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=== Brief History === | === 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.<ref name="Seigler">Robert S. Seigler. ''South Carolina's Military Organizations During the War Between the States''. (Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, c2008.), v. 3, p 109-118.{{FHL|1639482|item|disp=FHL book 975.7 M2sr v. 3}}. The book goes into greater detail about the companies and the different military units they served in. Also the book may give more information about the different units this Battalion served with.</ref> | 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|13th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry]]). Other men enlisted in regiments such as the [[Palmetto_Sharpshooters_Regiment,_South_Carolina_(Jenkins')_(1st_Palmetto)|Palmetto Sharpshooters]] and [[Earle's_Company,_South_Carolina_Cavalry|A.C. Earle's Company, South Carolina Cavalry]].<ref name="Seigler">Robert S. Seigler. ''South Carolina's Military Organizations During the War Between the States''. (Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, c2008.), v. 3, p 109-118.{{FHL|1639482|item|disp=FHL book 975.7 M2sr v. 3}}. The book goes into greater detail about the companies and the different military units they served in. Also the book may give more information about the different units this Battalion served with.</ref> | ||
Further brief histories on this unit can be located on soldiers' service records found at Footnote.com<ref name="Footnote">Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina, microfilm publication M267. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1958). These records have been indexed and digitized and are available at [http://www.footnote.com Footnote.com] (A subscription ($) website, but is available for use at the Family History Library and some Family History Centers). It has digital Civil War soldier service records and brief regiment histories (located at the bottom of some of the muster rolls). (Accessed December 2010)</ref> and at the Eastern Digital Resources website.<ref name="EDR">[http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/unit115.htm 4th Infantry Regiment]. The War for Southern Independence in South Carolina. Eastern Digital Resources an Internet site, accessed 12/01/2010. Lists a brief Regiment History and Company Rosters.</ref> | Further brief histories on this unit can be located on soldiers' service records found at Footnote.com<ref name="Footnote">Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina, microfilm publication M267. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1958). These records have been indexed and digitized and are available at [http://www.footnote.com Footnote.com] (A subscription ($) 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). (Accessed December 2010)</ref> and at the Eastern Digital Resources website.<ref name="EDR">[http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/unit115.htm 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.</ref> | ||