South Carolina 9th Militia Regiment - Lower Battalion
Historical Notes:
From Chapman's History of Edgefield County:
This company is, I suppose, the germ or the original of Company I,
7th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers. In another place appears the
roll of that company showing its
condition, as reported by Captain Benjamin Roper, July 23rd, 1862, which roll is on file in the
office of the Adjutant and Inspector General, Columbia, S. C.
Officers:
W. F. Prescott, Captain; J. P. Nixon, First Lieutenant; Benjamin Roper, Second
Lieutenant; S. B. Blocker, Third Lieutenant; H. C. Garrett, First Sergeant; Wyat Holmes, Second
Sergeant; Wm. Holmes, Third Sergeant; G. W. Morgan, Fourth Sergeant; William Holson, Fifth
Sergeant; L. M. Broadwater, First Corporal; L. J. Miller, Second Corporal; J. H. Lanier, Third
Corporal; S. G. Merriwether, Fourth Corporal; N. L. Brunson, Fifth Corporal; Thomas M. Crafton,
Sixth Corporal.
Roster:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 76 men.
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