A history of the Third South Carolina Infantry, 1861-1865

by Mac Wyckoff

"A History Of The Third South Carolina Infantry 1861-1865" by Mac Wyckoff (Sergeant Kirland's Museum and Historical Society Publishing, 1995, 330 Pages), is the history of the hard fighting regiment from South Carolina that fought in the Army of Northern Virginia under the leadership of Robert E. Lee during the Civil War. This regiment from the first state of the secession was quickly formed right after South Carolina seceded from the Union in December of 1860. The regiment was formed from the men of Charleston and other towns throughout South Carolina. From the cities to the country young men would enlist in the Confederate Army at first due to their passion of becoming independent from what they considered a hostile Federal Government, others would join because their brothers, fathers, cousins, and close friends would enlist, and others for the "romanticism and adventure" of going off to war. The men were organized into companies that formed the Third South Carolina Regiments and wer