5th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment
Surname P

NAME AGE CO(s) RANK(s) DISTRICT REMARKS

PACK, Elijah W. 28 5/H DBN/B PVT PVT Clarendon Enlisted at Pocotaligo, SC, 21 Feb 1863. Reported in Dismounted Bn., 31 Oct 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 1 Dec 1864. d. bef. 1897.

PACK, John 48 5/H DBN/B PVT PVT Clarendon Enlisted at Pocotaligo, SC, 12 Feb 1863, as substitute for T. Adams WAY. Reported in Dismounted Bn., 31 Oct 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 1 Dec 1864. d. bef. 1891.

PACK, Joseph 22 14/A 5/H PVT PVT Clarendon Enlisted at Camp Hampton, Columbia, SC, 2 Jan 1862. WIA (face, painfully) at Gravelly Run, VA, 23 Aug 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 25 Dec 1864. Farming at Plowdens Mill, Clarendon Co., SC, in 1880. Living in 1891.

PACK, Robert R. 22 5/H DBN/B PVT PVT Clarendon Enlisted at Pocotaligo, SC, 21 Feb 1863. Reported in Dismounted Bn., 31 Aug 1864. Reported present with company, 31 Oct 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 2 Nov 1864. d. bef. 1891.

PADGETT, F. V. 29 17/D 5/C PVT PVT [Colleton] 5' 5" tall, dark complexion, dark hair, blue eyes. Enlisted at Chehaw (Green Pond), SC, 12 Mar 1862. Paroled at Charleston, SC, 28 Mar 1865.

PALMER, William J. (1821?-1862) 38 1MM/J 17/A 17/A SGT SGT VOL Charleston b. Mansfield, OH. Residence: Charleston, SC; occupation: omnibus line manager. Joined South Carolina Rangers in summer of 1861, and elected CPL. Entered State service, 6 Nov 1861. Appt. SGT, 30 Jan 1862. Reenlisted in Confederate service, 17 Feb 1862. Discharged for overage, 15 May 1862, but continued to serve as an independent volunteer. DOD (typhoid fever) at Walhalla, SC, 10 Sep 1862.

PARKER, Eleazer 5/K PVT Union 6' 1 1/2" tall, dark complexion, dark hair, dark eyes. Enlisted at Pocotaligo, SC, 21 Apr 1863. Capt. at Bentonville, NC, 22 Mar 1865. Sent to Hart Island, NY, and released, 16 Jun 1865.

PARLER (PARLOR), Joseph 31 14/D 5/I PVT PVT Orangeburg Enlisted at McPhersonville, SC, 28 Dec 1861. Trans. to Co. C, 2d SC Artillery, 7 Mar 1864.

PATRICK, George Vastin 24 14/B 5/A PVT PVT [Orangeburg] Enlisted at Orangeburg, SC, 24 Dec 1861. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 25 Dec 1864. Applied for a Confederate pension at Bowman, SC, 29 Oct 1919; pension transferred to Dorchester Co., SC, 10 Feb 1922.

PATRICK, James B. 20 17/B 5/G PVT PVT Charleston Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 20 Feb 1862. Capt. at Reams' Station, VA, 23 Aug 1864. Sent to Point Lookout, MD, and exchanged, at Aiken's Landing, VA, 1 Nov 1864. Detained by Union forces near Orangeburg, SC, 13 Feb 1865, and claimed to be a paroled prisoner. Sent to New Bern, NC, and trans. Point Lookout, MD, 3 Apr 1865. No further record found.

PATRICK, William Thomas (1834-1878) 28 14/B 5/A SGT SGT Orangeburg b. 6 Aug 1834. 5' 5" tall, dark complexion, brown hair, blue eyes, occupation: farmer. Enlisted at Orangeburg, SC, 24 Dec 1861, and appt. SGT. Discharged for disability (epilepsy) at Gardens Corner, SC, 15 Feb 1862. Reenlisted at Pocotaligo, SC, 16 Mar 1863. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 25 Dec 1864. Per "Memory Rolls", surrendered at Hillsboro, NC, 27 Apr 1865. d. 17 Jul 1878, and buried at Ebenezer UMC, Bowman, SC.

