South Carolina 4th Cavalry Regiment Company E

Statistical Summary:

Organized	13 APR 1861
Number of men enrolled	137
Killed in battle	8
Wounded	16
Captured	9
Died of disease	19
Total casualties	52
Percentage casualties	38%
Died since war	39
Living in 1897	55

COMPANY E, 4TH SOUTH CAROLINA CAVALRY Was originally organized in Marlboro County in the latter part of the year 1861. The Company left Marlboro for Georgetown, South Carolina, January 22, 1862, and in the spring of 1864 were transferred to Virginia and became a part of Butler's Brigade of Hampton's Division.

Officers:

Emanuel, Wm. P., elected Major May 1862; captured Trevilian Station, 1864; died about 1879

Edens, Henry, promoted captain from 3d lieutenant 1862; honorable discharged 1863; died since war

Breeden, Peter L. promoted from 1st lieutenant 1863; wounded Hawe's Shop 1864.

McGilvray, B. F., 1st lieutenant, transferred 1862; killed Petersburg, Virginia

Breeden, P.L., 1st lieutenant, promoted from 2d lieutenant 1861

Edens, Allen, 1st lieutenant, promoted from 2d lieutenant 1863; died at home

Weatherly, J.N., promoted from 3 lieutenant 1863; wounded at Lee's Mill 1864; died March 3, 1893

Alford, Sion H., 3rd lieutenant, dead

Bristow, Wm. M. 3d lieutenant, resigned 1863; died at home

Long, Henry A. promoted to 3 lieutenant in 1863; died at home 1864

Herndon, John J. 1st sergeant, furnished substitute in 1862; dead

Bennett, Nevil, 1st sergeant, honorably discharged

Bone, Nicholas P. 1st sergeant, died since war

Adams, Jonathan, 2nd sergeant

McColl, John S., 3d sergeant, died since war

Weatherly, C.A., 4th sergeant

McRae, James c. 1st corporal; wounded Haw's Shop

Parish, John, 2nd corporal

Newton, Joseph, 3d corporal

Weatherly, Robert T., 4th corporal, died at Pocotaligo, South Carolina 1863

Smith, Wm. Benjamin, 5th corporal, died since war

Privates:

Adams, Andrew J., died since war

Adams, Peter L. died Camp Waccamaw 1862

Anderson, George, lost sight of

Bone, Nicholas P., elected sergeant; dead

Bone, Leonard D.

Bass, Wade, H. wounded Trevilian Station, Virginia

Breeden, John L., killed 1864

Brigman, Wm, killed at home 1864

Brigman, John transferred to 26th Regiment South Carolina Volunteers

Brigman, Alex

Brigman, Evander, transferred to 26th Regiment

Britt, James

Britt, Thos. P., dead

Bundy, Wm., dead

Byrd, Levi

Calder, Peter, lost foot at Hawe's Shop; dead

Cope, Daniel, captured at Hawe's Shop; taken prisoner at Point Lookout Prison Camp, Maryland and transferred to Elmira Prison Camp in 1864 until end of the war; died Savannah, Georgia in 1880

Cottingham, Thos., alive

Cottingham, Ucal, wounded Trevilian, died in hospital

Coward, Lewis, went West after war

Cork, James, died since war

Cork, John

Driggers, Aaron T., dead

Driggers, Abner, died since war

Driggers, Philip, killed Lee's Mill 8164

DuPre, Thomas J. transferred from 8th Regiment to Company E; wounded; died since war

Earl, Elijah

Easterling, Henry

Edens, Thomas, W. died 1895

Emanuel, Chas. L. dead

Evans, C.D.

Fraser, John, killed Hawe's Shop 1864

Freeman, Benj, killed Hawe's Shop, May 28, 1864

Freeman, James wounded at Reaves' Station; died since war

Gibson, Thos. Captured Trevilian; died since war

Grant, Barnabas, captured Trevilian; died Elmira Prison, New York

Grooms, Evander, transferred to 26th Regiment S.C. Volunteers

Hall, Wm., transferred to Company D 26th Regiment

Haithcock, Wm

Jackson, Chas. Dead

Jackson, Joseph, captured Trevilian Station; died Elmira Prison, New York

Jackson, Laban M.

Jacobs, Bethel, dead

Jacobs, David

Jacobs, Samuel, transferred to company D 26th Regiment SC Volunteers

Jones, John, killed Hawe's Shop, May 28, 1864

Lide, William

McLaurin, Alex L., dead

McLaurin, D.P., transferred to Company A 23rd Regiment South Carolina Volunteers

McLaurin, Jas. W., captured Stoney Creek, Virginia; died 1894

McLaurin, Lauchlin, A. dead

McLaurin, Loch B.

