SC 14th Infantry Regiment Company B

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The whole company, officers and men, were from Edgefield.

Officers commissioned and non-commissioned, 20;

privates, 127;

total rank and file, 147.

Killed in battle, 23;

killed by railroad accident, 1;

died of wounds, 3;

died of disease, 17;

died in prison, 5;

total deaths, 49.

The number killed in battle in this company is rather above the average - died of wounds below the average.

The whole loss is precisely one third during the war, which I have found to be the average loss of all the companies, the rolls of which I have copied. Some went a little over, some a little under. This company is the first one which I have found to be exact. If the Confederate States had in actual service in the field during the war as many as 240,000 men, then the actual number of deaths in battle and from the casualties of the war, was not less than 80,000. It is true, however, that some of the 80,000 would have died during that time; but it is true, nevertheless, that the war slaughtered in the Southern States 60,000 able-bodied men besides rendering many others cripples for life. "Lord, what fools these mortals be."

OFFICERS:

Pinckney A. West, age 32, Captain; wounded at Ox Hill; discharged at Camp Gregg in consequence of wound.

James Boatwright, age 28, Captain; wounded at Port Royal; discharged at Appomatox; promoted from Second Lieutenant.

Ezekiel W. Rutland, age 35, First Lieutenant; died of disease at Camp Butler October 16th, 1861.

Robert B. Watson, age 23, First Lieutenant; wounded at Frazier's Farm and at Gettysburg; discharged from Appomattox; promoted from Second Lieutenant. John W. Bell, age 21, Second Lieutenant; wounded at Gettysburg; promoted from Fifth Sergeant.

Ervin A. Roach, Jr., age 22, Second Lieutenant; wounded at Gettysburg; promoted from the ranks.

Henry Rauch, Jr., age 19, Second Lieutenant; killed in battle at Gettysburg 1863; promoted from the ranks.

Francis W. Gibson, age 21, First Sergeant; wounded at Gaines' Mill; transferred.

James H. White, age 25, First Sergeant; killed at Petersburg in 1864; promoted from First Corporal.

Woodruff W. Holston, age 17, First Sergeant; discharged at Hart's Island, N. Y.; promoted from the ranks.

John M. Corley, age 23, Second Sergeant; discharged at Appomattox.

John M. Lott, age 20, Third Sergeant; discharged at Point Lookout.

Joseph R. Huiett, age 19, Fourth Sergeant; killed at Frazier's Farm 1862.

George Y. Langford, age 20, Fourth Sergeant; discharged Hart's Island, N. Y.

William W. Chapman, age 30, First Corporal; discharged Hart's Island, N. Y.

William D. L. Miller, age 21, Second Corporal, killed at Deep Bottom July 28th, 1864.

Jesse Jennings, age 21, Third Corporal, died of disease at Richmond 1862.

Robert Brooks, age 25, Fourth Corporal; died since the war.

John E. Grice, age 18, Fifth Corporal; wounded Gaines' Mill; died of disease at Columbia, S. C.

Nathan N. Burton, age 18, Sixth Corporal; wounded at Deep Bottom; discharged from Hart's Isand, N. Y.

PRIVATES:

Levi W. Addy, age 20, discharged at Appomattox;

David S. Bodie, age 23, killed at Petersburg April 2nd, 1865;

Felix Bodie, age 45, died of disease at Richmond 1864;

Andrew Bartley, age 23, killed at Port Royal January 1st, 1861;

Westley Bartley, age 22, wounded at Second Manassas, discharged at Appomattox;

Samuel Bartley, age 16, discharged at Appomattox;

Daniel Berry, age 19, discharged at Appomattox;

Nathan Bodie, age 25, discharged at Appomattox;

Daniel Busby, age 18, discharged at Appomattox, died since the war;

William Busby, age 18, wounded at Port Royal, discharged at Appomattox, transferred to Seventh Infantry; George Black, age 19, discharged at Appomattox

Jesse Black, age 21, wounded at Ox Hill and Second Manassas, discharged at Appomattox;

Mark P. Black, age 17, wounded at Second Manassas and at Chancellorsville, discharged at Appomattox;

Pressley Buzzard, age 20, died of disease at Richmond 1862; John Brown, age 25, killed at Gettysburg July 2nd, 1863;

James M. Brown, age 19, wounded at Gaines' Mill, discharged at Appomattox;

