Civil War Letters: South Carolina 17th South Carolina Volunteers – Starting the Cadet Riflemen Company by Capt. William S. Elliott, June 18th, 1860 Charleston, S.C. Letter by J. B. Witherspoon Phillips, Company A 18th Battalion, South Carolina Artillery – His Beautiful Uniform is Pictured All Over the Internet! War Date Letter from South Carolina General Wilmot Gibbes De Saussure – Written on Official State of South Carolina Executive Office Stationery – Docketed on the back by Governor Pickens Palmetto Guard P. P. Gaillard Seeks Permission to Join the Palmetto Guard in Kershaw’s Regiment in Virginia