4th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry

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Brief History
The 4th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry was also known as the Bloody Fourth and the Bloody Old Fourth. It was organized at Anderson, South Carolina, in February and March 1861. On March 6th it was enlisted into state service. Because of great loss of men in this regiment due to casualties and disease, the 4th Regiment Infantry did not reorganize in April 1862. It was disbanded and the men reenlisted into other regiments. Some of them consolidated into five companies and were redesignated the 4th Battalion South Carolina Infantry (actually the 13th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry). Other men enlisted in regiments such as the Palmetto Sharpshooters and A.C. Earle's Company, South Carolina Cavalry. Further brief histories on this unit can be located on soldiers' service records found at Footnote.com and at the Eastern Digital Resources website.

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.

Some of the rosters list only a few names.


 * Company A - Transferred to 2nd South Carolina Volunteers as Company B
 * Company B (also known as Palmetto Riflemen) - Anderson District (County) - Roster
 * Company C (also known as Dean Company) - Anderson District (County) - Roster
 * Company D (also known as Piercetown Guards) -Anderson District (County) - Roster
 * Company E (also known as Calhoun Mountaineers) - Pickens District (County), now Oconee County (Fair Play)
 * Company F (also known as Tyger Volunteers) - Greenville District (County)
 * Company G (also known as Saludia Guards) - Greenville District (County)
 * Company H (also known as Twelve Mile Volunteers) - Pickens District (County)
 * Company I (also known as Pickens Guards)- Pickens District (County)
 * Company J (also known as The Confederate Guards) - Anderson District (County)
 * Company K (sometimes listed as Company I) (also known as Fort Hill Guards) - Anderson District (County) and Pickens District (County)

Other Sources

 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment. This site uses Joseph H. Crute's book, Units of the Confederate States Army, as their main source for the regiment history. Family History Library book 973 M2crua,, WorldCat.
 * Footnote.com (A subscription website, but is available for use at the Family History Library and some Family History Centers). It has digital Civil War soldier service records and brief regiment histories (located at the bottom of some of the muster rolls).
 * 4th Infantry Regiment. The War for Southern Independence in South Carolina. Eastern Digital Resources an Internet site, accessed 12/01/2010. Lists a brief Regiment History and Company Rosters.
 * Fourth South Carolina Infantry Regiment and Battalion. South Carolina's Service in the War Between the States, Steve Batson's Internet site, accessed 12/01/2010. This website also lists officers of the regiment and companies; and battles the regiment was involved in. The site gives the county of organization and nicknames listed.
 * Hewett, Janet B., ed. Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Wilmington, North Carolina: Broadfoot Pub. Co., c1994-2001. . Lists officers, companies, and dates involving the company and places where they were stationed. There are 10 Companies (A-I, K) listed.
 * Hoyt, James A. The Palmetto Riflemen : Co. B., Fourth Regiment S.C. Vols. Co. C., Palmetto sharp shooters : historical sketch : an address delivered by James A. Hoyt, a member of the Company, on the 21st of July 1885; together with a roll of the Company and other information. Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1990., fiche 6082630 (1 fiche).
 * Lewis, Richard and Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 4th; Camp life of a Confederate boy, of Bratton's Brigade, Longstreet's Corps, C.S.A., (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1990). Available at the Family History Library, .  Other libraries, (accessed 14 Apr 2011).
 * Reid, Jesse Walton. History of the Fourth Regiment of South Carolina volunteers. Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1990. Google Books., fiche6082632 (2 fiche).
 * Salley, Alexander Samuel. South Carolina Troops in Confederate Service, Vol 2  (The State Co., Columbia, SC 1930)  This volume covers the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th infantry regiments. Digital copy at Internet Archives. Book at Other Libraries
 * Reid Jesse W. History of the Fourth Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers, from the Commencement of the War until Lee's Surrender. Giving a full account of all its movements, fights and hardships of all kinds. Also a very correct account of the travels and fights of the Army of northern Virginia ... (Greenville, S.C., Shannon &amp; Co., Printers, 1892), 143 pages. Digital copy at Internet Archives. Libraries that have this book.