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4th Virginia Infantry

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Company Unknown

Rank unknown

I have a great great uncle who is buried (born 1842 died 1917) in Citizens Cemetery in Chattanooga, TN. His birth name was Syeign K. Ferguson but the cemetery record has him as S. K. Ferguson and that he served in the 4th VA. Infantry CSA. The only Ferguson who served in the 4th. VA. Inf. CSA was Samuel H. Ferguson. My research shows they were both born in the same year and were both 19 years old when they enlisted in the 4th Va. Inf. Any information that could shed light on this person would be appreciated.
Contributor Wayne FergusonDate added 12/3/2010

Company Unknown

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Charles R. DameronDate added 1/11/2007

Company Unknown

Private

James H. Romans was my two times great grandfather's younger brother.James H. Romans was killed fighting under Stonewall Jackson at first Manassas. He died on July 24, 1861 just a few days after the battle ended.
Contributor Marilee Bowles-CareyDate added 9/16/2013

Company Unknown

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor james wardHomepage jim_ward@hotmail.comDate added 10/15/2018

Company A

3rd Sergeant

He was a member of the Wythe Grays from 1859, at the start of the war he was a 3rd Corporal and promoted to 3rd Sgt. He transfer to another unit July 1862.
Contributor Mark BaldwinDate added 6/16/2007

Company A

Private

Searching for cemetery information. Known info: Lived around Pocahontas County WV Died after 1910. Lived with son James W. Jackson near Edray
Contributor Karen Jackson DittmoreDate added 8/7/2007

Company B

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Diane SimmonsDate added 4/9/2017

Company B

Rank unknown

Hazel Creed Cornett was my gg-grandfather from Grayson Co, Va.
Contributor Susan Taylor WoodsonDate added 4/12/2008

Company C

Corporal

Thomas Cloyd Craig, son of Dr. Robert McNealy and Elizabeth (Law) Craig, was b. in Pulaski County, Va., 11 May 1843. Was educated in private schools at home, completing a thorough course in classics and higher mathematics. He was a non-commissioned officer (Corporal)in a well drilled military company, the 'Pulaski Guards' and when the Civil War broke out his company was ordered to the front on the 17th day of April, 1861, as Company C, (Commanded by Captain James Alexander Walker)of the 4th Virginia Regiment, of the 1st Virginia 'Stonewall' Brigade. He was promoted to rhe rank of 4th Sergeant in January 1862. At the battle of Winchester or Kernstown on March 23, 1862, he was captured and kept a prisoner at Ft. Delaware and was exchanged on August 12, 1862. He immediately re-enlisted in a cavalry regiment, the 25th Virginia. He was again captured in a battle in the mountains of Kentucky on April 12th, 1864, but made his escape the same day. When the news of Lee's surrender was heard, his brigade was on the march to Lynchburg, from southwest Virginia, the brigade was disbanded at Christainsburg, 20 miles from his home at Newbern and the men told to go home as the war was over. In four more days he would have been four years in the Confederate army. On reaching his home the next day, he hitched up the horse he had ridden three years in the Cavalry service to a plow, with a mule that had belonged to the Confederate government, and drove into the l)est field on his father's farm, and began farming, with a revolver at his waist and slept in a bed in the stable at night to protect his team from thieving soldiers, returning to their homes in the South. In the meantime, he studied medicine, with his father as preceptor, and finally graduated from the Medical College of Virginia and was appointed interne in the City Hospital, after a competitive examination. This position he held 18 months. He then took over his father's practice at his home, but after a year, he left for the west, and located at Easton, Kansas, where he has been in continuous practice ever since, except the year 1891 when he was sent to the legislature, defeating a Populist and a Republican, by a big majority. November 10th, 1872, he m. Miss Mary Joseph Tearney at Leavenworth, Kansas. She was b. at Harper's Ferry, Va., and died 2-19-1888, leaving no children. January 7, 1892, he m. Elizabeth A. Hines who bore three Children: Lucy, b. 3-14-1894. David Cloyd, b. 4-1-1897. Jesse Law, b. 2-25-1899.
Contributor Brett GasperDate added 2/24/2013

Company C

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor mike shumanDate added 8/8/2008

Company C

Private

William was my 4th G-grandfather.He was in the 4th va.infantry reg.co.-c. Part of the stonewall brigade.
Contributor Barry R LaneDate added 11/4/2015

