5th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment
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JACKSON, Absalom 38 14/C 5/F PVT PVT Lexington Enlisted at Camp Hampton, Columbia, SC, 1 Jan 1862. Discharged for overage, 26 Dec 1862. Reenlisted at Pocotaligo, SC, 14 Feb 1863. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 25 Dec 1864. JACKSON, Andrew J. 14/D 5/I PVT PVT Orangeburg Enlisted at Pocotaligo, SC, 31 Dec 1862. Granted a 30-day medical furlough at Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA, 5 Aug 1864. Last reported AWOL, 31 Oct 1864. Living in 1897. JACKSON, Daniel (Donl.) 17 17/B 5/G PVT PVT [Charleston] Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 10 Mar 1862, as substitute for Mall J. MOORER. Last reported returned as deserter to Co. I, 1st SC Infantry, 17 Jun 1863, but no record of such service found. JACKSON, Drury 37 HCC 5/K PVT PVT Union Enlisted at Unionville, SC, 7 Nov 1862. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 25 Dec 1864. d. bef. 1897. JACKSON, E. Bellinger (1844?-1863) 19 5/A PVT Orangeburg Enlisted at Pocotaligo, SC, 28 Jan 1863. DOD (fever) in General (Ladies) Hospital No. 3, Columbia, SC, 27 Sep 1863. JACKSON, Edward 35 5/G PVT Charleston Enlisted at James Island, SC, 1 Feb 1863. Trans. to Co. G, 1st SC Artillery, 20 Mar 1864. JACKSON, Hilliard 30 14/C 5/F DBN/B PVT PVT PVT Lexington Enlisted at Lexington C.H., SC, 18 Dec 1861. Reported in Dismounted Bn., 31 Oct 1864. Last reported MIA near Fayetteville, NC, 13 Mar 1865. JACKSON, J. A. 14/A PVT [Sumter] Listed on muster roll, dated 2 Jan 1862. No further record of service found. JACKSON, James S. 48 HCC 5/K PVT PVT Union Enlisted at Unionville, SC, 7 Nov 1862. Discharged, 31 Oct 1864. d. bef. 1897. JACKSON, James Warren 34 14/A 5/H PVT PVT Clarendon Enlisted at Camp Hampton, Columbia, SC, 2 Jan 1862. WIA (foot and knee) at Burgess' Mill, VA, 27 Oct 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 2 Nov 1864. d. bef. 1891, and buried at Bethel Baptist Church, Privateer Twp., Sumter Co., SC. JACKSON, Seamon 30 17/B 5/G PVT PVT Charleston Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 20 Feb 1862. Trans. to Co. D, 2d SC Cavalry, 17 May 1864. JACOBI, Nathaniel 40 17/A 5/D PVT PVT Charleston Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 17 Feb 1862, and furnished a substitute (George FOSBERRY). JAGER, Henry 30 17/A 5/D PVT PVT Charleston Enlisted at Chehaw (Green Pond), SC, 5 May 1862, and furnished a substitute (Robert R. S. CHINNESS). JAGER, John O. (1824?-1863) 37 17/A 5/D PVT PVT Charleston b. Germany. 5' 8" tall, dark complexion, dark hair, hazel eyes, occupation: merchant. Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 28 Feb 1862. DOD (fever) at Green Pond, SC, 26 Apr 1863. JAMES, Robert B. 23 5/H PVT Clarendon Trans. from Co. I, 23d SC Infantry, 5 May 1863. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 2 Nov 1864. JAMISON, Andrew Ralph (1835-1865) 27 17/B 5/G CPL PVT Charleston b. 1835, Beaufort, SC. Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 20 Feb 1862, and appt. CPL. Reported as PVT, 31 Oct 1862. Capt. at Haws' Shop, VA, 28 May 1864, and sent to Elmira, NY. Exchanged at Venus Point, near Savannah, GA, 11 Oct 1864, and died at home, 26 Jan 1865. JAQUES (JACQUES), John O. [21] 17/D 5/C PVT PVT [Colleton] Enlisted at Chehaw (Green Pond), SC, 12 Jun 1862. Last reported present, 31 Oct 1864. Farming at Sheridan, Colleton Co., SC, in 1880. JEFFERS, William 25 17/B 5/G PVT PVT Charleston Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 20 Feb 1862. WIA (gunshot in breast) at Chester Station, VA, 10 May 1864. Per "Memory Rolls", served to end of war and never surrendered. JEFFORDS, Daniel 27 14/A 5/H PVT PVT