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The Palmetto Sharpshooters, also known as Jenkins' 1st Palmetto Regiment, was a Confederate States Army sharpshooter regiment from South Carolina which was active from April 1862 to 1865. It was organized from transfers from the 2nd, 5th, and 9th South Carolina Infantry Regiments, and it fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from the Battle of Williamsburg to the Battle of Fredericksburg before serving in North Carolina and then at the Battle of Chickamauga and the Battle of Knoxville. Afterwards, the Palmetto Sharpshooters returned to Virginia for the Overland Campaign, the Siege of Petersburg, and the surrender at Appomattox. The regiment, which started with 1,100 troops on its roster, ended the war with only 29 officers and 356 enlisted men.

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