3rd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Colored)
| 3rd Regiment South Carolina Volunteer Infantry (Colored) | |
|---|---|
 South Carolina state flag | |
| Active | 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
Service
The 3rd South Carolina Infantry was organized at
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:
Some of the regiments first raised in South Carolina were promised and received thirteen dollars per month, but that promise has not been kept, and they are now paid only seven dollars per month. The discontent in these regiments has become so great that a mutiny broke out in the third South Carolina volunteers, and the leader of it, who was a sergeant, has been shot for mutiny, and others are under arrest and they too may be tried and shot for violation of discipline, impelled by a burning sense of our injustice.[3]
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
See also
- List of Union South Carolina Civil War Units
- South Carolina in the American Civil War
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ISBN 9780521439985.
- ^ p. 1805, 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.
- ^ p. 1636, 1727, Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908.