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The story of the Jews of South Carolina in the war be- tween the States is a most glorious chapter in the annals of Jewish patriotism. To say that practically every man was at the post of duty is but to express the literal truth. Young boys and old men left their homes to do duty in the field, and many were the families whose every male member went to the war. A conspicuous example that deserves to be men-
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tioned is that of the late Mrs. Octavia Moses, of Sumter, who sent five sons, Another remarkable instance is that of Mrs. Solomon Cohen, of Savannah, a native Carolinian, who saw thirty-two of her descendants leave for the ser- vice-children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren- occupying positions ranging from private to Quartermas- ter-General of the Confederacy. It might be noted, too, that Judah P. Benjamin, the towering figure of the -Con- federacy, received part of his early education in South Carolina. The first Surgeon-General of the Confederacy, Dr. David C. De Leon, was a South Carolina Jew, and A. C. Myers, the first Quartermaster-General of the Confederacy, was the son of a South Carolina Jew.1
In the Secession Convention on April 8, 1861, a special resolution of thanks was passed to Mr. Ben. Mordecai, of Charleston, who made the first, as well as the largest, con- tribution to the cause of the Confederacy.2 Mr. Mordecai was a wealthy merchant, who literally gave all he had to the Confederacy. It was through his heroic efforts that the "Free Market of Charleston," for the benefit of the fami- lies of absent volunteers, was established." The extent of the beneficent operations of this charity can be judged
1 The Minute-Books of the Congregation Beth Elohim furnish a remark- able testimony to the patriotism of the Jews of Charleston. From June , 1, 1862, there was no regular trustee meeting "owing to the existing war and the impossibility of obtaining the presence of a sufficient number of trustees to form a quorum." The first meeting of any kind held after this date was the general meeting of Jan. 21, 1866.
" " Resolved, That this Convention highly appreciates the generosity and publie spirit of those citizens and friends of the State who have con- tributed money and labor for the benefit of the State; and take pleasure in noticing particularly the liberality and patriotism of Benjamin Mor- decai, Esquire, in making the first and very generous donation."-Journal of the Convention, p. 282.
3 The Courier, Feb. 26, 1862, and March 10, 1862. There is a magnifi- cent tribute to him in The Courier of March 12, 1862.
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from the fact that as early as May, 1862, four hundred and twenty-five families were supported entirely on its bounty.4 In December, 1862, it supported upwards of six hundred families at a monthly expense of $8,000.5 To the funds of this Free Market Ben. Mordecai was by far the most gen- erous contributor. He was likewise a most generous con- tributor to the "Wayside Home" and to the "Home for the Widows and Orphans of Soldiers." He invested all of his money in Confederate bonds and died, a poor man, in New York, never regretting that he had lost his money in the cause that was dear to him, and only lamenting that he was no longer able to respond to the numerous applications for assistance that were made to him.
But the example of Mr. Mordecai is by no means unique. The lists of contributors published in the contemporary papers during the period that tried men's souls furnish numerous examples of patriotic devotion." The honor of having made the first contribution in response to the appeal of the Surgeon-General belongs to the "ladies of Colonel Jacobs's family." ?
The complete record of the part played by the Jews of South Carolina in the war between the States will never be known. Hundreds of rolls of companies are no longer in existence, and the records that are in existence have been
* The Courier, May 20, 1862.
5 Ibid., Dec. 23, 1862.
6 " If other citizens of all races and creeds were as fully and as earnestly awake to the discharge of their duties in this regard, and the relief of their kindred, as some of the Hebrews have been, and are, the difficult problems of relief and assistance which often perplex our legislators and rulers in State and city would soon be easily solved."-The Courier, Feb. 16, 1864.
The Charleston Mercury, Jan. 3, 1861. For an interesting account of what the Jewish women did in Sumter see South Carolina Women in the Confederacy, pp. 54-5.
