Company 'B', Third South Carolina Regiment

Confederate Heroes

Newberry Observer - May 1, 1906: Mr. L. M. Speers of Newberry was orderly Sergeant of Company B, Third South Carolina regiment in the Civil War. He has the roll of the company which he preserves with great care and with affectionate remembrance of his comrades living and dead. The roll that follows relates only those members of the company who died in services. It may not cover the entire service of the company. Mr. Speers was several times wounded, seven times altogether, in battle, one very seriously.

Name

Place of residence

Cause of Death

Death Date

Capt. S. N. Davidson

Newberry

Died from disease at Petersburg, Va.

19 June 1862

Lieut. Wm. P. Hunter

Killed in Battle of Wilderness, Va.

May 6, 1864

Lieut. M. P. Buzhardt

Killed at Battle of Gettysburg, Pa.

July 2, 1863

Lieut. C. S. Davenport

Killed at Battle of Sharpsburg, Md.

September 17, 1862

Sergt. J. R. G. Reeder

Died from wounds received at the Battle of Chickamauga, Ga.

September 27, 1863

Sergt. J. A. Copeland

Laurens

Died from wounds received at the Battle of Chickamauga, Ga.

September 24, 1863

Sergt. J. F. Clark

Died from disease at home

November 14, 1862

Sergt. M. B. Summer

Died from disease at Fort Delaware

September 13, 1863

Corp. M. Suber

Died from disease at Culpeper, Va.

August 10, 1861

Corp. W. F. Anderson

Died from disease at Richmond, Va.

March 26, 1862

Corp. T. M. Davis

Died from disease at Manassas Junction, Va.

February 17, 1862

Corp. R. Workman

Killed at Battle of the Wilderness, Va.

May 6, 1864

I. P. Cannon

Died from disease at St. Francis Hospital, Richmond, Va.

September 4, 1861

J. G. Chupp

Died of disease

Date not known

J. Cole

Died of disease

Date not known

J. P. Cleland

Died from disease at home

December 22, 1862

Thomas Craddock

Died from disease at Richmond, Va.

May 10, 1862

E. G. Clark

Died from disease at Richmond, Va.

April 22, 1862

E. W. Davenport

Died from wounds received in the Battle Chickamauga, Ga.

November 8, 1863

D. P. Davis

Killed at Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.

December 13, 1862

E. A. Butler

Killed at Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.

December 13, 1862

W. W. Gibson

Killed at Battle of Wilderness, Va.

May 6, 1864

Meredith Gibson

Died from wounds received in the Battle Chickamauga, Ga.

September 30, 1863

H. F. Harmon

Died from effect of wounds at Camp Douglas, Ill.

July 1864

W. H. King

Died at home from disease

November 2, 1863

J. E. Lyles

Died from disease at Richmond, Va.

March 3, 1863

Henry Livingstone

Died from disease at Staunton, Va.

November 2, 1862

A. J. Longshore

Died from wounds received at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.

December 15, 1862

J. W. Lark

Died from disease at Manassas Junction, Va.

January 23, 1862

J. L. Motes

Died from disease at Winchester, Va.

November 19, 1863

J. H. Middleton

Laurens

Died from wounds received in the Battle Chickamauga, Ga.

September 21, 1863

John Galloway

Killed in battle at Knoxville, Tennessee

November 18, 1863

L. T. Crooks

Killed at the Battle of Chickamauga, Ga.

September 20, 1863

J. M. Pitts

Died from disease at Winchester, Va.

January 23, 1865

William Pitts

Died from wounds received at Savage Station on Jun 29, 1862

July 23, 1862

William Bishop

Died from disease at home

August 30, 1864

W. G. Griffin

Died from disease at Charlottesville, Va.

November 2, 1861

G. A. Suber

Died from the effects of wounds received at Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.

December 13, 1862

Andrew Suber

Died from disease at Culpeper, Va.

September 17, 1861

William F. Spruel

Killed at the Battle of Savage Station, Va.

June 29, 1862

J. S. Spruel

Died from the effects of wounds received at the Battle of Savage Station, Va.

December 17, 1862

J. P. Stewart

Died from disease at Rock Island, Ill.

March 3, 1864

David Harp

Died from disease at Culpeper, Va.

September 18, 1862

Jno. C. Cary

Died from disease at home

January 7, 1865

J. W. Golding

Died from disease at New Market, Tennessee

February 21, 1864

Walter Willingham

Died in Columbus, S.C. from the effects of wounds received in battle

1864

Jesse Gary

Killed in Battle of Sharpsburg, Md.

September 17, 1862

Calvin Thrift

Died from disease at Culpeper, Va.

June 30, 1862

S. J. Robinson

Spartanburg

Killer in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.

December 13, 1862

A. M. Reeder Jr.

Died from disease at home

June 10, 1863

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