PATTERSON, E. Q. 20 17/C 5/B PVT SGT Charleston 6' 0" tall, light complexion, dark hair, hazel eyes. Enlisted at Camp Gist, James Island, SC, 20 Mar 1862. Reported as CPL, 31 Aug 1862. Reported as SGT, 31 Dec 1863. Admitted to General Hospital No. 9, Richmond, VA, with gunshot wound in right foot, 4 Jun 1864. Granted a 40-day medical furlough at Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA, 16 Jun 1864. Paroled at Charleston, SC, 29 Mar 1865. Living in 1897.

PAULS, William F. SJMR 5/E DBN/B PVT PVT PVT [Charleston] Enlisted at McClellanville, SC, 17 Mar 1862. Reported in Dismounted Bn., 31 Aug 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 25 Dec 1864.

PEAGLER (PEIGLER), Isaac (1827?-1864) 34 17/A 5/D PVT PVT Charleston Residence: St. James Goose Creek Parish, SC. 5' 10" tall, dark complexon, dark hair, blue eyes, occupation: farmer. Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 20 Mar 1862. KIA at White House Landing, Pamunkey River, VA, 20 Jun 1864.

PEAGLER, D. H. [17] 5/E PVT Charleston Enlisted at Mount Pleasant, SC, 13 Aug 1863. Last reported AWOL, 1 Sep 1864. Farming in St. Stephens Parish, Charleston Co., SC, in 1880.

PEAGLER, Henry 23 17/B 5/G PVT PVT Charleston Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 1 Mar 1862. WIA (head, slightly) at Trevilian Station, VA, 11 Jun 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 1 Dec 1864.

PEAGLER, John 46 17/B 5/G PVT PVT Charleston Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 20 Feb 1862. Trans. to Co. D, 2d SC Cavalry, 18 Apr 1864. Farming in St. Johns Berkeley Parish, Charleston Co., SC, in 1880.

PEARCY, William T. 28 17/B 5/G PVT CPL Charleston Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 20 Feb 1862. Appt. CPL, 1 Aug 1863. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 25 Dec 1864. Farming in St. James Goose Creek Parish, Charleston Co., SC, in 1880.

PEEPLES, J. R. (1839?-1864) 23 17/C 5/B PVT PVT Beaufort Enlisted at Camp Gist, James Island, SC, 20 Mar 1862. WIA (gunshot left knee) at Burgess' Mill, VA, 27 Oct 1864. DOW at General Hospital, Petersburg, VA, 6 Nov 1864.

PEMBERTON, William W. (1841-1876) 19 1MM/J 17/A 5/D PVT PVT PVT Charleston 5' 6" tall, light complexion, dark hair, blue eyes, occupation: clerk. Trans. From Chichester's Co. (Charleston Zouave Cadets), 1st (Branch's) SC Militia Rifles, in State service, 16 Jan 1862. Reenlisted in Confederate service at Charleston, SC, 17 Feb 1862. Last reported 31 Dec 1864, as absent detached to report to BG P. M. B. YOUNG in South Carolina. Surrendered at Hillsboro, NC, 27 Apr 1865. d. 19 Jul 1876, Charleston, SC, and buried there in Magnolia Cemetery. m. M. A. PEMBERTON.

PENDARVIS, William 5/I PVT Barnwell Enlisted at Pocotaligo, SC, 8 Mar 1863. Discharged for disability, 18 May 1863.

PENNEY (PENNY), [J. E.] 1MM/J [PVT] Performed scouting and sentry duty 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.

PEOPLES, Thomas 38 17/D PVT [Colleton] Enlisted at Chehaw (Green Pond), SC, 2 Apr 1862. No further record of service found. Probabaly discharged for overage.

PHILLIPS, G. W. 23 17/C 5/B PVT PVT Beaufort Enlisted at Camp Gist, James Island, SC, 20 Mar 1862. Last reported as detached to work on gunboat (probably the CSS Columbia) at Charleston, SC, 20 Oct 1862 - 31 Oct 1864.