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so compiled that accurate investigation is impossible. The lists of 70.000 names in Columbia have been examined sev- eral times, but the difficulty of identifying names without unlimited time at one's disposal is overwhelming. Only such names, therefore, have been included in the following list as have been positively identified. With this intro- duction we will let these records speak for themselves. For the sake of easy reference the names are arranged alphabetically :
ABRAHAMS, THEODORE H., Company D, 27th Infantry.
ALEXANDER, ISAAC, Company A, 10th Regiment. Detached to Ordnance Department.
ASHER, ABRAHAM, Ist Cavalry.
ASHER, HARRIS, Washington Mounted Artillery, Hampton Legion (1861),s later Hart's Battery.
ASHER, HENRY, Washington Mounted Artillery, Hampton Legion (1861), later Hart's Battery.
BARNETT, B. J., Company B, 1st Regiment, Engineer Corps. Surrendered at Appomattox April 10, 1865.
BARRETT. ISAAC, Company G, 5th Regiment, S. C. Cavalry. Transferred, 1862, to Captain Charles's Battery.
BARUC, B. S., 4th sergeant Willington Rangers.
BARUCH, HERMAN, courier on the staff of General Beaure- gard, Company K, 7th Cavalry.
BARUCH, SIMON, assistant surgeon in charge of 7th S. C. Battalion (Colonel James). Promoted to surgeon 13th Mississippi (Barksdale's regiment). Captured at Boonsboro, 1862, and again at Gettysburg. Estab- lished hospitals at Thomasville, N. C., at end of war.
BAUM, M., Company C, 6th S. C. V. Severely wounded at Seven Pines.
8 For roll of this company see The Courier, July 12, 1861.
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BAUM. MARCUS, Company E, 2d S. C. V. Killed at the bat- tle of the Wilderness. On the staff of General Kershaw.
BAUM, M. H., Company A, 15th Regiment, S. C. V.
BELITZER, JACOB, Washington Artillery, Hampton Legion,
and Hart's Battery. Wounded at Brandy Station, 1863.
BELITZER, THEODORE. German Hussars. Taken prisoner at Wilmington, he died by the steamer burning at sea which was conveying the prisoners to Fortress Monroe.
BENJAMIN, S., Company L, 10th Regiment. Mustered out under age.
BERG, J., Butler's Brigade, 2d S. C. V.
BLANKENSEE, H., Company A, W. L. I. Volunteers. Killed at first Manassas.
BLANKENSTINE, JACOB, Company A, 15th Infantry. Killed at Chancellorsville.
BowMAN, L., Company K, Ist Infantry.
BROWN, JOSEPH, Company F, 10th S. C. V. Enlisted 1861. Captured at Missionary Ridge, November, 1863. Con- fined in Rock Island prison and released just before the close of the war.
BROWN, LOUIS, 3d corporal, Walter's Light Battery. Wash- ington Artillery. Entered Confederate service Feb- ruary 28, 1862.
BROWN, MENDEL, sergeant Company F, 10th S. C. V. Killed at Atlanta.
CASPBERRY, AARON, Company E, 4th Battalion of Re- serves.
CLARKE, HENRY, Company L, 10th S. C. V. (1861-3).
COHEN, corporal Company C, 7th S. C. V. Seriously wounded at Gettysburg.
COHEN, A. MARION, hospital steward, Culpepper's Bat- tery.
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COHEN, ANSLEY D., Company I, 3d S. C. M. Enlisted in 1864 at the age of sixteen.
COHEN, ARTHUR M., Company C, Culpepper's Battery, Pal- metto Battalion of Light Artillery.
COHEN, ASHER D., Company D, 5th S. C. Cavalry.
COHEN, D., Company E, 7th S. C. Cavalry.
COHEN, DAVID, Company L, Sth S. C. V. Transferred to 21st Infantry.
COHEN, DAVID D., Company D, 5th S. C. Cavalry.
COHEN, D. M., Company C, 13th S. C. V. Wounded at Manassas.
COHEN, E. B., 4th corporal, Willington Rangers.
COHEN, E. Louis, Company G, 5th Regiment S. C. Cavalry, Transferred, 1862.
