR 1865)
Darlington SC (27 FEB 1865)
Solomon's Grove (9 MAR 1865)
Monroe's Crossroads (10 MAR 1865)
Roster:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 2109 men.

Company A - many men from (also known as Carolina Guerrillas and Captain Milton A. Sullivan's Company) - Laurens District (County), Greenville District (County), Pickens District (County), Abbeville District (County) and Anderson District (County); a few men from Spartanburg District (County)

Company B - (also known as the Edgefield Rangers or Edgefield Partisan Rangers) - many men from Edgefield District (County); a few men from Richland District (County), Abbeville District (County), Lexington District (County), Marlboro District (County) and Colleton District (County) - Roster

Company C - (also known as Captain P.W. Goodwyn's Company and Partisan Rangers) - many men from Abbeville District (County) and Fairfield District (County); a few men from Spartanburg District (County), Anderson District (County), Orangeburg District (County) and Laurens District (County)

Company D - (also known as Captain William M. Hale's Company and Partisan Rangers) -

Company E - (also known as the Laurens Partizans, Captain James P. Knight's Company and Partisan Rangers) - many men from Laurens District (County) and Spartanburg District (County) - Roster (one name)

Company F - (also known as Cadet Rangers and Cadet Company, The Citadel Company, Captain Moses B. Humphrey's Company) - Roster

Company G - (also known as Captain John R. Miot's Company and the Partisan Rangers) - many men from Richland District (County), Abbeville District (County) and Edgefield District (County)

Company H - (also known as the Yeadon Rangers and Captain John J. Maguire's Company) - many men from Orangeburg District (County), Charleston District (County), Spartanburg District (County), Richland District (County), Greenville District (County), Sumter District (County), Marion District (County), Pickens District (County), Abbeville District (County) and Colleton District (County)

Company I - (also known as Whitner's Troop) - many men from Marion District (County), Sumter District (County) and Darlington District (County); a few men from Williamsburg District (County), Anderson District (County) and Kershaw District (County)

Company K - many men from Chesterfield District (County); a few men from Pickens District (County)

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