15th South Carolina Infantry Regiment

15th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
Flag of South Carolina
Active	1861 to April 26, 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	South Carolina
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	Port Royal Sharpsburg South Mountain Fredericksburg Chancellorsville Gettysburg Bean's Station Chickamauga Knoxville The Wilderness Spotsylvania Courthouse North Anna Cold Harbour Siege of Petersburg Hupp's Hill Cedar Creek Averasboro Bentonville

The 15th South Carolina Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

The 15th South Carolina’s initial trial-by-fire occurred on Hilton Head Island during the Battle of Port Royal Sound on November 7, 1861.

Following the Regiment’s service on the coast of South Carolina, the unit was transferred to Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia (ANV) in July 1862. As part of Lee’s Army, the 15th SC served in James Longstreet’s corps in all of the ANV battles from Second Manassas onward, including Sharpsburg and South Mountain.

In November 1862, the 15th South Carolina joined Brigadier General Joseph B. Kershaw’s famous South Carolina brigade where the regiment remained for the rest of the War. As part of Kershaw’s brigade, the 15th SC fought in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Following the battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, Kershaw’s brigade were sent by General Lee, along with two divisions of Longstreet’s corps, to the Western Army where they fought in the battles of Chickamauga, Knoxville and Bean's Station.

In April 1864, the 15th SC and the rest of Kershaw's brigade returned to Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia command and fought in the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbour and the siege of Petersburg. In August 1864, Lee ordered Kershaw’s brigade to the Shenandoah Valley where the men fought in the battles at Charlestown, Strasburg's Hupp’s Hill and Cedar Creek. In January 1865, General Lee ordered Kershaw’s brigade to return to South Carolina to oppose Major General William Tecumseh Sherman’s army during his march through the Carolinas.