4th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Neely's) (Confederate)

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Brief History
This regiment was organized at Germantown, Tennessee, in May, 1861. It ended the war in North Carolina on April 26, 1865.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

The following companies were composed of young men of Hardeman, Obion, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale, Tipton and Shelby Counties.


 * Company A - Captain James Sommerville - "Shelby Grays"
 * Company B - Captain James Fentress - "Pillow Guards"
 * Company C - Captain R.P. Bateman - "Wigfall Grays"
 * Company D - Captian Andrew J. Kellar - "Raleigh Volunteers"
 * Company E - Captain James H. Deare - "Harris Guards"
 * Company F - Captain R.L. White - "West Tennessee Riflemen"
 * Company G - Captain John Sutherland - "Lauderdale Invincibles"
 * Company H - Captain Benjamin F. White - "Tennessee Guards"
 * Company I - Captain John B. Turner - "Tipton Rifles"
 * Company K - Captain H.L. Fowlkes - "Dyer Guards"

The information about the companies is from The Military Annals of Tennessee: Confederate, First Series; Embracing a Review of Military Operations, with Regimental Histories and Memorial Rolls, page 183, by John B. Lindsley. Compiled from Original and Official Sources. (1886. Reprint. Spartanburg, South Carolina: Reprint Co., 1974), (accessed 19 Nov 2011).

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'Tennessee in the Civil War' and 'United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865' (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Tennessee in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Tennessee, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * Lindsley, John B. The Military Annals of Tennessee: Confederate, First Series; Embracing a Review of Military Operations, with Regimental Histories and Memorial Rolls, Compiled from Original and Official Sources. 1886. Reprint. Spartanburg, South Carolina: Reprint Co., 1974. (Family History Library book 976.8 M2L.) Digital versions at Ancestry ($); Internet Archive. A brief history and memorial rolls of the 4th Tennessee Infantry starts on page 183.