PHILLIPS, Henry Fletcher (1842-1862) 19 14/D PVT Orangeburg b. 1 Aug 1842, Aiken, SC. Enlisted at Binnaker's Bridge, Barnwell Dist., SC, 28 Dec 1861. DOD in hospital at McPhersonville, SC, 21 Jul 1862, and buried at Rocky Swamp Methodist Church, Neeses, SC.

PHILLIPS, J. W. 25 17/C 5/B PVT PVT Beaufort Enlisted at Camp Gist, James Island, SC, 20 Mar 1862. Last reported jailed for rape at Charleston, SC, 10 May 1862.

PHILLIPS, Joseph W. (1827-1912) 34 14/D 5/I PVT PVT Orangeburg b. 22 Feb 1827. Enlisted at Binnaker's Bridge, Barnwell Dist., SC, 28 Dec 1861. Paroled at Augusta, GA, 25 May 1865. d. 13 Jun 1912, and buried at Rock Swamp Methodist Cnurch, Neeses, SC.

PHILLIPS, Milton 31 HCC 5/K DBN/B PVT PVT PVT Union Enlisted at Unionville, SC, 7 Nov 1862. Reported in Dismounted Bn., 31 Aug 1864. Reported present with company, 31 Oct 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 25 Dec 1864. d. bef. 1897.

PIERSON, Samuel D. 20 5/H DBN/B PVT PVT Clarendon Enlisted at Mount Pleasant, SC, 25 Jun 1863. Reported in Dismounted Bn., 31 Aug 1864. Paroled at Greensboro, NC, [1] May 1865. Applied for a Confederate pension at Privateer, SC, 5 Apr 1919.

PINCKNEY, Eustace Bellinger 28 17/D 5/C 5/D PVT PVT PVT Colleton Enlisted at Chehaw (Green Pond), SC, 12 Mar 1862. Trans. to Co. D, 22 Oct 1863. Capt. at Vaughan Road, VA, 29 Sep 1864. Sent to Point Lookout, MD, and exchanged at Aiken's Landing, VA, 30 Oct 1864. Received at Venus Point, near Savannah, GA,15 Nov 1864. Farming at Bluffton, Beaufort Co., SC, in 1880.

PINCKNEY, Thomas 20 1MM/J PVT [Charleston] b. 1840, Charleston Dist., SC. Performed sentry and picket guard duty with the company during the period 11 Nov-Dec 1861, but no other record of service found. Probably the younger brother of Eustace B. PINCKNEY.

PLATT, Edwin [36] 1MM/J PVT Charleston Entered State service at Charleston, SC, 6 Nov 1861, and served to 7 Dec 1861. Post-war, wholesale grocer in Charleston, SC. d. bef. 1897.

PLATT, John S. SJMR 5/E PVT PVT Charleston Enlisted at Mount Pleasant, SC, 13 Jul 1862. Admitted to Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA, with typhoid fever, 14 Jun 1864. Trans. to General Hospital, Huguenot Springs, VA, 8 Jul 1864. Last reported, 31 Oct 1864, as absent on sick furlough.

PLATT, William D. (1845-1908) 16 5/E PVT Charleston b. 1 May 1845. Enlisted at Mount Pleasant, SC, 24 Feb 1863. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 25 Dec 1864. d. 2 May 1908, and buried at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Berkeley Co., SC. M. M. PLATT of St. Stephens, SC, applied for a Confederate pension based on his service, 30 Apr 1923.

PLATT, William M. (1832?-1864) 30 17/D 5/C PVT PVT [Colleton] Residence: Adams Run, SC. Enlisted at Chehaw (Green Pond), SC, 12 Mar 1862. WIA (gunshot in head and right eye) and capt. at McDaniel's House on Vaughan Rd., VA, 1 Oct 1864. DOW in enemy hands at City Point, VA, 26 Oct 1864

POOL, John Albert 5/K PVT Spartanburg Enlisted at Pocotaligo, SC, 15 Feb 1863. Last reported present, 31 Oct 1864. d. bef. 1897.

PORCHER, Frank M. 23 5/D PVT Colleton Trans. from Co. A, 21st Bn. GA Cavalry, 31 Jan 1864, in exchange with Edward S. CALVITT. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 2 Nov 1864. Working in saw mill at Peeples, Hampton Co., SC, in 1880.

