4th South Carolina Infantry
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- February 1861 - Organized
- April 12-14, 1861 - Fort Sumter
- April 14, 1861 - Mustered into South Carolina State service
- June 7, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate service
- July 21, 1861 -
Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
- April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
- April 26, 1862 - Failed to reorganize as regiment
- Re-organized instead as the 4th South Carolina Infantry Battalion
DESIGNATIONS
- Charleston Harbor (April-June 1861)
- Army of the Potomac / Early's Brigade (June-July 1861)
- Army of the Potomac / Evans' Brigade (July 1861)
- Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / Evans' Brigade (July 1861)
- Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / D.R. Jones' Brigade (July-October 1861)
- Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / 3rd Division / D.R. Jones' Brigade (October 1861)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / 1st Corps / 3rd Division / D.R. Jones' Brigade (October-November 1861)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Division / D.R. Jones' Brigade (November 1861-January 1862)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / Longstreet's Division / D.R. Jones'/R.H. Anderson's Brigade (January-March 1862)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Longstreet's Division / R.H. Anderson's Brigade (March-April 1862)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: John B.E. Sloan (Colonel)
- Charles S. Mattison (Lieutenant Colonel)
- James H. Whitner (Major)
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Lewis, Richard, Camp Life of a Confederate Boy of Bratton's Brigade, Longstreet's Corps, C.S.A.
- Reid, J.W., History of the Fourth Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers, From the Commencement of the War Until Lee's Surrender
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 68-69)