Company C

Rank unknown

this is my g g g grandfathers brother who died at the Point Lookout, Md prison along with his brother J.W. Pugh
Contributor michael carrDate added 6/20/2009

Company C

Private

N.B. Raines was a Private in Company C, 'Pulasaki Guards', of the 4th Virginia Infantry, 1st Virginia Brigade. He was present at the First Battle of Manassas, Va on July 21, 1861 when General Benard Bee told his 4th Alabama Brigade troops...'There stands Jackson like a stone wall, rally behind the Virgians!'... and Thomas Jonathan Jackson became 'Stonewall'. He survived the war and returned to Pulaski County.
Contributor Benny P. HaimovitzDate added 6/10/2007

Company C

Private

He appears as James A. Sanders on the Muster Roll. He enlisted on April 17, 1861 in Newbern, VA in Capt. James A. Walker's Company C (Pulaski Guards), 4 Regiment Virginia Infantry. He was injured at the Battle of Gettysburg and missed Gen. Lee's surrender. He was my great grandfather. He died on 06 Oct 1895 in Chambersville, Collin County, TX.
Contributor Rachael LeeDate added 9/8/2007

Company E

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Diane SimmonsDate added 10/15/2013

Company E

4th Sergeant

Enlisted in 1861 Wounded in the Battle of Manasses(2nd) Aug. 28, 1862- Survived- Promoted to Sgt. on Oct. 14, 1862-paid $6.05 for 1 yr. service Wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 3, 1863-Survived
Contributor Tonya ReynoldsDate added 2/3/2016

Company E

Private

Enlisted as a private in Company E (Montgomery Highlanders), 4th Virginia Infantry, Virginia’s First Brigade (The Stonewall Brigade) in 1862. Wounded at 2nd Manassas and again at Gettysburg. Captured at Gettysburg and exchanged.Was promoted to lieutenant March 8, 1864 and he was mustered out after the surrender at Appomattox as a lieutenant, although family legend says he ended the war as a captain. One of only eight officers remaining in the Stonewall Brigade at Appomattox.
Contributor Dale RobinsonDate added 8/16/2009

Company F

Sergeant

Wounded 3 May 1863 Chancellorsville and died of his wounds 7 days later. His epitath was that he was 'Buried in his best blanket.'
Contributor Jim HartmanDate added 5/9/2007

Company F

2nd Lieutenant

Andrew was w.i.a 11/27/1863 at paynes farm.he died of his wounds 12/9/1863.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/12/2009

Company F

Rank unknown

Elbert enlisted on 4/24/1861 in grayson county,va.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/16/2009

Company F

Sergeant

Ephraim was taken p.o.w. at wilderness 5/8/1864 sent to fort delaware
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/16/2009

Company F

Rank unknown

George was w.i.a. on 8/9/1862 at cedar mountain.taken p.o.w. at spotsylvania on 5/12/1864 sent to elmira,ny.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/16/2009

Company F

Captain

James enlisted 4/24/1861.he was k.i.a 9/17/1862 at sharpsburg,md.he is buried near battlefield.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/16/2009

Company F

3rd Sergeant

John enlisted 4/21/1861.w.i.a on 5/7/1864 in the valley.w.i.a 11/12/1864 at cedarville.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/16/2009

Company F

Rank unknown

Montgomery may have also served as 5th sgt.in 22nd va cavalry.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/16/2009

Company F

Rank unknown

Stephen enlisted 3/20/1862.died at staunton on 6/5/1862.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/16/2009

Company F

2nd Lieutenant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Reece SebastianDate added 12/20/2010

Company F

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Max CecilDate added 4/10/2019

Company F

Rank unknown

Died in November 1862 in Winchester Virginia of Smallpox
Contributor Brian FunkDate added 5/17/2018

Company F

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Joel PackDate added 6/21/2012

Company F

Private

Shot in left leg during battle of Chancellorsville.
Contributor David FunkDate added 6/25/2010

Company F

Rank unknown

Alexander served in unknown unit.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/16/2009

Company F

Rank unknown

Creed was lilled in the first manassas battle 7/21/1861
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/12/2009

Company F

Rank unknown

Fletcher was taken p.o.w.2/6/1864 at mortons ford.sent to fort delaware.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/12/2009

Company F

Rank unknown

Fountain served in unknown unit.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/16/2009

