Nathaniel H. Ayers, Private, Company L, 2nd Regiment South Carolina Rifles,* enlisted May 6, 1862 at Anderson by Lt. J. A. Major for 3 years, admitted Episcopal Church Hospital, Williamsburg, Va. May 30, Rubeola (measles), returned to duty July 14, sick in hospital at Winchester, Va. the end of August, 1862, admitted to Receiving an Wayside Hospital, Richmond, Va. October 14, transferred to Winder Hospital November 12, Hepititis, transferred December 16 to Danville, Va., Chronic Rheumatism, returned to duty April 24, 1863, recorded absent since the battle of October 28, 1863, missing, and carried thus on the company books thereafter, captured at Chattanooga, Tenn. October 29, 1863, forwarded to Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana prison camp via Louisville, Ky. November 9, 1863, transferred for exchange February 26, 1865, to City Point, Va. via Baltimore, Md., no further records
* Companies A to F, of this regiment, were organized in October and November, 1861, and were temporarily attached to the 1st (Orr's) Regiment South Carolina Rifles until December 10, 1861, when the 5th (also known as the 1st and Moore's) Battalion South Carolina Rifles was formed of these companies. About January 11, 1862, Company G was added to the battalion, which was increased to a regiment April 27, 1862, by the addition of Companies H, K and L, and designated the 2nd Regiment South Carolina Rifles
M267: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina
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2nd Regiment, South Carolina Rifles
2nd Regiment Rifles was organized during the spring of 1862 using the 5th South Carolina Battalion Rifles as its nucleus. The unit served in South Carolina, then was ordered to Virginia and assigned to General Jenkins' and Bratton's Brigade. It participated in the Seven Days' Battles and the conflicts at Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, and Fredericksburg. Later the regiment was with Longstreet at Suffolk and D.H. Hill in North Carolina. It moved again with Longstreet but did not take part in the Battle of Chickamauga. The unit was involved in the Knoxville operations, returned to Virginia, and saw action at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor. After enduring the hardships of the Petersburg siege south and north of the James River, it ended the war at Appomattox. This regiment sustained 149 casualties at Gaines' Mill and Frayser's Farm, 58 at Second Manassas, 18 at Sharpsburg, and 64 at Wauhatchie. During 1864 from May 4 to June 12, it lost 14 killed, 93 wounded, and 2 missing, and from June 13 to December 31, there were 16 killed, 90 wounded, and 11 missing. The unit surrendered 22 officers and 274 men. Its commanders were Colonels Robert E. Bowen, John V. Moore, and Thomas Thomson; Lieutenant Colonels Thomas H. Boggs, David L. Donald, and Robert A. Thompson; and Majors Daniel L. Cox and Stiles P. Dendy.
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