3rd Regiment of State Troops
Junior Reserves
Company B

Officers
Croskey ( Coskrey ( Caskney ), ?, Captain

NonCommissioned Officers
Smyth, Ellison A., 3rd Sergeant, born 26 October 1848, Charleston, SC

Rawls, Benjamin Andrew, Corporal, born 8 March 1848, Fairfield District, SC. He was reared at Columbia until the age of sixteen years, in the spring of 1864, he enlisted as a corporal in Company K, Third South Carolina reserves, and in the fall of the same year he was transferred to Company B, battalion of State cadets, then stationed at the Tulifinney river

Privates
Corbett, John M., born 7 Nov 1846. He enlisted 15 Nov 1864 and was discharged Feb 1865, Charleston, SC.

Dyson, William H, born 15 Dec 1845. He enlisted 15 Nov 1864 and was discharged 1865, Manning, SC, end of hostilities. He married Ann L. on 17 Dec 1868 and lived in Plowdens Mill, Clarendon Coiunty after the War. He died 30 Jan 1889, Clarendon County.

Gaymon, Dempsey E.. He enlisted 15 Nov 1864 and was discharged 1865, Spartanburg, SC. He died 26 Dec 1906.

Hammett, Benjamin Joseph, born 10 Dec 1847. He enlisted 10 Nov 1864 and was discharged Apr 1865, Spartanburg, SC.

Harvin, Charles Richard, born 27 Jan 1847. He enlisted Sep 1864 and was discharged 9 Apr 1865, Spartanburg, SC.

Ingram, S. Edward, born 15 July 1848. He enlisted Sept 1864 and was discharged 9 Apr 1865, Camden, SC.

Shorter, Henry W.. He enlisted Apr 1864 and was discharged 9 Apr 1865, Spartanburg, SC. He married Sarah E. He died 17 Oct 1890.

Touchberry, H., admitted to Wayside (1st Louisana) Confederate Hospital, Charleston where he died 26 Jan 1865.

Williams, C. B. ( S. C. )

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