Early in May or the last of April four companies of the Second Regiment, under Colonel Kershaw, volunteered for Confederate service, and were sent at once to Virginia.  These companies were commanded by—­

    Captain John D. Kennedy, Kershaw County.  Captain W.H.  Casson,
    Richland County.  Captain William Wallace, Richland County. 
    Captain John Richardson, Sumter County.

They were afterwards joined by companies under—­

    Captain Ferryman, of Abbeville County, (formerly of the
    Seventh Regiment).  Captain Cuthbert, Charleston.  Captain
    Rhett, Charleston.  Captain Haile, Kershaw.  Captain McManus,
    Lancaster.  Captain Hoke, Greenville.

These were among the first soldiers from the “Palmetto State” to go to
Virginia, and the regiment when fully organized stood as follows: 

    J.B.  Kershaw, Colonel, of Camden.  E.P.  Jones, Lieutenant
    Colonel.  Fred Gaillard, Major.  A.D.  Goodwin, Adjutant.

    Company A—­W.H.  Casson, Richland.  Company B—­A.D.  Hoke,
    Greenville.  Company C—­William Wallace, Richland.  Company
    D—­T.S.  Richardson.  Company E—­John D. Kennedy, Kershaw. 
    Company F—­W.W.Perryman, Anderson.  Company G—­I.  Haile,
    Kershaw.  Company H—­H.  McManus, Lancaster.  Company I—­G.B. 
    Cuthbert, Charleston.  Company K—­R.  Rhett, Charleston. 
    Surgeon—­Dr. F. Salmond, Kershaw.  Quartermaster—­W.S. 
    Wood, Columbia.  Commissary—­J.J.  Villipigue.  Chaplain—­A.J. 
    McGruder.

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THIRD SOUTH CAROLINA REGIMENT.

The Third Regiment had originally twelve companies enlisted for State service, but in transferring to Confederate Army only ten were allowed by the army regulations.  Two companies were left out, viz.:  Captain J.C.S.  Brown’s, from Newberry, and Captain Mat.  Jones’, from Laurens.  The privates, however, enlisted in the other companies as a general rule, for the companies were allowed a maximum number of 100.  The Eighth and Third made no changes in their companies or officers from their first enlistment in the State service until their second enlistment in 1862, only as occasioned by resignations or the casualties of war.  The two regiments remained as first organized, with few exceptions.

The Third stood, when ready for transportation to Virginia, the 7th of June, as follows: 

    James H. Williams, Colonel, Newberry.  B.B.  Foster, Lieutenant
    Colonel, Spartanburg.  James M. Baxter, Major, Newberry.  W.D. 
    Rutherford, Adjutant, Newberry.

    Company A—­B.  Conway Garlington, Laurens.  Company B—­S.  Newton
    Davidson, Newberry.  Company C—­R.C.  Maffett, Newberry.  Company
    D—­T.B.  Furgerson, Spartanburg and Union.  Company E—­James D.
    Nance, Newberry.  Company F—­T.  Walker, Newberry and Laurens.