COHEN, EDWARD P., Company G, 5th Regiment S. C. Cav- alry. Transferred to Palmetto Guards, 1862.
COHEN, GUSTAVUS A., Washington Artillery, Hampton Legion and Hart's Battery.
COHEN, HENRY, Washington Artillery, Hampton Legion, and Hart's Battery. Killed at Savage Station.
COHEN, H. F., Washington Mounted Artillery, Hampton Legion.
COHEN, ISAAC, Company B, 21st S. C. V. Wounded at Mor- ris's Island.
COHEN, ISAAC BARRETT, Palmetto Guards. Killed at Fort Fisher, 1865.
COHEN, J. BARRETT, was practising law in New York when the war broke out. He closed up his office and re- turned South. He was captured while crossing the Potomac River and imprisoned at Washington. Being very shortsighted and therefore unexchangeable, he was paroled. He returned to Charleston and was put in charge of the records of Charleston County, which were sent to Columbia for safe-keeping and which he returned intact after the war.
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COHEN, JACOB B., Company A, 21st Regiment Infantry, S. C. V., 5th sergeant. Killed at Fort Fisher. Pro- moted from the ranks.
COHEN, JOSEPH, Company D., Manigault's Battalion of Ar- tillery.
COHEN, JULIUS, Walter's Light Battery, Washington Ar- tillery. Entered Confederate service February 28, 1862.
COHEN, L. L., Company A, 2d Regiment Cavalry. Pro- moted and transferred in 1864.
COHEN, LAWRENCE L., Company C, Culpepper's Battery, Palmetto Battalion of Light Artillery.
COHEN, M., Company D, 6th Regiment Infantry.
COHEN, MARX E., Washington Artillery, Hampton Legion, and Hart's Battery. Killed at Bentonville, 1865. Earlier in the war was in Company D, 5th Cavalry.
COHEN, MCDUFF, Company D, 5th Regiment Cavalry. Wounded at Drury's Bluff, 1864, also at Gravelly Run, 1864.
COHEN, MORRIS, Company B, 7th Battalion Infantry. Cap- tured May 16, 1864.
COHEN, PHILIP I., Walter's Light Battery, Washington Ar- tillery. Entered Confederate service February 28,
1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C., April 26, 1865.
COHEN, PHILIP L., Rutledge Mounted Riflemen.
COHEN, ROBERT, Company A, 22d Regiment S. C. V. Killed at Secessionville.
COHEN, SAMUEL, Company G, Holcombe Legion, S. C. V. Wounded at Suponey Church. Discharged at Point Lookout.
COHN, ALEXANDER, Company E, 5th Infantry. Wounded at Seven Pines.
DAVEGA, COLUMBUS, surgeon 23d Regiment.
DE LEON, DAVID C. The first Surgeon-General of the Con-
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federacy. Afterwards Chief Medical Director of Gen- eral Lee. He resigned from the United States army in 1861, where he was surgeon, with the rank of major. DE LEON, EDWIN, Special Commissioner to England and France from the Confederacy.10
DE LEON, PERRY M., an officer of the ram Albemarle and other ships, C. S. N.
EMANUEL, EDWIN, corporal Company A, 10th S. C. V. Pro- moted to sergeant. Died at Oxford, Miss., in 1862.
EMANUEL, SoL., Company A, 10th S. C. V.
EMANUEL, WASHINGTON, Company A, 10th Regiment. Died
of wounds at Atlanta.
ESDRA, ARTHUR, Company C, Culpepper's Battery.
FLAUM, M., Marion Light Artillery, State service only.
FOOT, MICHAEL, Company E, 3d Regiment, S. C. V. Wounded at Savage Station.
Fox, WILLIAM, Ist sergeant Irish Volunteers. Wounded at Gettysburg.
FRIEDMAN, B., Company F, James's Battalion.
GEISENHEIMER, WILLIAM, Washington Artillery. Enlisted in Augusta, Ga. Wounded at the battle of Shiloh.
