4th Regiment
Georgia Volunteer Infantry
Army of Northern Virginia
C. S. A.
Field & Staff
4th Infantry Regiment, organized in April, 1861,
at Augusta, Georgia, recruited its companies in the counties of
Talbot, Troup, Macon, Gordon, Twiggs, Dougherty, jasper, Baldwin,
and Sumter. The unit served in the Department of South Carolina
and the Department of Georgia before moving to Virginia. Assigned
to A. R. Wright's Brigade during the Seven Days' Battles, it later
served under Generals Ripley, Doles, and Cook. It fought in many
conflicts from the Maryland Campaign to Cold Harbor, then was
involved in Early's Shenandoah Valley operations and the Appomattox
Campaign. The regiment reported 15 killed and 78 wounded at Malvern
Hill, 22 killed and 119 wounded in the Maryland Campaign, and
29 killed and 115 wounded at ChancellorsviIle. Of the 341 engaged
at Gettysburg, fifteen percent were disabled. On April 9, 1865,
it surrendered with 7 officers and 93 men. The field officers
were Colonels Philip Cook, George Doles, and William H. Willis?,
Lieutenant Colonels William F. Jordan, John J. Matthews, Edwin
A. Nash, and David R. E. Winn; and Majors F. H. DeGraffenried,
Robert S. Smith, and Charles L. Whitehead.
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