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Provost Marshal of Charleston, SC INDEX 100th Pennsylvania Regiment .... 117, 401 1st Regiment South Carolina Artillery 67, 10th U. S. Infantry ............................. 160 75, 76, 140, 160, 198, 199, 247, 249, 11th Battalion ..................................... 136 322, 378, 388, 421, 422 15th Battalion South Carolina Heavy 1st Regiment South Carolina Heavy Artillery ................................. 191, 302 Artillery ........................................... 75 15th Regiment South Carolina Volunteer 1st Regiment South Carolina Regular Infantry .......................... 219, 245, 252 Infantry .......................................... 160 16th Regiment South Carolina Volunteer 1st Regiment South Carolina Volunteer Infantry .......................................... 336 Artillery ......................................... 260 17th Regiment South Carolina Volunteer 1st Regiment South Carolina Volunteer Infantry .......................................... 266 Infantry . 6, 7, 8, 37, 58, 103, 160, 180, 1860 Association ................................. 13 181, 379, 383, 384, 387, 395, 406, 19th Regiment South Carolina Volunteer 419, 423 Infantry ................................ 74, 81, 86 1st Regiment State Reserves ...... 246, 253 1st Battalion South Carolina Artillery . 76 1st U. S. Artillery ......................... 62, 191 1st Dragoons ........................................ 94 1st Virginia Regiment ........................ 423 1st Military Department of South 20th Regiment Georgia Infantry .......... 69 Carolina ......................................... 263 20th Regiment South Carolina Volunteer 1st Military District ............ 214, 286, 358 Infantry .................................. 196, 360 1st Military District, South Carolina . 215, 21st Regiment South Carolina Volunteer 217, 218, 222, 223, 225, 226, 229, Infantry ..... 61, 86, 178, 179, 256, 257, 230, 232, 233, 235, 236, 237, 238, 311, 324, 369, 412, 422 239, 240, 242, 243, 244, 245, 249, 22nd Alabama Regiment .................... 409 253, 254, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 22nd Regiment South Carolina Volunteer 262, 263, 265, 267, 268, 270, 273, Infantry . 239, 240, 298, 299, 300, 301, 275, 276, 277, 278, 280, 283, 284, 302, 309, 310, 311, 314, 333, 368 285, 286, 287, 289, 290, 291, 294, 23rd Regiment South Carolina Volunteer 296, 297, 299, 302, 304, 309, 311, Infantry . 173, 204, 290, 362, 366, 371, 313, 315, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 372 323, 324, 327, 330, 331, 332, 334, 24th Regiment South Carolina Volunteer 336, 337, 338, 340, 341, 342, 343, Infantry .... 19, 219, 365, 387, 398, 399 344, 345, 346, 347, 349, 353, 354, 25th Regiment South Carolina Volunteer 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 361, 365, Infantry .................. 136, 359, 387, 395 366, 370, 372, 373, 374, 377, 378, 28th Massachusetts Regiment ... 116, 117, 379, 380, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 118, 133, 220, 419 387, 391, 392, 393, 396, 404, 405, 2nd Dragoons ....................................... 94 414, 415, 417, 420 2nd Military District ................. 4, 48, 282 1st Regiment Charleston Reserves ...... 13 2nd Military District, South Carolina 5, 6, 1st Regiment Dragoons ........................ 67 7, 8, 41, 62, 66, 70, 78, 79, 81, 82, 90, 1st Regiment Infantry ........................ 204 91, 100, 101, 102, 104, 106, 108, 109, 1st Regiment Regulars ....................... 423 110, 111, 113, 115, 119, 121, 122, 1st Regiment Reserves 181, 182, 188, 246 124, 125, 130, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149, 150, 155, 156, 159, 160, 161, 166, 167, Provost Marshal of Charleston: The Letter Book of Colonel Alexander Haskell Brown © 1992 by Robert G. Carroon; © 2007 by Between the Lakes Group LLC Page 1 169, 170, 171, 174, 175, 177, 178, A. J. White and Son .......................... 185 179, 180, 181, 187, 188, 189, 190, A. R. T. & Co. ................................... 152 191, 192, 193, 195, 196, 197, 198, Abingdon, VA ..................................... 61 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 207, Abrahams, A. H. ....... 304, 305, 306, 307 208, 215, 216, 246, 247, 269, 300, 339 Abrahams, Alexander Hezekiel ........ 304 2nd Regiment South Carolina Cavalry272 Accommodation Wharf ..... 153, 154, 214 2nd U. S. Cavalry ............................... 252 Accoward .......................................... 372 3rd Artillery Battalion .......................... 62 Acquilla, schooner ..................... 100, 244 3rd Battalion Light Artillery ................ 83 Adams Run................................ 282, 336 3rd Battalion South Carolina Cavalry 205 Adams, Frost & Co. .......................... 154 3rd New Hampshire Regiment .. 116, 117, Adgers Stores & Wharf ..................... 154 164, 194, 401 Adgers Wharf ............................ 