3rd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Colored) explained

Unit Name:	3rd Regiment South Carolina Volunteer Infantry (Colored)
Dates:	June 1863 to March 14, 1864
Country:	United States
Allegiance:	United States of America Union
Branch:	Infantry

The 3rd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Reigiment (Colored) was an infantry regiment of African-American in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 3rd South Carolina Infantry was organized at Hilton Head, South Carolina and mustered into Federal service in June 1863. The unit was on post duty at Hilton Head until it was moved to Jacksonville, Florida in February 1864.^[1]

There was a protest over pay as soldiers lay down their rifles to protest receiving half the pay of white soldiers.^[2] Senator Henry Wilson of Massachusetts mentioned the incident during a debate in Congress over the pay of African-American Union soldiers:

Colonel Augustus G. Bennett was the commanding officer. Sergeant William Walker and Samson Read were involved in the mutiny. Walker was executed.

The regiment was consolidated with 4th South Carolina to form the 21st United States Colored Infantry Regiment on March 14, 1864.^[3]

See also

• List of Union South Carolina Civil War Units
• South Carolina in the American Civil War

References

• The Civil War Archive

Notes and References

1. p. 1636, United States. Congress. The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debate and Proceedings of the First Session of the Thirty-eight Congress. Edited by John C. Rives. Washington, DC: Congressional Globe Printing Office, 1864.
2. Book: A Grand Army of Black Men: Letters from African-American Soldiers in the Union Army 1861-1865 . 9780521439985 . Redkey . Edwin S. . 27 November 1992 .
3. p. 1636, 1727, Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908.