GOLDSMITH, A. A. Entered State service April 15, 1861, in Rifle Regiment, Confederate service with Brooks Guards, Kershaw's Regiment (2d). Promoted to 2d sergeant in 1862. Fought at first Manassas, Savage Station, Malvern Hill, first Williamsburg, Sharpsburg, and many other battles. Wounded at Sharpsburg.11
" It is said that every male descendant of the first Jacob De Leon over fifteen years of age was in the service of the Confederacy, nine in the field and two in the bureaus. Three of them were killed and several wounded. The author has not attempted to verify this statement, which is doubtless correct.
1º For notice of Edwin De Leon see The Courier, Feb. 26 and Feb. 28, 1862.
11 Records Camp Sumter.
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GOLDSMITH. ISAAC P., Willington Rangers.12
GOLDSMITH, J. L., 2d corporal, Willington Rangers.
GOLDSMITH, MOSES, commissary Palmetto Riflemen, 1861.13 GOLDSMITH, M. M., Ist lieutenant Georgia Reserves. Vol- unteered in the Charleston Zouaves in 1860 and then in the Willington Rangers. He was killed accidentally near Macon, Ga., August, 1864. At the time of his death, he was engaged in organizing a company for the 27th Battalion, Georgia Volunteers.1
HARBY, J. D. Entered Confederate service February, 1863, private Heavy Artillery under the command of L. C. Harby. Subsequently made 2d officer C. S. gunboat Sachua, from which he resigned and joined 8th Texas Light Artillery, Twetaine's Battalion. Fought at Col- caisen Pass and in some few coast skirmishes.15
HARBY, L. M., Captain. When South Carolina seceded he resigned his commission in the United States Navy and entered the Confederate service with the rank of com- modore in the navy and afterwards distinguished him- self in the defence of Galveston, when he commanded the Neptune at the capture of the Harriet Lane, and later on when in command of a fleet of gunboats on the Sabine River.16
HARRIS, MORRIS. Entered State service in 1861, Confed- erate service in 1861. Corporal Company A, Marion Rifles, 16th Regiment, S. C. M., Company A, Marion Rifles, 24th Regiment, S. C. V. Sergeant. Promoted in 1863. Fought at Secessionville, on the coast of North Carolina to May, 1863, Jackson, Miss., Chicka-
12 For resolutions on his death by the Willington Rangers see The Courier, August 19, 1862. See also obituary notice, August 25, 1862.
13 The Courier, June 6, 1861.
14 The Courier, August 25, 1864.
Records Camp Sumter.
16 Wolf: The American Jew, etc., p. 116.
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mauga, Missionary Ridge, and during Colonel John- son's and General Hood's campaign. Was taken pris- oner near Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1863, and afterwards paroled.17
HART, DANIEL S., Palmetto Guards, afterwards detailed to Columbia.
HARTZ, H., Company L., 10th S. C. V.
HILZEIM, ALEXANDER M. Died from wounds received at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga.
HIRSCH, I. W. Entered State service in December, 1860, Butler Guards, Greenville, S. C .; Confederate service in April, 1861, Company B, 2d S. C. V. Fought at Bull Run, first Manassas, Peninsula, Rapidan, Spottsyl- vania, Seven Pines, Falls Church, Berryville, Charles- town, Turkey Bend, Cedar Run, Petersburg, New Market, Bentonville. Wounded at Seven Pines. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. Detailed in 1862 as assistant provost marshal at Columbia on account of wound.18
HIRSCH, MELVIN J., assistant commissary sergeant Com- pany E, 25th Regiment Infantry. Promoted to com- missary sergeant, Eutaw Regiment.
HOFFMAN, JULIUS. Enlisted April 10. 1861, Company A, 1st S. C. V. Fought at Secessionville, Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Leesburg, Boonsboro, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Deep Bottom, Petersburg, Appomattox. Surrendered at Appo- mattox.19
HOFFMAN, MICHAEL, Bachman's Battery. Killed at Black River.
