5th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment
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VARN, C[arson] W. 5/I PVT Enlisted in Co. H, 17th SC Infantry, at Camp Hampton, Columbia, SC, 9 Dec 1861. Apparently joined Co. I at Pocotaligo, SC, 3 Feb 1863, while home on sick furlough. Arrested and sent to Camp of Instruction, [Columbia, SC], 1 Apr 1863, and subsequently returned to 17th SC Infantry. VARN, R. A. 5/I PVT Barnwell Enlisted at Pocotaligo, SC, 6 Mar 1863. Last reported as granted a 60-day medical furlough at General Hospital, Kittrell Springs, NC, 1 Aug 1864. VAUGHN, R. B. M. 5/K PVT Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 17 Feb 1863. Trans. to Co. B, 27th SC Infantry, abt. May 1863. DOD (acute diarrhea) at Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA, 21 Jul 1864. VENNING, David Brainerd (1828-1868) 32 SJMR 5/E PVT PVT Charleston b. 1828, Charleston, SC. Enlisted at Mount Pleasant., SC, 18 Nov 1861. Trans. to Co. L/O, 20th SC Infantry, 26 Sep 1864. d. 22 Jun 1868. m. Harriet Moore WIGFALL, 6 Jun 1861. VENNING, Elias SJMR 5/E 1LT 1LT Charleston Appt. 1LT, 30 Oct 1862. Trans. to Co. L/O, 20th SC Infantry, 7 Oct 1863, and appt. CPT. After that unit was disbanded, served as PVT in Co. B, 2d SC Cavalry. m. Mary Caroline MCCANTS, 2 Feb 1859. VENNING, Henry Martyn (1822-1865) [39] 1MM/J PVT Charleston Residence: Mount Pleasant, SC. Entered State service at Charleston, SC, 6 Nov 1861. Discharged for disability, 28 Jan 1862. Buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC. m. Elizabeth Ramsey HOLMES. VENNING, Nicholas B. 5/E CPL Charleston Enlisted at Mount Pleasant, SC, 19 Sep 1863. Appt. CPL, 31 Oct 1863. Last reported on 31 Oct 1864, as absent at Lynchburg, VA, with unserviceable horses. VENNING, William Capers (1834-1916) 27 SJMR 5/E 2LT 1LT Charleston b. 28 Jun 1834. Enlisted at Santee, SC, 13 Dec 1861. Appt. 2LT, 13 Dec 1862. Appt. 1LT, 7 Oct 1863. Last reported present, 31 Oct 1864. d. 8 Jun 1916, and buried at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, near Wando, SC. VIARD, Benjamin 18 1MM/S 17/D 5/C DBN/B PVT PVT PVT PVT [Colleton] Entered State service at Bluffton, SC, 24 Dec 1861. Discharged, 31 Jan 1862. Enlisted in Confederate service at Chehaw (Green Pond), SC, 12 Mar 1862. Reported in Dismounted Bn., 31 Aug 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 1 Dec 1864. VICE, George P. SJMR 5/E PVT PVT Orangeburg Enlisted at Santee, SC, 25 Mar 1862. Last reported AWOL, 24 Oct 1864. VICE, J. M. 5/E DBN/B PVT PVT Orangeburg Enlisted at Mount Pleasant, SC, 13 Jul 1863. Reported in Dismounted Bn., 31 Aug 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 1 Dec 1864. VICE, John D. F. SJMR 5/E DBN/B PVT PVT PVT Orangeburg Enlisted at Santee, SC, 25 Mar 1862. Reported in Dismounted Bn., 31 Aug 1864. Last reported on 31 Oct 1864, as absent sick in hospital. Applied for a Confederate pension at Lone Star, SC, 9 May 1919. VINSON, James Walker 17 HCC 5/K PVT PVT Union b. 1844, Union, SC. Enlisted at Unionville, SC, 7 Nov 1862. Trans.to Co. A, RMRHA (later, Co. B, 7th SC Cavalry), 15 Dec 1863. Grocer in Union, SC, in 1880. d. bef. 1897. Frances J. VINSON of Union, SC, applied for a Confederate pension based on his service, 24 Oct 1919. VINSON, W. J. 5/K PVT Enlisted at Columbia, SC, 1 Jul 1864. Last reported present, 31 Oct 1864. VINSON, William L. (Bones) 17 5/K PVT Union Enlisted at Columbia, SC, 21 Jan 1863. Discharged, 13 Oct 1863. Alive in 1897. von DOHLEN, Conrad A. 18 17/B 5/G PVT PVT Charleston Enlisted at Charleston, SC, 20 Feb 1862. Horse KIA at Secessionville, SC, 2 Jun 1862. Granted a 40-day furlough to procure a new horse, 5 Aug 1864. Last reported AWOL, 17 Sep 1864. Alive in 1896. von KOLNITZ, George F. (1842-1906) 19 1MM/J 17/A 5/D PVT PVT PVT Charleston b. 22 Oct 1842, Charleston, SC. 5' 7" tall, fair complexion, light hair, light eyes, occupation: clerk. Entered State service at Charleston, SC, 6 Nov 1861. Reenlisted in Confederate service at Charleston, SC, 17 Feb 1862. Capt. At Sussex C.H., VA, 7 Dec 1864. Sent to Point Lookout, MD, and released, 15 May 1865. Merchant in Charleston, SC, in 1880. d. 27 May 1906, at Charleston, SC, and buried there in Magnolia Cemetery. m. Mary Wayne von KOLNITZ.
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