PORTRESS, George W. 24 17/C 5/B PVT PVT Beaufort Enlisted at Camp Gist, James Island, SC, 20 Mar 1862. Previously served in Screven's Co., 1st (Martin's) SC Mounted Militia. Trans. to Kirk's Co. SC Partisan Rangers, Jan - Feb 1863. Farming at Goethe, Hampton Co., SC, in 1880. Living in 1897.

POSTELL, Daniel 32 1MM/S 17/D 5/C CPL PVT PVT [Colleton] 5' 7" tall, dark complexion, dark hair, dark eyes. Entered State service at Pocotaligo, SC, 12 Nov 1861. Discharged, 31 Jan 1862. Enlisted in Confederate service at Chehaw (Green Pond), SC, 12 Mar 1862. Granted a 40-day furlough to procure a horse, 5 Aug 1864. Last reported AWOL, 17 Sep 1864. Paroled at Charleston, SC, 11 Mar 1865.

POSTELL, George, Jr. 29 1MM/S 17/D 5/C CPL PVT PVT [Colleton] 5' 7" tall, dark complexion, dark hair, dark eyes. Entered State service at Pocotaligo, SC, 12 Nov 1861, and appt. CPL. Discharged, 31 Jan 1862. Enlisted in Confederate service at Chehaw (Green Pond), SC, 12 mar 1862. Paroled at Charleston, SC, 11 Mar 1865.

POSTELL, Willis 35 1MM/S 5/C PVT PVT [Colleton] 5' 2" tall, dark complexion, light hair, blue eyes. Entered State service at Pocotaligo, SC, 12 Nov 1861. Discharged, 31 Jan 1862. Enlisted in Confederate service at James Island, SC 26 Nov 1863. Granted a 40-day furlough to procure a horse, 5 Aug 1864. Paroled at Charleston, SC, 11 Mar 1865. Farming at Collins, Colleton Co., SC, in 1880.

PREVOST, Joseph Blair 22 1MM/J 17/A 5/D PVT PVT PVT Charleston 5' 10" tall, fair complexion, dark hair, light eyes, occupation: farmer. Entered State service at Charleston, SC, 28 Jan 1862. Reenlisted in Confederate service, SC, 17 Feb 1862. Detailed to regimental surgeon, 26 Jul 1863. Appt. hospital steward, Jan 1864. Surrendered at Hillsboro, NC, 27 Apr 1865. d. bef. 1897.

PREVOST, Joseph Willet (William) 19 17/A 5/D PVT CPL Charleston 5' 10" tall, light complexion, light hair, blue eyes, occupation: clerk. Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 17 Feb 1862. Reported as CPL, 21 Jan 1863. Capt. at Stoney Creek, VA, 1 Dec 1864. Sent to Point Lookout, MD, and released, 16 Jun 1865. Post-war, moved to CT. d. bef. 1897. m. Anna Keith BISSELL, 6 Sep 1865.

PRIESTER, [O.] 1MM/J [PVT] Performed sentry duty 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.

PRINCE, C. J. H. 24 17/D 5/B PVT PVT Beaufort Enlisted at Camp Gist, James Island, SC, 20 Mar 1862. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 12 Dec 1864.

PRITCHARD, Brewerton J. 23 17/B 5/G DBN/B PVT PVT PVT Charleston Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 10 Mar 1862. Reported in Dismounted Bn., 31 Aug 1864. WIA (gunshot in right hand) at Burgess' Mill, VA, 27 Oct 1864. Last reported as granted at 40-day medical furlough at Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA, 14 Nov 1864.

PRITCHARD, Thomas W. 26 14/A 5/H PVT PVT Sumter Enlisted at Camp Hampton, Columbia, SC, 2 Jan 1862. Last reported admitted to Episcopal Church Hospital, Williamsburg, VA, with acute dysentery, 23 Sep 1864.

