R. Sneed, Pvt.  Company I Orr's Rifles (A/K/A 1st Regiment of Rifles)
District: PS (Pickens).  No date or reason for death given.  Buried at
Stonewall Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia.  Source: Rivers "Roll of Honor",
National Archives.

I think this R. Sneed may be my gg grandfather.  Does anyone have any futher
information - either on R. Sneed or Orr's Rifles.  Where is Pickens District?

email - [email protected]

Thanks to everyone - I really enjoy the list as I am in Texas and this is my
only good link to South Carolina for research.

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Orr's Rifles was one of the groups which was also designated as a "First South
Carolina Regiment."  Rosters of this regiment may be found in Vol. 1 of
Salley's  South Carolina Troops in Confederate Service"  I recently located
this volume - it's very hard to come by, and have someone transcribing it now.
It has about 7,000 men listed overall.

The best history on Orr's Rifles is "The History of a Brigade of South
Carolinians" by J. F. J. Caldwell.  This book also covers the 1st Infantry
(Gregg's) , the 12th, 13th, and 14th Infantry and is one of the best surviving
histories of the war from a first hand account generally, in addition to
focusing on South Carolina Troops.

More info. on Orr's Rifles (and other South Carolina troops) may be found on
my web site "The Civil War in South Carolina" at

http://members.aol.com/superstore/sccd.htm

and NEW for Georgia

http://members.aol.com/superstore/gacd.htm

John Rigdon

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