James Monroe Perrin

Perrin was born in 1822 in the Abbeville District and graduated from South Carolina College. He served as a lieutenant in the Palmetto Regiment during the Mexican War, returning home to become a lawyer in Abbeville. Captain of B company ("McDuffies Guards") of the Rifles, he was absent through 1862 serving in the state legislature. He was promoted to colonel on November 12, 1862.

At the battle of Chancellorsville, Perrin was mortally wounded on May 3, 1863 while withdrawing his regiment. He died on May 5, "universally lamented by the regiment and all who knew him."