Caldwell, J.F.J. The History of a Brigade of South Carolinians Known First as "Gregg's," and Subsequently as "McGowan's Brigade." Philadephia, King & Barid Printers, 1866 E577.4M3C34.1984.Reprint available.

Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987. Ref. See pp. 247-48 (2 photocopied pages) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.

Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 6: South Carolina. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1987. 931 p. E484C65.1987v6. Contains numerous, scattered references to South Carolina units. CD-ROM available.

Mattison, J.W. "Orr's South Carolina Rifles, Brief Sketch of the Famous Regiment from the Pen of One Who Fought in its Ranks." SHSP 27 (1899): pp. 157-65 (5 photocopied pages). E483.7S76v27. CD-ROM available.

Norton, Joseph jeptha. Generations Back: Norton & Related Lines; Family Manuscripts, Civil War Papers of J. J. Norton. Compiled and edited by Sarah Mills Norton. Walhalla, South Carolina: Norton, 1977. 336 pp.

Memoir, letters, and diary. Lieut. Col. 1st (Orr's) South Carolina Infantry. Organization of the regiment; duty on Sullivan's Island in Charleston Harbor, Virginia (including second Bull Run); the Antietam campaign; and Fredericksburg where he was wounded and subsequently forced to resign. Included among other Norton family genealogical materials.

Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina.... NY: Facts on File, 1995. pp. 56-57 (2 photocopied pages). E577S53.1995. (Unit organizational history).

1st South Carolina Rifles
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