Jesse Brown, age 21, wounded at Chencellorsville and discharged at Appomattox;

Obidiah Bodie, age 30, died of disease at Richmond 1862;

Tillman Brown, age 18, discharged at Appomattox;

Hilary A. Clark, age 28, discharged at Appomattox;

Joseph A. Clark, age 17, discharged at Appomattox;

John Crouch, age 30, wounded at Chancellorsville and died of his wounds since the war;

William Crouch, age 28, wounded at Second Manassas and at Deep Bottom, discharged at Appomattox;

Jacob W. Crouch, age 18, discharged at Appomattox;

J. Jackson Chapman, age 28, wounded at Chancellorsville and at Gaines' Mill, discharged at Appomattox;

George W. Chapman, age 20, discharged at Appomattox; Adam Chapman, age 18, wounded at Second Manassas, discharged at Appomattox;

Adam D. Corley, age 20, wounded at Deep Bottom, discharged at Appomattox;

Uriah Etheridge, age 18, wounded twice at Gaines' Mill, discharged at Appomattox;

Guildford Etheridge, age 25, killed at Gettysburg June 2nd, 1862;

Caleb Etheridge, age 21, discharged at Appomattox;

Robert V. Faulkner, age 18, discharged at Appomattox;

Larkin Faulkner, age 20, discharged at Appomattox, died since the war;

John R. Gibson, age 23, discharged at Appomattox;

Ambrose Gibson, age 18, wounded at Petersburg and Second Manassas, discharged at Appomattox, died since;

Pressley W. Gillion, age 25, discharged at Appomattox, died since;

John R. Gillion; age 19, wounded at Chancellorsville and at Gettysburg, discharged at Appomattox;

Allen Gillion, age 31, discharged at Appomattox;

Guildford A. Gilder, age 18, died in Union Prison at David's Island - supposed in 1863;

Joseph P. Hewson, age 17, wounded at Port Royal, transferred to Seventh South Carolina Infantry;

William P. Havird, age 18, wounded at Gettysburg, discharged at Appomattox;

Andrew Hargit, age 25, killed at Deep Bottom July 28th, 1864;

George Harris, age 25, wounded at Gettysburg and discharged at Appomattox;

Caleb Hare, age 17, killed at Chancellorsville May 3rd, 1863;

James Hare, age 19, wounded at Deep Bottom and at Gaines' Mill, discharged at Appomattox;

Harris, Pinckney W.

William A. Hardy, age 18, wounded at Gaines' Mill, discharged at Appomattox;

Philip Jennings, age 21, discharged at Appomattox;

Henry Jennings, age 18, wounded at Gaines' Mill, lost a leg, discharged at Richmond;

Matthew W. Jennings, age 17, died in Union Prison;

Lot Jennings, age 31, discharged at Appomattox;

James J. Jones, age 29, discharged at Appomattox;

Robert T. Jones, age 31, killed at Petersburg in 1864;

Warren Laidler, age 25, transferred to Seventh Infantry;

Hezekiah K. Laidler, age 17;

P. J. Lankford, age 17, died of wounds at Port Royal 1862;

Lewis M. Lankford, age 19, died of wounds at Port Royal 1862;

General McHare, age 18, discharged at Appomattox;

Joseph F. McHare, age 35, wounded at Spottsylvania, discharged at Appomattox;

William McHare, age 19, discharged at Appomattox, died since;

John Mathis, age 20, wounded at Gettysburg, discharged at Appomattox;

Bailey Matthews, age 16, discharged at Appomattox;

Andrew G. McGee, age 21, died of disease at Port Royal 1862;

William D. McGee, age 15, wounded at Second Manassas and at Chancellorsville, discharged at Appomattox;

Joseph McGee, age 18, killed at Deep Bottom July 28th, 1864;

Alfred Maroney, age 18, transferred to Seventh Infantry;

William T. Minick, age 27, discharged at Hart's Island;

Joel Minick, age 21, wounded at Port Royal and at Gettysburg, discharged at Appomattox;

Jacob Minick, age 22, wounded at Spottsylvania, discharged at Appomattox;

Thomas H. Miller, age 18, killed at Gettysburg July 2nd, 1863;

George W. McCarthy, age 26, died at Richmond of wounds 1862;