JACOBS, ABRAM L., Company C, Hampton Legion. Wounded at Seven Pines. Died of wounds at Bean's Station.
11 Records Camp Sumter. 18 Ibid. 1ª Ibid.
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JACOBS, F. C., Palmetto Guards, 17th Regiment, S. C. M., Stevens's Iron-clad Battery, 2d junior lieutenant Yea- don Light Infantry 1862.
JACOBS, H. R., Pahnetto Guards, Company I, 2d S. C. V. Transferred to cavalry.
JACOBS, ISAIAH, 1st lieutenant Company D, 2d Regiment. Promoted from ranks. Killed at Chickamauga.
JACOBS, LOUIS. Enlisted for the war in 1861, German Vol- unteers, Company H, Hampton Legion, afterwards Company B, Artillery, Hampton Legion. Fought at Cockpit Point, West Point, Gaines's Mill, Frazier's Farm, Malvern Hill, second Manassas, Boonesboro, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Suffolk, Gettysburg, Coosawhatchie, and Tullifinny.20
JACOBS, MITCHELL, Company I, 25th Infantry. Trans- ferred to 21st S. C. V.
JACOBSON, H., Company B, German Artillery.
JOSEPH, A. H., Company K, 2d S. C. V.
KAMINSKI, H., commissary-sergeant 10th Regiment S. C. V. Promoted to brigade commissary-sergeant.
KLEIN, J., Company I, 11th S. C. V.
KOHN, THEODORE, Company G (Edisto Rifles), 25th Regi- ment, S. C. V. Was one of the first to enlist in this company, remaining in service until the close of the war. Served on James's Island and around Charles- ton, and fought at Secessionville, Pocotaligo, and on Morris's Island. Served for a while in Fort Sumter. In May, 1864, he left with his company for Virginia and took part in the fight at Walthall Junction. He was severely wounded at the battle of Drury's Bluff. Regaining the use of his arm, he rejoined his com- mand in Virginia, and remained with it until the sur- render.21
30 Records Camp Sumter.
" The News and Courier, June 19, 1902.
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LAZARUS, B. D., Company A, 2d Regiment Cavalry. Wounded at York River in 1864.
LAZARUS, EDGAR M., Palmetto Guards Artillery. Detached to Quartermaster Department.
LAZARUS, MARKS H., Walter's Light Battery, Washington Artillery. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C., April 26, 1865.
LAZARUS, SOLOMON, Walter's Light Battery, Washington Artillery. Entered Confederate service February 28, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C., 1865.
LEVI, MOSES, Company I, 23d S. C. V. Captured and con- fined at Point Lookout.
LEVIN, GEO. W., Company A, 15th Regiment Infantry.
LEVIN, L. C., Company C, 2d Regiment Cavalry.
LEVIN, LU., Company H, 17th Regiment Infantry, S. C. V. Died at John's Island.
LEVIN, SAMUEL S., Company A, 15th Regiment Infantry.
Died October 4, 1862, from wounds received at Sharps- burg.
LEVIN, S. W., Company A, 15th S. C. V. Wounded at Boonsboro.
LEVY, CLARENCE, Gist Guards Artillery.
LEVY, JULIAN C. Died of wounds received near Rich- mond.22
LEVY, J. M., corporal Company K, Orr's Rifles. Wounded at Wilderness. Promoted from ranks.
LEVY, LEWIS J., 2d corporal 1st Regiment (Gregg's). Pro- moted.
LEVY, S., Captain Miller's Company. Wounded in 1862. LIEBESCHUTZ, M., Company I, 2d Regiment, S. C. V. LOEB, JACOB H., assistant provost-marshal in Charleston. LOPEZ, JOHN H., Palmetto Guards Artillery. Transferred in 1864 to Company F, 2d Engineer Regiment.
" For obituary notice see The Courier, July 12, 1862.
