4th South Carolina Cavalry
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- December 16, 1862 - Organized by consolidation of the:
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
- August 13, 1862 - Black River
- April 9, 1863 - Destruction of the George Washington near Beaufort
- June 2, 1863 - Combahee River
- June 4, 1863 - Expedition from Fort Pulaski, Georgia to Bluffton [Company B]
- September 13-14, 1863 - near Lowndes' Mill, Combahee River
- November 24, 1863 - near Cunningham's Bluff
- May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
- May 8-21, 1864 -
Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia - May 23-26, 1864 - North Anna River
- May 28, 1864 - Haw's Shop
- June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
- June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
- October 1, 1864 - Vaughan Road
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign- April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 3rd Military District of South Carolina (December 1862-March 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina [four companies] (December 1862-March 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / 5th Sub-Division [Company K] (August-September 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / Unattached [Company K] (September 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 5th Military District of South Carolina [Company K] (December 1863-March 1864)
- Army of Northern Virginia / Cavalry Corps / Hampton's/Butler's Division / Butler's/Dunovant's Brigade (May 1864-January 1865)
- Hampton's Cavalry Command / Butler's Division / Butler's Brigade (January-April 1865)
- Army of Tennessee / Hampton's Cavalry Command / Butler's Division / Logan's Brigade (April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Benjamin H. Rutledge (Colonel)
- William P. Emmanuel (Major)
- William Stokes (Lieutenant Colonel)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Brooks, U.R., Butler and His Cavalry in the War of Secession.
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 42-43)