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NAME	AGE	CO(s)	RANK(s)	DISTRICT	REMARKS
PACK, Elijah W.	28	5/H DBN/B	PVT PVT	Clarendon	Enlisted at Pocotaligo, SC, 21 Feb 1863. Reported in Dismounted Bn., 31 Oct 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 1 Dec 1864. d. bef. 1897.
PACK, John	48	5/H DBN/B	PVT PVT	Clarendon	Enlisted at Pocotaligo, SC, 12 Feb 1863, as substitute for T. Adams WAY. Reported in Dismounted Bn., 31 Oct 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 1 Dec 1864. d. bef. 1891.
PACK, Joseph	22	14/A 5/H	PVT PVT	Clarendon	Enlisted at Camp Hampton, Columbia, SC, 2 Jan 1862. WIA (face, painfully) at Gravelly Run, VA, 23 Aug 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 25 Dec 1864. Farming at Plowdens Mill, Clarendon Co., SC, in 1880. Living in 1891.
PACK, Robert R.	22	5/H DBN/B	PVT PVT	Clarendon	Enlisted at Pocotaligo, SC, 21 Feb 1863. Reported in Dismounted Bn., 31 Aug 1864. Reported present with company, 31 Oct 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 2 Nov 1864. d. bef. 1891.
PADGETT, F. V.	29	17/D 5/C	PVT PVT	[Colleton]	5' 5" tall, dark complexion, dark hair, blue eyes. Enlisted at Chehaw (Green Pond), SC, 12 Mar 1862. Paroled at Charleston, SC, 28 Mar 1865.
PALMER, William J. (1821?-1862)	38	1MM/J 17/A 17/A	SGT SGT VOL	Charleston	b. Mansfield, OH. Residence: Charleston, SC; occupation: omnibus line manager. Joined South Carolina Rangers in summer of 1861, and elected CPL. Entered State service, 6 Nov 1861. Appt. SGT, 30 Jan 1862. Reenlisted in Confederate service, 17 Feb 1862. Discharged for overage, 15 May 1862, but continued to serve as an independent volunteer. DOD (typhoid fever) at Walhalla, SC, 10 Sep 1862.
PARKER, Eleazer		5/K	PVT	Union	6' 1 1/2" tall, dark complexion, dark hair, dark eyes. Enlisted at Pocotaligo, SC, 21 Apr 1863. Capt. at Bentonville, NC, 22 Mar 1865. Sent to Hart Island, NY, and released, 16 Jun 1865.
PARLER (PARLOR), Joseph	31	14/D 5/I	PVT PVT	Orangeburg	Enlisted at McPhersonville, SC, 28 Dec 1861. Trans. to Co. C, 2d SC Artillery, 7 Mar 1864.
PATRICK, George Vastin	24	14/B 5/A	PVT PVT	[Orangeburg]	Enlisted at Orangeburg, SC, 24 Dec 1861. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 25 Dec 1864. Applied for a Confederate pension at Bowman, SC, 29 Oct 1919; pension transferred to Dorchester Co., SC, 10 Feb 1922.
PATRICK, James B.	20	17/B 5/G	PVT PVT	Charleston	Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 20 Feb 1862. Capt. at Reams' Station, VA, 23 Aug 1864. Sent to Point Lookout, MD, and exchanged, at Aiken's Landing, VA, 1 Nov 1864. Detained by Union forces near Orangeburg, SC, 13 Feb 1865, and claimed to be a paroled prisoner. Sent to New Bern, NC, and trans. Point Lookout, MD, 3 Apr 1865. No further record found.
PATRICK, William Thomas (1834-1878)	28	14/B 5/A	SGT SGT	Orangeburg	b. 6 Aug 1834. 5' 5" tall, dark complexion, brown hair, blue eyes, occupation: farmer. Enlisted at Orangeburg, SC, 24 Dec 1861, and appt. SGT. Discharged for disability (epilepsy) at Gardens Corner, SC, 15 Feb 1862. Reenlisted at Pocotaligo, SC, 16 Mar 1863. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 25 Dec 1864. Per "Memory Rolls", surrendered at Hillsboro, NC, 27 Apr 1865. d. 17 Jul 1878, and buried at Ebenezer UMC, Bowman, SC.
