Camp 1428 Palmetto Sharpshooters

Formation of the 

Palmetto Sharpshooters

with command staff

companies and areas

of the state they came from.

1861

Palmetto Sharpshooters Anderson's, Jenkins Brigade Army of Northern Virginia (COLONELS AND COMMANDING OFFICERS) BRIGADIER GENERAL MICAH JENKINS The Prince of Edisto The Darling of all South Carolina Promoted to Brigadier General, 7/22/62 Wounded, Second Manassas Killed in Action, Wilderness, by friendly fire. Jenkins ambition and his relationship with Evander Law, a former friend, and the relationship of both to General Longstreet had great impact on both Longstreet's reputation and the Army of Northern Virginia. Some say the Army of Northern Virginia lived and died on the ambition of these three men. COL. JOSEPH WALKER LT. COLONELS: JOSEPH WALKER MAJORS: WILLIAM ANDERSON Died of Wounds, 4/16/62, Frayser's Farm F.W. KILPATRICK Killed in Action, Wauhatchie W.W. HUMPHRIES STAFF: A.W. Bailey (Surg.) W.Z. Bedon (Asst. Surg.) Martin Bellinger (Surg.) Thomas P. Benson (Capt.) Robert Davis (Asst. Surg.) W.E. Dick (ACS) R.L. Johnson (Asst. Surg.) F.P. Leverett (Asst. Surg.) James McDowell (Chap.) William M. Post (Surg.) C.A. Seabrook (Adj.) G.L. Strait (Asst. Surg.) Waddy Thompson (Asst. Surg.)

Co	Captain	County	Nickname
A	J.W. GOSS (Capt./Lt.Col.)	UNION	JOHNSON RIFLES
.	R.C. JOHNSON (Capt.)	.	.
.	C.L. BEATY (Capt.)	.	.
.	H.T. Hughes (1Lt.	.	.
.	J.T. Kitchens (1Lt.)	.	.
.	J. Mullinax (1Lt.)	.	.
.	Samuel Comer (2Lt.)	.	.
B	F.W. KILPATRICK (Capt./Major)	PENDLETON	CALHOUN MOUNTAINEERS
.	N.W. HARBIN (Capt.)	.	.
.	D.M. RUSSELL(Capt.)	.	.
.	R.L. LEWIS (1Lt.)	.	.
.	L.C. Cleveland (1Lt.)	.	.
.	Allen Butler (2Lt.)	.	.
.	Wm. Steele (2Lt.)	.	.
C	WM. W. HUMPHREYS (Capt./Major)	ANDERSON	PALMETTO RIFLEMEN
.	J.H. Gleason (2Lt.)	.	.
.	J.A. Hoyt (1Lt.)	.	.
.	Wm. Poe (1Lt.)	.	.
.	N.A. McCully (2Lt.)	.	.
.	J.M. McFall (Adj.)	.	.
D	A.H. FOSTER (Capt.)	SPARTANBURG	MORGAN LIGHT INFANTRY
.	J.S. Ballenger (1Lt.)	.	.
.	R.A. Snoddy (1Lt.)	.	.
.	Richard D. Ballenger (2Lt.)	.	.
E	ALEXANDER COLCLOUGH (Capt.)	SUMTER	DARLINGTON SENTINELS
.	J.D. Lee (1Lt.)	.	.
.	R.M. Durant (2Lt.)	.	.
.	D.W. Harrington (2Lt.)	.	.
.	J.M. Wilder (2Lt.)	.	.
.	H.T. Abbott (Lt.)	.	.
F	J.E. LEE (Capt.)	RIDGEVILLE Edgefield Vol 11, 592	PICKENS SENTINELS
.	TILLMAN GUNTER (Capt.)	.	.
.	JOAB QUATTLEBAUM (Capt.)	.	.
.	J.E. Rawl (1Lt.)	.	.
.	J.F. Spann (1Lt.)	.	.
.	Benjamin Needly (2Lt.)	.	.
.	W.L. Steedman (2Lt.)	.	.
.	J. Watkins (3Lt.)	.	.
G	CATO SEABROOK (Capt./Adj.	YORK	JASPER LIGHT INFANTRY
.	W.B. SMITH (Capt.)	.	.
.	I.N. Withers (Capt.)	.	.
.	J.W. Carroll (1Lt.)	.	.
.	J.N. Moore (2Lt.)	.	.
H	J.J. BROWN (Capt.)	SPARTANBURG	COWPENS GUARDS
.	J.M. Martin (Capt.)	.	.
.	J.P. Moore (Capt.)	.	.
.	J.E. Rawl (1Lt.)	.	.
.	J.V. Martin (1Lt.)	.	.
.	C.P. Brown (1Lt.)	.	.
.	J.B. Brawley (2Lt.)	.	.
.	T.A. Martin (2Lt.)	.	.
I	F.L. GARVIN (Capt.)	PENDLETON	PICKENS GUARDS
.	J.N. Hawthorne (1Lt.)	.	.
.	M.T. Smith (1Lt.)	.	.
.	E.K. Mullinax (2Lt.)	.	.
.	T.H. Williams (1Lt.)	.	.
K	J.H. EVINS (Capt.)	SPARTANBURG	SPARTAN RIFLES
.	J.H. BLASSINGAME (Capt.)	.	.
.	ROBT. L. POOLE (Capt.)	.	.
.	J.T. Walker(1Lt.)	.	.
.	J.E. Rawl (1Lt.)	.	.
.	J.P. Lockwood (2Lt.)	.	.
.	J.R. White (2Lt.)	.	.
.	W.D. Anderson (3Lt.)	.	.
L	Wm. Anderson (Capt./Major)	PENDLETON	CONFEDERATE GUARDS
.	J.W. DANIELS (Capt.)	.	.
.	G.A. Rankin (1Lt.)	.	.
.	A.R. Cox (2Lt.)	.	.
.	Wm. N. Major (2Lt.)	.	.
.	W.r. Rankin (2Lt.)	.	.
M	J.Q. CARPENTER (Capt.)	SPARTANBURG	PACOLET GUARDS
.	F.G. LATHAM (Capt.)	.	.
.	R.F. Montgomery (1Lt.)	.	.
.	W.S. Alexander (2Lt.)	.	.
.	J.J. Camp (2Lt.)	.	.
.	John Goforth (2Lt.)	.	.
.	J.W. Mclure (AQM)	.	.

Brought together by Micah Jenkins to form the Palmetto Sharpshooters:

Co	Captain	FIRST REGIMENT (PRE-1862)	Nickname
A	J.W. GOSS	FIFTH REGIMENT	JOHNSON RIFLES
B	F.W. KILPATRICK	FOURTH REGIMENT	CALHOUN MOUNTAINEERS
C	W.W. HUMPHREYS	FOURTH REGIMENT	PALMETTO RIFLEMEN
D	A.F. FOSTER	FIFTH REGIMENT	MORGAN LIGHT INFANTRY
E	ALEXANDER COLCLOUGH	NINTH REGIMENT	DARLINGTON SENTINELS
F	J.E. LEE	NINTH REGIMENT	PICKENS SENTINELS
G	J.N. WITHERS	FIFTH REGIMENT	JASPER LIGHT INFANTRY
H	JOHN J. BROWN	NINTH REGIMENT	COWPENS GUARDS
I	F.L. GARVIN	FOURTH REGIMENT	PICKENS GUARDS
K	J.H. EVINS	FIFTH REGIMENT	SPARTAN RIFLES
L	J.W. DANIELS	FOURTH REGIMENT	CONFEDERATE GUARDS
M	J.Q. CARPENTER	FIFTH REGIMENT	PACOLET GUARDS