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In Folder: Roll of South Carolina Volunteers of the Palmetto Regiment in the Mexican War, 1848

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Title: Roll of South Carolina Volunteers of the Palmetto Regiment in the Mexican War, 1848

Identifier: MC 1-4-5.2

Creating Agency: Palmetto Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers

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Date of Creation: 1848

Date (generic): 1848

Description: This document consists of a roll of the South Carolina volunteers who served in the Palmetto Regiment during the Mexican War. The roll list each of the eleven companies with the names of each company's officers, followed by a list of enlisted soldiers alphabetically by last name. A "K" next to a name indicates the soldier died in battle, while a "D" indicates he died of disease. At the bottom of the page are depictions of the major battles in which the Palmetto Regiment took part. Of the 1,100 men who enlisted at the beginning of the war, roughly two-thirds did not survive to the end in February 1848.

Record Group Title: Dept. of Archives and History

Record Group Identifier: 108

Archives Series Title: Map collection

Archives Series Number: P900035

Format(s) Type: Text

Format Details: .tiff, .jpg

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Language: English

Subject(s): Mexican War

Subject(s): Palmetto Regiment

Subject(s): Rolls

Rights Holder: None

Access Rights: Public Domain

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