McInnis, James

McInnis, John

McCrimmon, John A.

McColl, John S. dead

The History of Marlboro County has "McColl, John S. dead" and "McColl, Hugh S., captured Trevilian; died in prison". The problem is there was only one John S. (Sydney) McColl in Company "E" and he was captured by Union forces 1st Division at Cheraw, South Carolina and he did not die; he died in New South Wales, Australia and is buried there.

John enlisted as a Private in Co. "E", 4th South Carolina, Rutledge's Regiment South Carolina Cavalry, on January 12, 1862 at Bennettsville, Marlboro, South Carolina, was wounded on October 27, 1864; and was admitted to the ‘C.S.A. General Hospital in Danville, Virginia on November 1st, being transferred the same day to the Pettigrew Hospital No. 13 in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he is shown on the records of November 24th. Hospital records record his reason for admittance as "V.S. right arm flesh (core)"; being returned to duty on December 26th. John was taken prisoner on March 3, 1865, by Union forces 1st Division at Cheraw, South Carolina; and placed in the custody of Captain John C. Marvin, 17th Army Corps. Private John Sydney McColl, Co. "E", 4th South Carolina, Rutledge's Regiment South Carolina Cavalry was then delivered as a prisoner of war to New Berne, North Carolina by Captain A. Burns, Co. "D", Illinois 10th Infantry. On April 3, 1865, John was then delivered to Point Lookout, Maryland Union prison. John survived, and was eventually released on June 29, 1865 by G.O. No. 109, A.G.O.; after swearing and signing an 'Oath of Allegiance' to the Union States.(Directly from his Muster Roll card records)

McColl, Hugh S., captured Trevilian; died in prison

Morris, Thos. J.

Marshall, John

Murdock, John T. dead

Mulligan, James

McRae, Angus, died Pocotaligo, South Carolina

McRae, Daniel C. dead

McRae, John D. dead

McRae, James A., dead

McRae, James

McRae, J. Calvin

Newton, Cornelius D.

Newton, Hope Hull, severely wounded, Hawe's Shop, May 28, 1865

Newton, Joseph

Newton, Richard D. died Wilson, North Carolina 1864

Newton Peyton V. died 1896

Newton, Thos. B.

Odom, Evander W. severely wounded Burgess' Mill 1864

Odom, Noah

Odom, Daniel J

Odom, H. King

Odom, Jas. Thomas, killed Trevilian Station 1864

Odom, John, killed Hawe's Shop, 1864

Odom, Nehemiah

Odom, Robt. H., died since war

Odom, Thos. Q.

O'Nails, James

Parker, Andrew dead

Parker, Elijah, wounded

Parker, Harrison, dead

Powers, Ellison, dead

Parrott, James

Prevatt, Angus, wounded Hawe's Shop; died since war

Prevatt, James

Pope, Bennett, J. wounded Hawe's Shop; died since war

Proctor, Thos. A. died since war

Quick, Leggett

Rainwaters, Joshua, died in prison

Rogers, Wm

Roper, Caswell, wounded Lee's Mill, Virginia, died since war

Sanders, Moses P., dead

Sawyer, John H.

Sellers, Bryant J., died McPhersonville, SC, August 13, 1863

Smith, Herbert, captured Trevilian, died in prison

Smith, Joseph R.

Stackhouse, H. Milton

Stackhouse, Robt. Boyd, died since war from wound received at Hawe's Shop

Stackhouse, John, captured and died Elmira Prison, New York

Stuckey, Ben N

Stubbs, Thos A. dead

Sweat, Henry, died since war

Sweat, Saml. Dead

Sweat, Sandford, dead

Sweat, Wm. K, dead

Thomas, James, died at Camp Marion, South Carolina, 1862

Thomas, Nathan S. dead

Weatherly Isaac, dead

West, William, wounded Hawe's Shop, died since war

Young, Jackson, lost sight of.

(Where not marked dead, supposed to be alive)

The notations after each man is his status when the book was written in the late 1890s. The book was published posthumously in 1897.

A History of Marlboro County, South Carolina by J.A .W. Thomas Reprint sponsored by the Marlborough Historical Society
Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore 1989
Originally published Atlanta, 1897
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 73-181859
International Standard Book Number 0-8063-7985-5

Special thanks to Barbara Cope Svetlick (Gumba@worldnet.att.net) for transcribing this roster.

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