First (1st) Battalion
South Carolina State Troops
Senior Reserves

Williams, Daniel, Major

Ballenger, D. Joel, Major. Previous service included Captain of Company G, 5th State Troops (1863 ) - Spartanburg District

Staff:
  Sloan, James Fowler, 2nd Lieutenant & Adjutant, born August 1819 in Laurens County, SC. Was a Captain in the pre-war 37th Regiment of Miltita. Joined Holcombe Legion, Company B in 1861, leaving due to ill health.

Battle Assignments:
  Carolinas Campaign (Feb thru Apr)
  Bentonville, N.C. (March 19 thru 21)

Organization, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
Organized with 10 companies in mid-1864. Part of consolidation at Smithfield, 9 April 1865

Field Assignments
  Ripley's Brigade (July to Oct)
  Charleston Stockade
  Florence Stockade
  Columbia Military Prison (Nov)
  Taliaferro's Brigade (Dec)
  Chestnut's Brigade (Dec thru Jan)
  Mercer's Brigade (Jan thru Feb)
  Hardee's Corps, Blanchard's Brigade  McLaw's Division  (Feb thru Apr)

Company A - Captain Daniel H. Smith - Spartanburg District

Company B - Captain Edward Powell - Greenville District

Company C - Captain Samuel M. Snoddy - Spartanburg District

Company D - Captain William Forrester (Forrest) - Spartanburg District

Company E - Captain William T. Wilkins - Spartanburg District

Company F - Captain - District

Company G - Captain - District

Company H - Captain - District

Company K - Captain Mickler - District

Perryman's Battalion - Colonel William W. Perryman

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