Heroes of the old Camden District, S. C.
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two of them are represented by the survivors of Fairfield district. The lis>t is as follows :
REGIMENT.
BATTLE.
Present in Action.
Killed and Wounded.
J
c
V
U
First Texas
Antietam
226
1 86
87
Twenty-first Georgia
Manassas
242
184
76
Eighth Tennessee
Stone River
AAA
106
60
Seventeenth South Carolina
Manassas
284
1 80
6?
Twenty- third South Carolina
Manassas
225
I4Q
66
Fourteenth Georgia
Mechanicsville
CIA
J7C
6s
Sixteenth Mississippi
228
144
63
Fifteenth Virginia
Antietam
128
7c
S8
Eighteenth Georgia
Antietam
176
IOI
57
Tenth Georgia
Antietam
147
87
56
Twelfth Tennessee
Stone River
2Q2
l64
s6
Sixteenth Tennessee
Stone River
177
2O7
S6
Third Alabama
Malvern Hill
JC/l
2OO
S6
Seventh North Carolina
Seven Days
Asn
2<t7
S6
Eighteenth North Carolina
Seven Days
106
224
S6
First South Carolina Rifles
Gaines" Mill
C77
?o6
56
Fourth North Carolina
Fair Oaks
678
160
CA
Twelfth South Carolina
Manassas ... ....
27O
146
54.
Fourth Texas
2CC
I O7
5^
Twenty-seventh Tennessee
Chaplin Hills
2IO
112
C-2
First South Carolina
Manassas
28*.
J5I
Cl
Forty-ninth Virginia
Fair Oaks
424
224
C2
Twelfth Alabama
Fair Oaks
4O8
215
C2
Seventh South Carolina
Antietam
268
I4O
52
Seventh Texas
Raymond
306
is8
C2
Eleventh Alabama
Glendale
357
181
tT
If this table is correct, and, no doubt, it is, it shows that Antietam, or Sharpsburg, was, on our side at least, the hardest fought field of the war, for of the twenty-six instances of greatest losses, seven of them occurred in that battle ; but it shows, also, that for South Carolina troops the Second Manassas was the severest battle. Of the six in- stances of greatest losses among troops from this State, four of them were at Second Manassas, to wit : The Seventeenth South Carolina, which lost 67 per cent, of those carried into action; the Twenty- third, which lost 66 per cent.; the Twelfth, which lost 54 per cent.; and the First, which lost 53 per cent. The general average of these four regiments being 60 per cent, lost of those engaged. Upon another occasion I have shown that in this battle South Carolina lost
