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91.--the First South Carolina Regiment.
The following are the officers of the
South Carolina troops:
M. L. Bonham,
Brigadier-General;
Col. W. C. Moragne, Deputy
Adjutant-General;
Col. W. D. Simpson, Division
Inspector-General;
Col. A. P. Aldrich, Quartermaster;
Col. R. B. Boyleston, Commissary;
Col. J. N. Lipscomb,
Paymaster;
Col. J. McF.
Gaston, Brigade
Surgeon;
Major S. W. Nelson;
Major E. S. Hammond;
Major S. W. Melton.
First Regiment South Carolina volunteers.
Maxcy Gregg,
Colonel;
D. H. Hamilton,
Lieutenant-Colonel;
Augustus M. Smith,
Major.
The regiment is composed of the Richland Rifles, of
Columbia,
Capt. Miller; Darlington Guards,
Capt. McIntosh; Edgefield Rifles,
Capt. Dean; Union District Volunteers,
Capt. Gadberry; Edgefield Guards,
Capt. Merriweather; Monticello Guards,
Capt. Davis; Rhett Guards, of
Newberry,
Capt. Walker; and Richardson Guards, of
Charleston,
Capt. Axson.
All of these troops were on service in
Charleston harbor during the late bombardment, but freely and enthusiastically accepted service in the campaign opening on the banks of the
Potomac, without visiting their homes.
Before leaving, the ladies of
Charleston presented them a new flag, which the
Courier describes as follows:
It is made of blue silk, with silk tassels, the staff surmounted by a golden cross.
On one side is the
Palmetto tree, elegantly worked with white floss silk.
An oak vine, of the same beautiful texture, surrounds the
Palmetto, intertwined with laurel leaves.
The trimming is also white silk.
Two elegant standards, of white silk, with golden fringe, accompany the flag.
They bear on them the inscription, “First Regiment South Carolina volunteers, 1861.” --
N. O. Picayune, April 28.
