1st Regiment Rifles, known as Orr's Rifles, was organizedd at Sandy Springs, SC, in July, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Abbeville, Pickens, Anderson, and Marion. The unit was first stationed on Sullivan's Island and called by the other troops as "The Pound Cake Regiment" because of its light duty. Then in April, 1862, it moved to Virginia with 1,000 men. Assigned to General Gregg's and McGowan's Brigade, it fought with the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor. Later the regiment endurded the hardships of the Petersburg trenches and the Appomattox operations. Of the 537 engaged at Gaines' Mill, fifty-nine percent were killed, wounded or missing. The unit reported 116 casulaties at Second Manassas and 170 at Fredericksburg, then lost fourty-nine percent of the 233 at Chancellorsville and three percent of th e 366 at Gettysburg. There were 12 killed adn 81 wounded at The Wilderness, 15 killed, 36 wounded at Poplar Springs Church. It surrendered 9 officers and 148 men. The field officers were Colonels Daniel A. Ledbetter, James W. Livingston, J. Foster Marshall, George M. Miller, James L. Orr, and James M. Perrin; Lieutenant Colonels William M. Hadden, F.E. Harrison, Joseph J. Norton, and James T. Robertson; and Majors John B. Moore and Leonard Rogers.

GOFF, Azariah Sgt. H Orr's Regiment of Rifles Promoted from ranks 1865

Company H, Orr's Regiment of Rifles Company "H" was exclusively from Marion County but the remainder of Orr's Regiment came from UpCounty (northwest) South Carolina. Orr's Regiment was attached to Gregg's Brigade (later known as "McGowan's Brigade) and also included Co E, 1st SC Vols, that were from Marion Co. The original regimental flag is now part of the collection at the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, VA