HISTORICAL NOTES:

4th Cavalry Regiment was formed at Salyersville, Kentucky, in October, 1862. The unit served in the Department of East Tennessee and later in the Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee. It was involved in numerous conflicts in Tennessee and Kentucky, then during October, 1864, skirmished in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. During the spring of 1865 it disbanded.

FIELD OFFICERS:

Colonel Henry L. Giltner, Lieutenant Colonel Moses T. Pryor, and Major Nathan Parker.

BATTLES:

ROSTERS:

The composite rosters of this unit contain the names of 2255 men.

REFERENCES:

Crute - Units of the Confederate States Army
Sifakis - The Compendium of the Confederate Armies