PATTERSON, E. Q.	20	17/C 5/B	PVT SGT	Charleston	6' 0" tall, light complexion, dark hair, hazel eyes. Enlisted at Camp Gist, James Island, SC, 20 Mar 1862. Reported as CPL, 31 Aug 1862. Reported as SGT, 31 Dec 1863. Admitted to General Hospital No. 9, Richmond, VA, with gunshot wound in right foot, 4 Jun 1864. Granted a 40-day medical furlough at Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA, 16 Jun 1864. Paroled at Charleston, SC, 29 Mar 1865. Living in 1897.
PAULS, William F.		SJMR 5/E DBN/B	PVT PVT PVT	[Charleston]	Enlisted at McClellanville, SC, 17 Mar 1862. Reported in Dismounted Bn., 31 Aug 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 25 Dec 1864.
PEAGLER (PEIGLER), Isaac (1827?-1864)	34	17/A 5/D	PVT PVT	Charleston	Residence: St. James Goose Creek Parish, SC. 5' 10" tall, dark complexon, dark hair, blue eyes, occupation: farmer. Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 20 Mar 1862. KIA at White House Landing, Pamunkey River, VA, 20 Jun 1864.
PEAGLER, D. H.	[17]	5/E	PVT	Charleston	Enlisted at Mount Pleasant, SC, 13 Aug 1863. Last reported AWOL, 1 Sep 1864. Farming in St. Stephens Parish, Charleston Co., SC, in 1880.
PEAGLER, Henry	23	17/B 5/G	PVT PVT	Charleston	Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 1 Mar 1862. WIA (head, slightly) at Trevilian Station, VA, 11 Jun 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 1 Dec 1864.
PEAGLER, John	46	17/B 5/G	PVT PVT	Charleston	Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 20 Feb 1862. Trans. to Co. D, 2d SC Cavalry, 18 Apr 1864. Farming in St. Johns Berkeley Parish, Charleston Co., SC, in 1880.
PEARCY, William T.	28	17/B 5/G	PVT CPL	Charleston	Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 20 Feb 1862. Appt. CPL, 1 Aug 1863. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 25 Dec 1864. Farming in St. James Goose Creek Parish, Charleston Co., SC, in 1880.
PEEPLES, J. R. (1839?-1864)	23	17/C 5/B	PVT PVT	Beaufort	Enlisted at Camp Gist, James Island, SC, 20 Mar 1862. WIA (gunshot left knee) at Burgess' Mill, VA, 27 Oct 1864. DOW at General Hospital, Petersburg, VA, 6 Nov 1864.
PEMBERTON, William W. (1841-1876)	19	1MM/J 17/A 5/D	PVT PVT PVT	Charleston	5' 6" tall, light complexion, dark hair, blue eyes, occupation: clerk. Trans. From Chichester's Co. (Charleston Zouave Cadets), 1st (Branch's) SC Militia Rifles, in State service, 16 Jan 1862. Reenlisted in Confederate service at Charleston, SC, 17 Feb 1862. Last reported 31 Dec 1864, as absent detached to report to BG P. M. B. YOUNG in South Carolina. Surrendered at Hillsboro, NC, 27 Apr 1865. d. 19 Jul 1876, Charleston, SC, and buried there in Magnolia Cemetery. m. M. A. PEMBERTON.
PENDARVIS, William		5/I	PVT	Barnwell	Enlisted at Pocotaligo, SC, 8 Mar 1863. Discharged for disability, 18 May 1863.
PENNEY (PENNY), [J. E.]		1MM/J	[PVT]		Performed scouting and sentry duty 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.
PEOPLES, Thomas	38	17/D	PVT	[Colleton]	Enlisted at Chehaw (Green Pond), SC, 2 Apr 1862. No further record of service found. Probabaly discharged for overage.
PHILLIPS, G. W.	23	17/C 5/B	PVT PVT	Beaufort	Enlisted at Camp Gist, James Island, SC, 20 Mar 1862. Last reported as detached to work on gunboat (probably the CSS Columbia) at Charleston, SC, 20 Oct 1862 - 31 Oct 1864.