151, 153 3rd Regiment South Carolina Artillery Adshead, George Edward ................. 217 ....................................................... 160 Adshead, J. ........................................ 317 3rd Rhode Island Regiment116, 118, 193, Aiken, J. ........................................ 82, 87 220 Aiken, James ..................................... 130 3rd U. S. Artillery ................................ 62 Aiken, SC .......................................... 152 3rd Ward .............................................. 43 Alexander, S. ..................................... 423 46th New York Regiment .................. 118 Alexandria, VA ................................. 126 46th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Alien, William ................................... 110 Infantry . 219, 245, 265, 283, 356, 357, Allen, Dr. .......................................... 351 376, 377, 381, 382 Allen, J. B., Lt. .................................. 331 4th Brigade South Carolina Militia .... 219 Allen, J., Pvt. ............................. 118, 122 4th Louisiana Battalion ...... 112, 284, 286 Allendale County ................................ 63 4th Rhode Island Regiment ................ 215 Allison, George ................................. 274 4th U. S. Artillery ................................. 53 Allison, Robert .................................. 274 51st Georgia Regiment ...................... 219 Alridge, John ..................................... 267 5th Regiment South Carolina Volunteer Alston Battalion Artillery ................. 343 Cavalry .......................................... 160 Amis, Pvt................................... 283, 284 5th South Carolina Regiment ............... 41 Andrew, T. ........................................ 317 67th Article of War ............................ 2, 4 Anna Deans, schooner .......... 24, 98, 232 6th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry Anson Street ................................ 85, 151 ............................................... 254, 337 Ansons Street .................................... 194 6th Regiment South Carolina Volunteer Antietam ............................................ 310 Infantry .......................................... 260 Antsey, Alex ..................................... 424 79th New York Regiment . 116, 117, 118, Appleby, Capt. .................................. 365 193, 215, 220, 228, 256, 268, 269, Appomattox........................... 37, 41, 181 316, 340, 343, 346, 355, 356, 376, 402 Appomattox Court House ......... 186, 252 7th Connecticut Regiment . 117, 118, 164, Appomattox, VA ............................... 302 220, 402 Archdale Street .................................... 66 8th Maine Regiment ................... 215, 220 Archer, Mr......................................... 423 8th Michigan Regiment ..... 116, 117, 118, Aringer, Thomas ............................... 335 228, 256, 268, 269, 316, 340, 343, Armies of the Confederate States .... 234, 346, 355, 356, 376, 402 252 8th Michigan Volunteer Infantry ......... 88 Armstrong, Corp. .............................. 423 97th Pennsylvania Regiment .............. 118 Armstrong, J. B., Pvt. ........................ 122 Provost Marshal of Charleston: The Letter Book of Colonel Alexander Haskell Brown © 1992 by Robert G. Carroon; © 2007 by Between the Lakes Group LLC Page 2 Armstrong, J. E., Pvt. ........................ 118 Barrat, W., Pvt. ................. 355, 356, 376 Armstrong, Pvt. ................................. 315 Barratt, William, Pvt. ........................ 346 Army of Northern Virginia .. 37, 85, 173, Barrett, William, Pvt. .................. 88, 116 252, 254, 308, 362 Bartew, Sanford W............................ 266 Army of Tennessee .. 63, 76, 77, 81, 112, Bash, Mr. ............................................. 65 123, 205, 219 Bassett, L. A. ............................... 98, 258 Army of the Trans Mississippi .......... 252 Batcheler, J., Pvt. .............................. 118 Ashe, J. A., Lt. 191, 192, 221, 222, 224, Batchelor, J., Pvt. .............................. 122 225, 233 Battalion of Sharpshooters ................ 362 Ashe, John ......................................... 191 Battery Beauregard ........................... 249 Ashley Farm ...................................... 153 Battery Promenade .............................. 33 Ashley River ....... 19, 154, 195, 200, 345 Battery Simpkins ............................... 247 Ashley River Bridge ......................... 410 Battery Wagner ........................... 61, 299 Ashley Street ....................................... 19 Battle of 1st Manassas ................... 41, 61 Assessor's Office ................................. 48 Battle of Atlanta ................................ 245 Atkinson, J. ....................................... 317 Battle of Chickamauga .....................
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