Palmetto Sharpshooters
The South Carolina Palmetto Sharpshooters were a sharpshooter unit in the American Civil War. The regiment served with the Army of Northern Virginia from 1862 to 1865. The unit would fight in most of the major battles in the eastern theater, and hard fighting in the western theater with James Longstreet in 1863. 1862 The regiment would be formed from several South Carolina regiments near Richmond in early 1862. The regiment would be commanded by Micah Jenkins, and assigned to Andersons Brigade, Longstreet's Division, Magruder's Command. The regiments first action would be at the battle of Williamsburg in May 1862, the regiment would hold Fort Magruder against repeated Federal attacks, losing 29 men and withdrawing under the cover of night. The unit would once again see heavy action at the battle of Seven Pines, May 31-June 1. The sharpshooters would assist in taking Casey's Redoubt, suffering heavy casualties. After taking the redoubt, the unit, assisted by several other regi ...
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