Clarendon Enlisted at Camp Hampton, Columbia, SC, 2 Jan 1862. Trans. to Bureau of Conscription, Columbia, SC, 17 Apr 1864. JEFFORDS, Robert Josiah (1834-1864) 28 1MM/J 17/A 17/FS 5/FS CPT CPT MAJ LTC Charleston b. 1 May 1834, Mount Pleasant, SC. Occupation: merchant. Entered State service at Charleston, SC, 6 Nov 1861, and appt. CPT. Previously served in Rutledge's Co. SC Militia Cavalry (Charleston Light Dragoons). Reenlisted in Confederate service at Charleston, SC, 17 Feb 1862. Appt. MAJ, 12 Apr 1862. Appt. LTC, 18 Jan 1863. WIA (leg, slightly) near Charles City C.H., VA, 24 May 1864. WIA (thigh, severely) at Cold Harbor, VA, 30 May 1864. KIA (gunshot in head) at Burgess' Mill, VA, 27 Oct 1864, and buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC, 3 Nov 1864. m. Lydia Victoria MCMELLAGE, 10 Feb 1858. Brother of Theodore Alexander JEFFORDS. JEFFORDS, Theodore Alexander (1836-1923) 26 1MM/J 17/A 5/D 5/FS 5/A SGT SGT 2LT ADJ CPT Charleston b. 9 Apr 1836, Charleston, SC. Occupation: merchant. Entered State service at Charleston, SC, 6 Nov 1861, and appt. SGT. Reenlisted in Confederate service at Charleston, SC, 17 Feb 1862. Appt. 2LT, 12 Apr 1862. Appt. ADJ, 7 Jul 1863. Appt. CPT, Co. A, 15 Mar 1865. Surrendered at Hillsboro, NC, 27 Apr 1865. Merchant in Orangeburg, SC, in 1880. Applied for a Confederate pension at Orangeburg, SC, 9 Apr 1919. d. 9 Jan 1923, Orangeburg, SC, and buried there in Sunnyside Cemetery. m. Mary Elizabeth ALBERGOTTI, 7 Jul 1858. Brother of Robert Josiah JEFFORDS. JENKINS, [Robert B.] 1MM/J [PVT] Performed sentry and picket guard duties with the company during the period 11 Nov-Dec 1861, but no other record of service found. Apparently detached from Oswald's Co., 1st (Martin's) SC Mounted Militia, and later served in Co. I, 3d SC Cavalry. JENKINS, Francis (Frank) J. 43 HCC 5/K DBN/B PVT PVT PVT Union Residence: Fair Forest, SC. Enlisted at Unionville, SC, 7 Nov 1862. Detailed as teamster. Reported in Dismounted Bn., 31 Aug 1864. Paroled at Greensboro, NC, [1] May 1865. Living in 1897. JENKINSON, Richard F. 32 14/A 5/H DBN/B SGT SGT PVT Clarendon Enlisted at Camp Hampton, Columbia, SC, 2 Jan 1862. Appt. CPL, 1 Jun 1862. Appt. SGT, 1 Dec 1862. Reduced to PVT, 31 Aug 1864. Reported in Dismounted Bn., 31 Oct 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 1 Dec 1864. d. bef. 1891. JENKINSON, William Eli (1826?-1863) 36 14/A 5/H PVT PVT Clarendon b. Sumter Dist., SC. Enlisted at Pocotaligo, SC, 12 Nov 1862. DOD (typhoid dysentery) at home in Clarendon District, SC, 2 Nov 1863. m. Ann E. JENKINSON. JENNINGS, Patrick P. 5/I PVT Orangeburg Enlisted at McClellanville, SC, 17 Sep 1863. Capt. in skirmish at Lee's Mills (Deep Bottom), VA, 29 Jul 1864. Sent to Point Lookout, MD, and exchanged, 18 Sep 1864. Admitted to Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA, with chronic diarrhea, 22 Sep 1864. Last reported as granted a 30-day medical furlough, 25 Sep 1864. Living in 1897. JENNINGS, William E. 19 1MM/S 17/B PVT PVT Charleston Entered State service at Pocotaligo, SC, 12 Nov 1861. Discharged, 31 Jan 1862. Enlisted in Confederate service at Charleston, SC, 15 Mar 1862. Trans. to Walters' (Washington Artillery) Battery SC Light Artillery, 4 Nov 1862. Living in 1896. JERVEY, James Edward (1843-1912) 19 17/A 5/D PVT PVT Charleston b. 11 Sep 1843, Mount Pleasant, SC. 5' 5" tall, fair complexion, red hair, hazel eyes, occupation: clerk. Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 24 Apr 1862. Surrendered at Hillsboro, NC, 27 Apr 1865. Post-war, hotel owner in Sumter, SC. d. 19 Jul 1912, at SC Confederate Home, Columbia, SC, and buried in City Cemetery, Manning, SC. JOHNSON, J. E. 23 17/B 5/G PVT PVT Charleston Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 20 Feb 1862. Deserted to the enemy at Battery Island, SC, 1 Mar 1864. JOHNSON, James 17 HCC 5/K DBN/B CPL CPL CPL Union Enlisted at Unionville, SC, 7 Nov 1862. Reported in Dismounted, Bn., 31 Aug 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 1 Dec 1864. Living in 1897. JOHNSON, T. E. SJMR PVT [Charleston] Enlisted at Santee, SC, 20 Oct 1861. d. 24 Oct 1862. JOHNSON, Thomas A. 33 1MM/J 17/A 5/D PVT PVT PVT Charleston b. Charleston, SC. 5' 10" tall, ruddy complexion, light hair, light eyes, occupation: butcher. Entered State service at Charleston, SC, 6 Nov 1861, and served until 31 Dec 1861. Enlisted in Confederate service at Charleston, SC, 17 Feb 1862. Detailed to City of Charleston as butcher for most of the war. Post-war, butcher in Charleston, SC. Living in 1897. JOHNSON, William J. 45 SJMR 5/E PVT PVT [Charleston] 5' 11" tall, light complexion, brown hair, blue eyes. Enlisted at Santee, SC, 20 Mar 1862. Discharged, 6 Apr 1863. Paroled at Charleston, SC, 14 Mar 1865. Living in 1897. JOHNSON, William M. (1830-1907) 29 5/I PVT Lexington b. 23 Apr 1830. Enlisted at Pocotaligo, SC, 17 Mar 1863. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 25 Dec 1864. d. 30 Oct 1907, and buried at Leesville/Wittenberg Lutheran Church, Leesville, SC. JOHNSTON, Orlando P. (1824?-1864) 39 5/H PVT Enlisted at Camp Easley, Mount Pleasant, SC, 9 Jun 1863. Trans. to Bureau of Conscription, Columbia, SC, 17 Apr 1864. DOD (yellow fever) at 1st LA Hospital, Charleston, SC, 30 Sep 1864, and buried there in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC. JONES, David D. 35 14/B PVT [Orangeburg] 5' 7" tall, fair complexion, thin brown hair, blue eyes, occupation: farmer. Enlisted at Orangeburg, SC, 24 Dec 1861. Discharged for disability (spinal irritation) at Camp Felder, McPhersonville, SC, 12 Mar 1862. JONES, E. M. 14/D 5/I DBN/B PVT PVT PVT Orangeburg Residence: Blackville, SC. Enlisted at Pocotaligo, SC, 16 Dec 1862, as substitute for C. J. STROMAN. Reported in Dismounted Bn., 31 Aug 1864. Paroled at Greensboro, NC, [1] May 1865. Living in 1897. JONES, J. A. (I. A.) 14/D 5/I PVT PVT Barnwell Enlisted at McPhersonville, SC, 13 May 1862. Last reported, 31 Oct 1864, as absent in hospital since 1 Aug 1864. Living in 1897. JONES, J. Emanuel 25 14/B 5/A PVT PVT [Orangeburg] Enlisted at Orangeburg, SC, 24 Dec 1861. WIA (head, slightly) at Nance's Shop, VA, 24 Jun 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 25 Dec 1864. Per "Memory Rolls", surrendered [at Hillsboro, NC, 27 Apr] 1865. JONES, James W. (1833?-1863) 29 14/A 5/H PVT PVT Clarendon Enlisted at McPhersonville, SC, 31 May 1862. DOD (fever) at Mount Pleasant, SC, 26 Jun 1863. Brother of Thomas W. JONES. JONES, L. Capers 20 14/B 5/A PVT PVT [Orangeburg] Enlisted at Orangeburg, SC, 24 Dec 1861. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 25 Dec 1864. Per "Memory Rolls", surrendered [at Hillsboro, NC, 27 Apr] 1865. JONES, Thomas W. 22 14/A 5/H PVT PVT Clarendon Enlisted at Ashepoo Ferry, SC, 25 Mar 1862. Admitted to Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA, with lumbago, 26 May 1864. Granted a 60-day medical furlough, 5 Aug 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 25 Dec 1864. Brother of James W. Jones. JOYNER, Nelson 35 17/B 5/G DBN/B PVT PVT PVT Charleston Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 4 Mar 1862. Reported in Dismounted Bn., 31 Aug 1864. Granted a 40-day furlough to procure a horse, 27 Oct 1864. Paroled at Greensboro, NC, [1] May 1865. Farming at Marion, FL, in 1880. JOYNER (JOINER), T. Sumter 17/B 5/G PVT PVT Charleston Enlisted at James Island, SC, 20 Jul 1862. Trans. to Co. F, 2d SC Artillery, 20 Mar 1864.
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