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LOPEZ, MOSES E., private in Palmetto Guards, 1860. As- signed to the Iron-elad Battery on Morris's Island. Par- ticipated in the bombardment of Fort Sumter, April, 1861. Served subsequently on James's Island and John's Island, and on the coast between Charleston and Savannah, taking part in various engagements, includ- ing the battle at Secessionville. Detached for service in the engineer department, with which he was associ- ated during the remainder of the war.23
LOWENBERG, DAVID, corporal Company A, 16th S. C. V.
LYONs. J. C., Company B, Battalion of State Cadets. MARCO, J. J., Company K, 3d S. C. V.
MARCO, M., Company C, 6th S. C. V.
MOÏSE, CAMILLUS, Walter's Battery, Washington Artillery. MOISE, EDWIN H., Palmetto Guards. Enlisted in 1862. Wounded near Avervsboro, N. C., in 1865.
MOISE, HOWARD C., Company H, 25th Regiment. Detailed on account of deafness.
MOÏSE, ISAAC, Palmetto Guards, 17th Regiment, S. C. M., Stevens's Iron-clad Battery, Palmetto Guards, S. C. V. Enlisted in 1962. Transferred to Engineer Corps in 1864.
MORDECAI, A. L., Walter's Light Battery, Washington Ar- tillery. Entered Confederate service February 28, 1862.
MORDECAI, G. L., Walter's Light Battery, Washington Artil- lery. Entered Confederate service February 28, 1862. MORDECAI, ISAAC W., Palmetto Guards. Enlisted in 1863. Detached to Quartermaster Department in 1864.
MORDECAI, J. RANDOLPH, junior second lieutenant Company G, Palmetto Battalion of Light Artillery. Acting com- missary Palmetto Artillery, 1862, and later lieutenant and adjutant.
33 Confederate Military History, Vol. 5, p. 710.
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MORDECAI, THOMAS W., ordnance officer Charleston Light Dragoons. Died May, 1861, of diphtheria contracted at Fort Moultrie.
MOSES, A. DELEON, Company C, Hampton Legion. Wounded at Chickahominy, 1862.
MOSES, ALTAMONT, telegraph branch Confederate service. MOSES, DAVID L., Company C, Culpepper's Battery, Pal- metto Battalion of Light Artillery.
MOSES, EDWIN L., Company D, 27th S. C. V. Died a pris- oner at Camp Chase, Ohio, a few days before the sur- render of the Confederacy.
MOSES, FRANK J., assistant surgeon. Served in Virginia through the war.
MosEs, H. C., Company D, 2d S. C. V. Wounded at first battle of Manassas and appointed lieutenant Company B, Lucas's Battalion, South Carolina Regulars.
MOSES, HORACE H., Company C, Culpepper's Battery, Pal- metto Battalion of Light Artillery.
MOSES, ISAAC C., Company C, Hampton Legion. Wounded at Seven Pines and discharged.
MOSES, J. H., 4th corporal Cadet Company, S. C. A., Aiken's Regiment S. C. Cavalry.
MOSES, JOSHUA L., Palmetto Guards, Company I, 2d S. C. V. Killed at Blakely, Ala., 1865. Promoted to lieutenant of artillery.
MOSES, M. B., Company D, 2d S. C. V. Wounded at Fred- ericksburg in 1862.
MOSES, PERRY, Company C, Culpepper's Battery, Palmetto Battalion of Light Artillery. Senior 2d lieutenant. Wounded at Blakely, Ala.
MOSES, PERRY, JR., Company D, 2d S. C. V. Died at Rich- mond on September 12, 1862. from a wound received on July 1 at the battle of Malvern Hill.
MOSES, Z. P., Navy Department. Saw service round Rich- mond.
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NATHANS. J. N., Company D, 27th Infantry. Transferred to Company F in 1862.
OPPENHEIM, E. H., Company K, 2d S. C. V.
OPPENHEIM, HENRY H., Brooks Guards, 2d S. C. V. Wounded at Fredericksburg in 1862.
OPPENHEIM, H. W., Company K, 2d Regiment Infantry.
OPPENHEIM, JULIUS H., 1st sergeant Willington Rangers, Company G, Brooks Guards, 1862.
