5th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment
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O'BRIEN, ______ 1MM/J PVT Performed sentry and picket guard duty with the company during the period 11 Nov-Dec 1861, but no other record of service found. O'BRIEN, Timothy 29 17/B PVT [Charleston] Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 20 Feb 1862. Trans. to Co. K, 4th SC Cavalry, 28 Feb 1862. ODOM, D. G. 14/D PVT Barnwell Enlisted at McPhersonville, SC, 4 Jun 1862. DOD in hospital at McPhersonville, SC, 28 Aug 1862. ODOM, R. E. (1836-1862) 14/D PVT Barnwell b. 1836, Barnwell Dist., SC. Per "Memory Rolls", DOD at McPhersonville, SC, 1862. No other record of service found. O'NEIL, J. J. 23 17/B PVT [Charleston] Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 20 Feb 1862. Trans. to Co. K, 4th SC Cavalry, 28 Feb 1862. OPPENHEIM, Edwin H. 20 17/B PVT Charleston 5' 6" tall, dark complexion, black hair, hazel eyes, occupation: merchant. Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 22 Feb 1862. Discharged for disability (hernia) at James Island, SC, 17 Jul 1862. Store clerk in New York City, NY, in 1880. OPPENHEIM, H. D. H. 19 17/B PVT Charleston Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 20 Feb 1862. Furnished a substitute (Middleton MOORE) and discharged, Sep - Oct 1862. OPPENHEIM, Julius H. 27 17/B SGT Charleston Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 20 Feb 1862, and appt. SGT. Furnished a substitute (John M C MAIN), and trans., possibly to Commissary Dept., 1862. OPPENHEIM, Samuel 35 17/B PVT Charleston Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 20 Feb 1862. Discharged, 30 Jun 1862. ORR, David 37 HCC 5/K PVT PVT York Enlisted at Unionville, SC, 7 Nov 1862. Paroled at Greensboro, NC, [1] May 1865. Living in 1897. ORVIN, John Riley (1829-1864) 32 SJMR 5/E PVT PVT Charleston b. 23 Mar 1829. Enlisted at McClellanville, SC, 13 Jan 1862. Trans. to Co. N, 20th SC Infantry, 1 Aug 1863. d. 15 Mar 1864, and buried at Rehobeth UMC, near Moncks Corner, SC. Brother of Noel Wesley ORVIN. ORVIN, Noel Wesley (1832-1872) 29 SJMR 5/E DBN/B PVT PVT PVT Charleston b. 24 Feb 1832. Enlisted at McClellanville, SC, 25 Jan 1862. Reported in Dismounted Bn., 31 Oct 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 1 Dec 1864. d. 19 Mar 1872. Brother of John Riley ORVIN. OSTEEN, Caleb C. (1831-1862) 31 14/A PVT Sumter b. 1831, Sumter, SC. Enlisted at Camp Hampton, Columbia, SC, 2 Jan 1862. DOD at Charleston, SC (or Sumter Dist., SC), 1 Mar 1862. Brother of Joseph A. OSTEEN. OSTEEN, Joseph A. 30 14/A 5/H CPL PVT Sumter b. 1832, Sumter, SC. Enlisted at Camp Hampton, Columbia, SC, 2 Jan 1862. Appt. CPL, 30 Jun 1862. Reduced to PVT at own request, 31 Aug 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 2 Nov 1864. Living in 1891. Brother of Caleb C. OSTEEN. OSTEEN, William David (1838-1913) 23 14/A 5/H DBN/B PVT PVT PVT Sumter b. 23 Feb 1838. Enlisted at Camp Hampton, Columbia, SC, 2 Jan 1862. WIA (hip, slightly) at Price's Farm, VA, 28 May 1864. Reported in Dismounted Bn., 31 Oct 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 1 Dec 1864. d. 10 Aug 1913, and buried at Bethel Baptist Church, Privateer Twp., Sumter Co., SC. m. Sarah Beatrice LACKEY, 1864. OTTOLENGUI (OTTOLINGUI), Jacob (1819-1900) 42 1MM/J SGT Charleston b. 27 Jul 1819, Charleston, SC. Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 6 Nov 1861, and served to Dec 1861. Post-war, merchant in Charleston, SC. d. 5 Feb 1900. OWENS, David B. 24 17/B 5/G PVT PVT Charleston Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 20 Mar 1862. Detailed as bugler. Last reported as detached to horse infirmary at Lancaster, SC, 15 Jul 1864. Buried at Friendship Methodist Church, Cross, SC. OWENS, Dempsey SJMR 5/E PVT PVT Orangeburg Enlisted at Mount Pleasant, SC, 1 Dec 1862. Capt. near Petersburg, VA, 29 Jul 1864. Sent to Elmira, NY, and DOD (chronic diarrhea), 12 Sep 1864. Buried in Woodlawn National Cemetery, Elmira, NY. OWENS, James SJMR 5/E PVT PVT [Charleston] Enlisted at McClellanville, SC, 17 Mar 1862. d. 9 Sep 1863.
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