. Stories of the confederacy . ions. The writer remembers, as a youth, hearing men, in naming theirrespective places of residence, instead of saying they lived at suchand such a place, say they lived in such and such a regiment. With certain exceptions, all able-bodied males between the agesof eighteen and forty-five years were compelled to serve in themilitia. Those who had served as officers for seven years wereentitled to exemption from further service. This military servicewas enforced by severe penalties. Provision was made for volun-teer companies under certain regulations, the number of
. Stories of the confederacy . ions. The writer remembers, as a youth, hearing men, in naming theirrespective places of residence, instead of saying they lived at suchand such a place, say they lived in such and such a regiment. With certain exceptions, all able-bodied males between the agesof eighteen and forty-five years were compelled to serve in themilitia. Those who had served as officers for seven years wereentitled to exemption from further service. This military servicewas enforced by severe penalties. Provision was made for volun-teer companies under certain regulations, the number of officersand men in such organizations being limited. Such companies,as a general rule, were organized in the cities and towns, andtheir organizations were inspired by various motives. In the City of Charleston, at the time above referred to, themilitia consisted of the First Eegiment of Artillery, the Seven-teenth Regiment of Infantry, the First Regiment of Rifles,composed of volunteer companies, and the Sixteenth Regiment of. LIKUT. JAMKS IJatterv. AS Baciimaxs Battery 277 Infantry, together ^Yitll two companies of cavalry, both of vohin-teers. Two of the companies of the artillery regiment, the GermanArtillery, Companies A and B; one of the Seventeenth Regi-ment, the German Fusiliers; two of the First Regiment of Rifles,the German Riflemen and the Palmetto Riflemen, and one of thecavalry companies, the German Hussars, were composed of theGerman citizens and residents of the City of Charleston, and itmay be said that in proportion to numbers, this element of thepopulation was very largely represented in this branch of theservice of the State. The State authorities having determined to occupy Fort Moul-trie, on Sullivans Island; Castle Pinckney, in the harbor near thecity, and the then United States arsenal in the City of Charleston,on the afternoon of 2Tth December, 1860, a detachment of fourcompanies of the artillerj^ regiment, including one company ofthe Ge
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