PHILLIPS, Henry Fletcher (1842-1862)	19	14/D	PVT	Orangeburg	b. 1 Aug 1842, Aiken, SC. Enlisted at Binnaker's Bridge, Barnwell Dist., SC, 28 Dec 1861. DOD in hospital at McPhersonville, SC, 21 Jul 1862, and buried at Rocky Swamp Methodist Church, Neeses, SC.
PHILLIPS, J. W.	25	17/C 5/B	PVT PVT	Beaufort	Enlisted at Camp Gist, James Island, SC, 20 Mar 1862. Last reported jailed for rape at Charleston, SC, 10 May 1862.
PHILLIPS, Joseph W. (1827-1912)	34	14/D 5/I	PVT PVT	Orangeburg	b. 22 Feb 1827. Enlisted at Binnaker's Bridge, Barnwell Dist., SC, 28 Dec 1861. Paroled at Augusta, GA, 25 May 1865. d. 13 Jun 1912, and buried at Rock Swamp Methodist Cnurch, Neeses, SC.
PHILLIPS, Milton	31	HCC 5/K DBN/B	PVT PVT PVT	Union	Enlisted at Unionville, SC, 7 Nov 1862. Reported in Dismounted Bn., 31 Aug 1864. Reported present with company, 31 Oct 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 25 Dec 1864. d. bef. 1897.
PIERSON, Samuel D.	20	5/H DBN/B	PVT PVT	Clarendon	Enlisted at Mount Pleasant, SC, 25 Jun 1863. Reported in Dismounted Bn., 31 Aug 1864. Paroled at Greensboro, NC, [1] May 1865. Applied for a Confederate pension at Privateer, SC, 5 Apr 1919.
PINCKNEY, Eustace Bellinger	28	17/D 5/C 5/D	PVT PVT PVT	Colleton	Enlisted at Chehaw (Green Pond), SC, 12 Mar 1862. Trans. to Co. D, 22 Oct 1863. Capt. at Vaughan Road, VA, 29 Sep 1864. Sent to Point Lookout, MD, and exchanged at Aiken's Landing, VA, 30 Oct 1864. Received at Venus Point, near Savannah, GA,15 Nov 1864. Farming at Bluffton, Beaufort Co., SC, in 1880.
PINCKNEY, Thomas	20	1MM/J	PVT	[Charleston]	b. 1840, Charleston Dist., SC. Performed sentry and picket guard duty with the company during the period 11 Nov-Dec 1861, but no other record of service found. Probably the younger brother of Eustace B. PINCKNEY.
PLATT, Edwin	[36]	1MM/J	PVT	Charleston	Entered State service at Charleston, SC, 6 Nov 1861, and served to 7 Dec 1861. Post-war, wholesale grocer in Charleston, SC. d. bef. 1897.
PLATT, John S.		SJMR 5/E	PVT PVT	Charleston	Enlisted at Mount Pleasant, SC, 13 Jul 1862. Admitted to Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA, with typhoid fever, 14 Jun 1864. Trans. to General Hospital, Huguenot Springs, VA, 8 Jul 1864. Last reported, 31 Oct 1864, as absent on sick furlough.
PLATT, William D. (1845-1908)	16	5/E	PVT	Charleston	b. 1 May 1845. Enlisted at Mount Pleasant, SC, 24 Feb 1863. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 25 Dec 1864. d. 2 May 1908, and buried at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Berkeley Co., SC. M. M. PLATT of St. Stephens, SC, applied for a Confederate pension based on his service, 30 Apr 1923.
PLATT, William M. (1832?-1864)	30	17/D 5/C	PVT PVT	[Colleton]	Residence: Adams Run, SC. Enlisted at Chehaw (Green Pond), SC, 12 Mar 1862. WIA (gunshot in head and right eye) and capt. at McDaniel's House on Vaughan Rd., VA, 1 Oct 1864. DOW in enemy hands at City Point, VA, 26 Oct 1864
POOL, John Albert		5/K	PVT	Spartanburg	Enlisted at Pocotaligo, SC, 15 Feb 1863. Last reported present, 31 Oct 1864. d. bef. 1897.
