The South Carolina 5th Infantry Regiment entered State service in April 1861, and was mustered into Confederate service at Orangeburgh, by Barnard E. Bee, Lieutenant Colonel, S. C. I., Mustering Officer, June 4, 1861. At the expiration of the year for which the regiment had entered service, April 13, 1862, the regiment disbanded. Colonel Jenkins then organized a regiment styled The Palmetto Sharpshooters and most of the officers and men of the disbanded Fifth joined the new regiment. Another Fifth was immediately organized, their regimental officers being appointed, or commissioned, April 23, 1862. It served in the Army of Northern Virginia until the surrender at Appomattox, April 9, 1861. Companies Of The South Carolina 5th Infantry Regiment The companies of this regiment were made up of men recruited in Laurens, Lancaster, Spartanburg, and Union counties. First Organization Was For Twelve Companies A - Union County - Johnson Rifles Second Company A - Lancaster County, Lancaster Greys B - York County - Kings Mountain Guards C - Spartanburg County - Lawson Fork Vols. D - Union County - Tyger Vols. E - Union County - Pea Ridge Vols. F - Spartanburg County - Morgan Light Infantry G - Spartanburg County - Pacolet Guard H - York County I - York County - Jasper Light Infantry K - Spartanburg County - Spartan Rifles L - York County - Catawba Light Infantry M - York County - Whyte Guards Spartanburg County - Batesville Vols