1st Infantry Battalion, known as the Charleston Battalion and Gaillard's , was organized at Charleston, South Carolina, during the spring of 1862. Its six companies contained men from Sumter, Union, and Calhoun Counties. The unit was assigned to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and served in the Charleston area.
The 1st Charleston High Command
Col: Wrabbit
Lt.Col: John Wayne
Major: Miku
Company A Roster (17)
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CPT: DiggerTheDwarf
1.LT:
2.LT: Elias
---------------NCOs---------------
ENGR.QM.SGT: Noire
CORP: Bill
CORP: Digmar
----------------Enlisted------------
Lance CORP: Vallhalla
Lance.CORP: Blitzpang
2.PVT: Gundamc2
2.PVT: Ser Wall
2.PVT: Gamer
2.PVT: Droopy
2.PV Total_Domination
2.PV TotalHakaari
CDT: Andrew115343
CDT: Shaggy
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Inno
Shingi-Sama
Company B Roster (8)
-----------Officers-----------
CPT: Hruon (45)
1.LT: Len (36)
2.LT: Red_Applez_7302
------------NCO's------------
1.SGT: Tavi (12)
QM.SGT: Kylo (39)
2.SGT: Ben Harris (37)
1.CORP: Salva (38)
1stCORP: SirSir (43)
-----------Enlisted-----------
2.PVT: Tiger (3)
2.PVT: 20jack (3)
CDT: Lufian (4)
CDT: TheHoodeh (1)
Company C. "Inactive"
--------------COs------------------
1.LT: Scottyboy
---------------NCOs---------------
----------------Enlisted------------
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1st Charleston Rankings
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RANK | ABBREVATION | AMMOUNT (MAXIMUM) | ASSIGNED BY
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Volunteer | VOL | INFINITE | Officer Commanding (Company)
2nd Class Private | 2.PVT | INFINITE | Officer Commanding (Company)
1st Class Private | 1.PVT | INFINITE | Officer Commanding (Company)
Lance Corporal | Lance.CORP | 4 per Company | Officer Commanding (Company)
Corporal | Cpl. | 2 per Company | Officer Commanding (Company)
2nd Sergeant (Sergeant) | 2.SGT | 2 per Company | Officer Commanding (Company)
1st Sergeant | 1.SGT | 1 per Company | Officer Commanding (Company)
Quartermaster Sergeant | QM.SGT | 1 per Company | Officer Commanding (Company)
Ordnance Sergeant | ORD.SGT | 1 per Regiment | Commanding Officer (Regiment)
Sergeant Major | SGT.MAJ | 1 per Regiment | Commanding Officer (Regiment)
2nd Lieutenant | 2.LT | 1 per Company | Officer In Command (Regimental)
1st Lieutenant | 1.LT | 1 per Company | Officer In Command (Regimental)
Captain | CPT | 1 per Company | Commanding Officer (Regiment)
Major | MAJ | 1 per Regiment | Commanding Officer (Regiment)
Lieutenant Colonel | LT.COL | 1 per Regiment | Commanding Officer (Regiment)
Colonel | COL | 1 per Regiment | Commanding General (Brigade)
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Notes:
-Volunteers (VOL) are the lowest rank for ALL new joining enlisted soldiers.
-Quartermaster Sergeants (QM.SGT) and Ordnance Sergeants (ORD.SGT) are equal in command to a Corporal (CORP).
-A Commanding Officer (CO) is the Colonel (COL) of the Regiment.
-An Officer Commanding (OC) is the Captain (CPT) of a Company.
-An Officer In Command (OIC) is a general term for anyone in a high-command position of the regiment.
-A Commanding General (CG) is the term used for the General dispensing commands to the Regiment.
-A 2nd Sergeant (2.SGT) is equal in command to a 1st Sergeant (1.SGT), however, the 1st Sergeant (1.SGT) is the senior of the two.
-A Sergeant Major (SGT.MAJ) manages the Regiment's unofficial affairs and assists in collecting attendance records from the other Sergeants (SGT) and is higher in command than any other Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO).
-Ordnance Sergeants (ORD.SGT) and Quartermaster Sergeants (QM.SGT) do not generally take attendance, but officially manage supplies and munitions.
-The regimental Ordnance Sergeant (ORD.SGT) and regimental Quartermaster Sergeant (QM.SGT) pass down munitions and supplies to the company Quartermaster Sergeant (QM.SGT) to be distributed among the men.
-Ordnance Sergeants (ORD.SGT) manage munitions, arms, and supplies from the Ordnance Bureau.
-Ordnance Sergeants (ORD.SGT) officially aren't, "assigned TO" a Regiment, but rather are "assigned WITH" a Regiment and instead are "assigned TO the Ordnance Bureau."
-Ordnance Sergeant to each regiment, the acting appointees, authorized under General Orders, No. 24, current series, and made by colonels of regiments, will be reported