PORCHER, Frank M.	23	5/D	PVT	Colleton	Trans. from Co. A, 21st Bn. GA Cavalry, 31 Jan 1864, in exchange with Edward S. CALVITT. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 2 Nov 1864. Working in saw mill at Peeples, Hampton Co., SC, in 1880.
PORTRESS, George W.	24	17/C 5/B	PVT PVT	Beaufort	Enlisted at Camp Gist, James Island, SC, 20 Mar 1862. Previously served in Screven's Co., 1st (Martin's) SC Mounted Militia. Trans. to Kirk's Co. SC Partisan Rangers, Jan - Feb 1863. Farming at Goethe, Hampton Co., SC, in 1880. Living in 1897.
POSTELL, Daniel	32	1MM/S 17/D 5/C	CPL PVT PVT	[Colleton]	5' 7" tall, dark complexion, dark hair, dark eyes. Entered State service at Pocotaligo, SC, 12 Nov 1861. Discharged, 31 Jan 1862. Enlisted in Confederate service at Chehaw (Green Pond), SC, 12 Mar 1862. Granted a 40-day furlough to procure a horse, 5 Aug 1864. Last reported AWOL, 17 Sep 1864. Paroled at Charleston, SC, 11 Mar 1865.
POSTELL, George, Jr.	29	1MM/S 17/D 5/C	CPL PVT PVT	[Colleton]	5' 7" tall, dark complexion, dark hair, dark eyes. Entered State service at Pocotaligo, SC, 12 Nov 1861, and appt. CPL. Discharged, 31 Jan 1862. Enlisted in Confederate service at Chehaw (Green Pond), SC, 12 mar 1862. Paroled at Charleston, SC, 11 Mar 1865.
POSTELL, Willis	35	1MM/S 5/C	PVT PVT	[Colleton]	5' 2" tall, dark complexion, light hair, blue eyes. Entered State service at Pocotaligo, SC, 12 Nov 1861. Discharged, 31 Jan 1862. Enlisted in Confederate service at James Island, SC 26 Nov 1863. Granted a 40-day furlough to procure a horse, 5 Aug 1864. Paroled at Charleston, SC, 11 Mar 1865. Farming at Collins, Colleton Co., SC, in 1880.
PREVOST, Joseph Blair	22	1MM/J 17/A 5/D	PVT PVT PVT	Charleston	5' 10" tall, fair complexion, dark hair, light eyes, occupation: farmer. Entered State service at Charleston, SC, 28 Jan 1862. Reenlisted in Confederate service, SC, 17 Feb 1862. Detailed to regimental surgeon, 26 Jul 1863. Appt. hospital steward, Jan 1864. Surrendered at Hillsboro, NC, 27 Apr 1865. d. bef. 1897.
PREVOST, Joseph Willet (William)	19	17/A 5/D	PVT CPL	Charleston	5' 10" tall, light complexion, light hair, blue eyes, occupation: clerk. Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 17 Feb 1862. Reported as CPL, 21 Jan 1863. Capt. at Stoney Creek, VA, 1 Dec 1864. Sent to Point Lookout, MD, and released, 16 Jun 1865. Post-war, moved to CT. d. bef. 1897. m. Anna Keith BISSELL, 6 Sep 1865.
PRIESTER, [O.]		1MM/J	[PVT]		Performed sentry duty 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.
PRINCE, C. J. H.	24	17/D 5/B	PVT PVT	Beaufort	Enlisted at Camp Gist, James Island, SC, 20 Mar 1862. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 12 Dec 1864.
PRITCHARD, Brewerton J.	23	17/B 5/G DBN/B	PVT PVT PVT	Charleston	Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 10 Mar 1862. Reported in Dismounted Bn., 31 Aug 1864. WIA (gunshot in right hand) at Burgess' Mill, VA, 27 Oct 1864. Last reported as granted at 40-day medical furlough at Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA, 14 Nov 1864.
PRITCHARD, Thomas W.	26	14/A 5/H	PVT PVT	Sumter	Enlisted at Camp Hampton, Columbia, SC, 2 Jan 1862. Last reported admitted to Episcopal Church Hospital, Williamsburg, VA, with acute dysentery, 23 Sep 1864.

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