Henry McCullough, age 30, discharged at Appomattox, died since;

Edgar Merchant, age 18, killed at Port Royal January 1st, 1862;

Joseph Outz, age 18, wounded at Frazier's Farm seven times in one battle;

John H. Outz, age 20, killed in battle near Petersburg;

Thomas Outz, age 23, died of disease at Malvern Hill, wounded at Chancellorsville;

George Outz, age 16, wounded at Second Manassas, discharged at Appomattox;

Lawson Padgett, age 17, killed at Petersburg 1864;

Wesley P. Padgett, age 18, killed at Gettysburg July 3rd, 1863;

Henry H. Padgett, age 18, wounded at Deep Bottom, discharged at Appomattox;

Emri Padgett, age 17, transferred to Seventh Infantry;

Nat. Y. Padget, age 15, wounded at Chancellorsville, paroled from Elmira Prison;

Mahlon Padgett, age 17; died of disease at Orange Court House, Va., 1863;

M. Turner Parker, age 22, died of disease at Bowling Green 1862;

Ezekiel A. Perry, age 20, wounded at Second Manassas, discharged at Appomattox;

Thomas Perry, age 18, killed at Spottsylvania May, 1862;

John L. Perry, age 16, wounded near James River, discharged at Appomattox;

Michael Plymale, age 23, killed at Port Royal January 1st, 1862;

Augustus M. Rogers, age 30, discharged at Chimborazo Hospital;

James Rogers, age 25, discharged at Appomattox; Martin Rogers, age 18, discharged at Appomattox,

Gonan Richardson, age 20, killed by train at Petersburg;

James R. Rivers, age 23, wounded at Deep Bottom, discharged at Appomattox;

Samuel N. Rauch, age 20, wounded at Gettysburg, discharged at Appomattox;

James F. Rutherford, age 17, wounded at Gettysburg, discharged at Appomattox;

Mastin Rowe, age 18, wounded at Gettysburg, discharged at Appomattox;

Francis M. Riser, age 18, killed at Port Royal January 1st, 1862;

Jacob I. Rauch, age 25, discharged at Appomattox;

John Rowe, age 16, discharged at Appomattox;

William H. Stone, age 24, wounded at Gaines' Mill, discharged at Appomattox;

John Stone, age 20, killed at Gaines' Mill;

Jackson Snipes, age 23, died of disease at Richmond 1863;

Richard W. Smith, age 19, died in Union Prison, David's Island, 1863;

J. M. Salter, age 25, transferred to Peagram's Battery;

James Salter, age 18, transferred to Seventh Infantry;

Francis M. Snelgrove, age 20, killed at Gettysburg July 2nd, 1863;

Luther Snelgrove, age 18, discharged at Appomattox;

William Sawyer, age 23, died of disease at Richmond;

James P. Thompson, age 25;

Jesse W. Vincent, age 23, died of disease at Richmond 1862;

Jacob W. Whittle, age 17, discharged at Point Lookout;

Malachi Whittle, age 18, wounded at Frazier's Farm, discharged at Appomattox;

Joel M. Whittle, age 16, died of disease in Union Prison at Chester, Penn., wounded at Harper's Ferry in 1863;

Hamer Whittle, age 18, wounded at Gettysburg four times in the same battle, discharged at Appomattox;

Ira Whittle, age 35, died of disease at Baltimore in 1863;

Wesley Whittle, age 37, died of disease at Richmond in 1862;

Hezekiah Whittle, age 20, discharged at Appomattox;

William J. Wise, age 20, died of disease at Petersburg in 1863;

Calhoun Wise, age 18, wounded at Wilderness, lost a leg;

Tyre Wise, age 16, died of disease at Petersburg in 1863;

Andrew M. Whitman, age 18, died in Union Prison, Chester, Penn., 1862 or 1863;

Larkin W. Warren, age 15, wounded at Chancellorsville and at Gaines' Mill, discharged at Appomattox;

Rhyder Walker, age 18, transferred to Seventh Infantry;

Henry C. White, age 20, wounded at Second Manassas and at Chancellorsville, discharged at Appomattox;

Michael J. Watson, age 17, discharged at Appomattox;

John Wilson, age 40, discharged at Appomattox;

John Waits, age 16, killed near Petersburg April 2nd, 1865.

REF: Chapman: History of Edgefield County - pg. 467

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