Category: 6th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry (Aiken's Partisan Rangers), United States Civil War

Categories: South Carolina, United States Civil War | Confederate Army Regiments, United States Civil War | Battle of the Wilderness | Battle of Spotsylvania | Battle of North Anna | Battle of Cold Harbor | Siege of Petersburg | Carolinas Campaign

This category contains profiles of those who served in the 6th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry.

6th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry (Aiken's Partisan Rangers) (1st Partisan Rangers) [also called Dixie Rangers] was organized in January, 1863, using the 16th South Carolina Cavalry Battalion as its nucleus. Some of the men were from Columbia and The Citadel Academy. It saw action at Willstown and Pon Pon River in South Carolina, then moved to Virginia with about 1,000 men. Assigned to General Butler's Brigade, the unit participated in The Wilderness and Cold Harbor operations and in various conflicts south of the James River. Later it was engaged in the campaign of the Carolinas assigned to Logan's Brigade. The regiment surrendered with the Army of Tennessee.

See: National Park Service Soldiers and Sailors Database.

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