G. R. Whisonant, Private, Company F, 17th Regiment South Carolina Infantry, enlisted November 10, 1864 at Columbia by Capt. R. D. Senn, never reported for duty, recorded absent without leave on the Jan./Feb., 1865 muster roll, no other records

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John Whisonant, Private, Company K, 17th South Carolina Infantry, enlisted January 14, 1864 at Charleston by Capt. Crawford for the war, $50 bounty due, admitted Episcopal Church Hospital, Williamsburg, Va. May 21, 1864, gunshot wound, furloughed June 8, last recorded present on the Jan/Feb, 1865 muster roll, captured at Petersburg March 25, 1865, admitted at Lincoln General Hospital, Washington, D. C. from City Point on USA Hospital Steamer, State of Maine, March 28, gunshot flesh wound, right thigh (severe), minnie ball, subscribed and swore allegiance to the U. S., June 12, 1865, description" resident of York County, S. C., fair complexion, brown hair, grey eyes, 5' 9", released from hospital June 14, 1865

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R. H. Whisonant, 2nd Lieutenant, Capt. W. Blackburn Wilson's Company, 17th Regiment South Carolina Volunteers,* appointed November 29, 1861, dropped April 28, 1862, recorded as Private, subsequently wounded July 20, 1864, age 39, gunshot fracture right arm, middle third, amputation at shoulder joint, healthy, admitted Confederate States Hospital, Petersburg, Va. July 30, died August 1, 1864 of wounds received in battle near Petersburg, Va., his widow, M. L. Whisenant [sic] filed claim for settlement of his accounts November 21, 1864, no other records

* This company subsequently became Company F, 17th Regiment South Carolina Infantry

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John B. Whisonant, age 20, Private, Capt. Jno. L. Miller's Company, Dunovant's Regiment South Carolina Volunteers, enlisted August 12, 1861 at Yorkville, York District, S. C. by Capt. Jno. L. Miller for the war, admitted General Hospital Camp Winder, Richmond, Va. May 28, 1862, Diarrhoea, returned to duty June 1, employed on extra duty as a Teamster June, July, August, September, 1863, again employed as a Teamster, October, November, 1864, captured at Petersburg April 3, 1865, arrived Hart's Island, New York Harbor prison from City Point April 17, subscribed to Oath of Allegiance to the U. S., June 16, 1865 and released, listed as a Corporal, description" resident of York Dist., S. C., fair complexion, light hair, blue eyes, 5' 10"

** This company subsequently became Company B, 12th South Carolina Infantry

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Thomas P. Whisonant, Private, Company B, 12th Regiment South Carolina Volunteers, enlisted September 13, 1861 at Camp Johnson by Capt. Mille for the war, captured at Petersburg April 2, 1865, arrived April 4 at Point Lookout, Md. prison from City Point, Va., released June 22, 1865 on subscribing to the Oath of Allegiance to the U. S., description: resident of York Dist., S. C., light complexion, brown hair, grey eyes, 5' 9"

M267: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina