FOURTH (4TH) CAVALRY REGIMENTSouth Carolina Volunteers, December 16th, 1862, to May 1st, 1865
The following historical information is about the service of both the regiment, and the men, of the Fourth (4th) South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, which served in the American Civil War from December 16th, 1862, to May 1st, 1865. If you have any corrections, suggestions, or additional information, photographs, artifacts, etc., that you wish to contribute, feel free to submit the information to the Webmaster.
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| Regimental Field & Staff |
| Company A - Chesterfield District - Chesterfield Light Dragoons |
Company F - Marion District - E.M. Dragoons |
| Company B - Chester District - Palmetto Rangers |
Company G - Colleton District - Evans Light Dragoons |
| Company C - Anderson District - Calhoun Troop |
Company H - Lancaster District - Catawba Rangers |
| Company D - Charleston District - Santee Mounted Riflemen |
Company I - Williamsburg District - Williamsburg Light Dragoons |
| Company E - Marlboro District |
Company K - Charleston District - Charleston Light Dragoons |
December 1862 to March 1864 - 3rd Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
December 1862 to March 1863 - (4 Companies) 1st Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
August to September 1863 - (Company K) 5th Sub-division, 1st Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
September 1863 - (Company K) Unattached, 1st Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
December 1863 to March 1864 - (Company K) 5th Military District fo South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
May 1864 to January 1865 - Butler's-Dunovant's Brigade, Hampton's-Butler's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
January to April 1865 - Butler's Brigade, Butler's Division, Hampton's Cavalry Command
April to May 1865 - Logan's Brigade, Butler's Division, Hampton's Cavalry Command, Army of Tennessee
December 16th, 1862: The regiment is organized by the consolidation of the Tenth (10th) & Twelfth (12th) South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry Battalions and the Charleston Light Dragoons and Santee Mounted Riflemen as the Fourth (4th) South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry Regiment.
December 1862 to March 1864: Served in the defense of Coastal South Carolina.
April 9th, 1863: Engaged in the attack on, and destruction of, the USS George Washington near Beaufort, South Carolina.
June 2nd, 1863: Engaged along the Combahee River, South Carolina.
June 4th, 1863: Engaged in the resisting the expedition from Fort Pulaski, Georgia, to Bluffton, South Carolina.
September 13th & 14th, 1863: Engaged at Lowndes Mill along the Combahee River, South Carolina.
November 24th, 1863: Engaged at Cunninghams Bluff, South Carolina.
May to June 1864: Served in the Overland Campaign (Virginia).
May 28th, 1864: Engaged at Hawes Shop, Virginia
June 1st to 3rd, 1864: Engaged at Cold Harbor, Virginia.
June 1864 to January 1865: Served in the Siege of Richmond & Petersburg, Virginia.
October 1st, 1864: Engaged along the Vaughan Road near Petersburg, Virginia
January to April 1865: Served in the Carolina's Campaign.
March 10th, 1865: Engaged at Monroe's Crossroads, North Carolina.
March 19th to 21st, 1865: Engaged at Bentonville, North Carolina.
April 26th, 1865: The regiment surrendered as part of the Army of Tennessee at Durham Station, North Carolina.
Published Books & Documents
"Butler and his Cavalry in the War of Secession, 1861-1865." U.R. Brooks, The State Company, Columbia, South Carolina, 1909.
"Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia." Stewart Sifakis, Facts on File, Inc., New York City, New York, 1995.
"Confederate Rolls of South Carolina." Columbia, South Carolina, 1898.
"The Flags of Civil War South Carolina." Glenn Dedmont, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, Louisiana, 2000.
"Recollections and Reminiscences, 1861-1865, Thru World War I." South Carolina Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy; 1993.
Volume 2, Page 289 (A.M. Thomas)
Volume 3, Pages 38 (J.D.M. Keith, Co. C), 65 (P.G. Fitzsimmons, Co. F, & W.W. White, Co. K), 284 (J.L. McCorey), 488 (R.B. Stackhouse, Co. E),
491 (J.L. Reaves), 500 (William Tucker, Co. A), & 515 (Regimental Officers & Roster of Company H)
Volume 4, Pages 3 (Aaron Boggs, Co. C & M.C. Dickson, Co. C), 123 (Aaron Boggs, Co. C), & 128 (Aaron Boggs, Co. C)
Volume 5, Page 172 (C.I.W. Reaves, Co. F)
Volume 6, Pages 11 (Henry McIver), 184 (V.E. Martin, Co. K), & 269 (William Epps, Co. D)
Volume 7, Page 44 (William Epps, Co. D)
Volume 8, Pages 395 (J.B. Reaves), 405 (H.M.S.), 450 (V.P. Ligfage, Co. I), & 458 (D.E. Gordon)
Volume 9, Page 496 (Henry McIver), 602 (John S. Herren, Co. K), & 605 (V.P. Ligfage, Co. I)
Volume 10, Page 4 (H.M. Stackhouse)
"Report of the Historian of the Confederate Records to the General Assembly of South Carolina." John P. Thomas; The Bryan Printing Company, Columbia, South Carolina; 1900.
"Saddle Soldiers: The Civil War Correspondence of William Stokes of the 4th South Carolina Cavalry." Lloyd Halliburton; Sandlapper Publishing, Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1993.
"South Carolina's Military Organizations During the War Between the States." Robert S. Seigler, The History Press, Charleston, South Carolina, 2008.
Documents, Papers, & Non-Published Materials
Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units in Confederate Organizations (Roll 43 (South Carolina - First Cavalry through Capt. Walpole's Company, Cavalry), Roll 45 (South Carolina - Seventh Cavalry, A-D), Roll 46 (South Carolina - Seventh Cavalry, E-L), Roll 47 (South Carolina - Seventh Cavalry, M-Sl) & Roll 48 (South Carolina - Seventh Cavalry, Sm-Y). The National Archives Microfilm Publications.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina. NARA M267; National Archives & Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
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