Captain William D. Carmichael
History of Kershaw's Brigade by G. Augustus Dickert

Pgs 484 CAPTAIN WILLIAM  D. CARMICHAEL Captain William D. Carmichael volunteered in 1861, and assisted in raising Company I, Eighth South Carolina Regiment, and was elected Second Lieutenant at reorganization. In April, 1862, he assisted Captain Stackhouse in raising Company L for the same regiment, and was elected First Lieutenant of that company, and upon the promotion of Captain Stackhouse to Major, he was promoted Captain of Company L and commanded it to the surrender. He was three times wounded, twice severely, and was one of the most gallant and trusted officers of that gallant regiment. After the war he settled on his plantation, near Little Rock, named, and has lived there ever since, raising a large family of children, and is one of the most successful farmers of that progressive section.  He is one of the foremost citizens of Marion County.

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