OPPENHEIM, SAMUEL, Company G, 5th Cavalry. Wounded in 1862.
OTTOLENGUI, ISRAEL. Company F, 1st Regiment Artillery. PEIXOTTO, SOL. C., Company A, 15th Regiment Infantry.
PHILLIPS, ISIDORE, Bachman's Battery, Company H, German Volunteers. Wounded at Suffolk.
PHILLIPS, MITCHELL, Bachman's Battery, Company H, Ger- man Volunteers.
POLLOCK, BARNEY C., Company A, 15th Regiment Infantry. Wounded at Deep Bottom.
POLLOCK, CLARENCE, Company A, 1st Infantry. Killed at Spottsylvania on May 12, 1864.
POLLOCK, J. L., Company F, 3d Battalion (James's).
POLLOCK, THEODORE M., Ist corporal Company A, 15th Regi- ment Infantry. Wounded at Chickamauga. Pro- moted to 1st sergeant.
POZNANSKI, G., JR., Sumter Guards. Killed at Secession- ville in 1862.24
ROTHSCHILD, BENJAMIN, musician Company B, McDuffie Rifles.
SAMSON, A. J., Company L, 1st S. C. V. Fought at Cold Harbor, Frazier's Farm, Malvern Hill, Cedar Mountain,
24 For obituary notice see The Courier, June 25, 1862. " A remarkable circumstance connected with Mr. Poznanski deserves mention. He had expressed to several friends his solemn presentment that he was to fall in battle, and yet went forward to repel the stormers and received his death-wound on the rampart."-The Courier, June 18, 1862.
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Manassas, Fredericksburg. Chancellorsville, Gettys- burg, Falling Water, Petersburg, Deep Bottom. Taken prisoner at Falling Water and exchanged. Wounded. Surrendered with the Army of Northern Virginia.23 SAMPSON, EDWIN J., a member of a Texan regiment. Killed near Richmond, 27th July, 1862.28
SAMPSON, HENRY.
SAMPSON, JOSEPH, Company I, 21st Infantry. Detailed to Quartermaster Department.
SAMPSON, SAMUEL, Company I, 21st Infantry.
SCHILLER, LEWIS, Company C, Ist Cavalry, Hampton Legion. SEIXAS, B. M., Company G, 20th Regiment S. C. V.
SHAPIRA, LOUIS D., entered Confederate service in June, 1862, Company C, Cavalry, Hampton Legion. Fought at Seven Pines, seven days' battles around Richmond, and Sharpsburg, Va.27
SOLOMONS, A. L., Governor's Guards, Columbia. 28
SOLOMONS, J. T., commissary sergeant 20th S. C. V.
STRAUSS, B., Company A, German Artillery.
SUARES, J. E., Company I, 27th Regiment.
TOBIAS, J. L., Ordnance Department, Columbia.
TRIEST, M., enlisted in 1860; captain Company 2, 16th Regi- ment. Entered Confederate service, 1861, sergeant- major 24th S. C. V. Was promoted twice to A. A. A. General, once by General Stevens, who died before com- mission was returned, and again by General Capers just before the close of the war. Fought at Secessionville, Pocotaligo, Jackson, Miss., second Jackson, Miss., At- lanta, Missionary Ridge, Franklin, and Nashville. Wounded at Atlanta.29
35 Records Camp Sumter.
26 For obituary notice see The Courier, August 25, 1862.
" Records Camp Sumter.
23 The Courier, April 11, 1861.
" Records Camp Sumter.
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VALENTINE, HERTZ, Sumter Guards. Wounded at Seces- sionville.
VALENTINE, ISAAC D., corporal, Sumter Guards, Killed at Secessionville in 1862.30
VALENTINE, CAPTAIN JACOB. A veteran of the Mexican War. Appointed lieutenant at the beginning of the war. Took part in the bombardment of Fort Sumter in April, 1861. He was in charge of a battery at the battle of Manassas.31 Was in command of Company G, 1st Regiment S. C. R., at Fort Moultrie in 1863 and com-
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