Company F

Rank unknown

Gideon was a wagon master.w.i.a.on 11/27/1863 at paynes farm
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/12/2009

Company F

Rank unknown

Henry was taken p.o.w.5/12/1864 at spotsylvania sent to elmira,ny.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/12/2009

Company F

Rank unknown

Isiah served in unknown unit.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/16/2009

Company F

Rank unknown

Jacob was a teamster.taken p.o.w.5/15/1864 at spotsylvania sent to point lookout.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/12/2009

Company F

Rank unknown

Jacob served as teamster.w.i.a.at paynes farm 11/27/1863.taken p.o.w. 5/12/1864 at spotsylvania.sent to elmira,ny
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/12/2009

Company F

Captain

John enlisted 4/24/1861
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/12/2009

Company F

Corporal

John enlisted 4/24/1861.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/12/2009

Company F

Private

John was taken p.o.w. during the battle of spotsylvania in 5/12/1864 sent to elmira,ny.also served as teamster with captain glaizes forage train.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/11/2009

Company F

Rank unknown

Josiah was w.i.a 8/28/1862 at groveton.taken p.o.w 5/12/1864 at spotsylvania sent to elmira,ny.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/12/2009

Company F

Rank unknown

Leftwich enlisted 4/27/1861 he died 8/8/1862.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/12/2009

Company F

Rank unknown

Nicholas served in unknown unit.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/16/2009

Company F

Rank unknown

Oscar was killed at First Manassas battle.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/16/2009

Company F

Rank unknown

Peter served in unknown unit.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/16/2009

Company F

Rank unknown

Peyton served in unknown unit.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/16/2009

Company F

Captain

Peyton was killed in action during first manassas battle 7/27/1861.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/12/2009

Company F

Rank unknown

Rufus was taken p.o.w. 5/12/1864 at spotsylvania sent to elmira,ny.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/12/2009

Company F

Private

Rufus H. Hale of the Grayson County Daredevils--4th Va. Infantry-Company F was my GrGrandfather. Many of this family and relatives fought with this group under Stonewall Jackson. Rufus was captured at Spotsylvania Cthouse; taken to Elmira Prison Camp. I do have his pension application. Rufus died in Ga. in 1929 after living in Ky. from 1868 along with other Hale family members until about 1920 when he moved to Ga. and lived with my grandfather, his son, Allen T. Hale
Contributor Roberta WhitacreDate added 2/4/2009

Company F

Sergeant

William was an ordinance sgt.w.i.a. at paynes farm 11/27/1863.taken p.o.w.5/12/1864 at spotsylvania sent to elmira,ny.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/12/2009

Company F

Captain

Enlisted 24 April 1861. Elected as 3rd Lt after Manassas when original company CO, Capt. Hale KIA. Elected 2nd Lt. 7 Nov 1861 after Lt. Perkins promoted. 22 January 1862 sent to attend court martial at Winchester, VA. Elected 1st Lt. 24 April 1862. Promoted Captain after Capt. Bourne KIA at Antietam 17 Sept 1862. Hospitalized unknown reason 5 May 1863 then retuned to Company F. Captured 11 May 1864 at Spotsylvania. POW at Fort Delaware. Settled in Philadelphia after the war. Owned a house painting business.
Contributor Mark RichieDate added 2/16/2025

Company F

Rank unknown

William served in the 'dare devil company' led by Capt.Peyton Hale.William was w.i.a at the First Manassas battle.his wounds were so severe he was left for dead overnight on the battlefield.the next morning he was taken for treatment.
Contributor danny haleDate added 1/16/2009

Company F

Rank unknown

John W. Wright was my gg-uncle from Grayson Co, Va.
Contributor Susan Taylor WoodsonDate added 4/12/2008

Company F

Rank unknown

Stephen Leftridge Wright was my gg-grandfather from Grayson Co, Va.
Contributor Susan Taylor WoodsonDate added 4/12/2008

Company F

Rank unknown

William Jefferson Wright was my gg-uncle from Grayson Co, Va.
Contributor Susan Taylor WoodsonDate added 4/12/2008

Company F

Private

Josiah Wynn B:15 Aug 1825 Grayson, Virginia D:21 July 1861 Manassas, Prince William County, Virginia, USA Company F 4th Infantry Josiah joined the Grayson Dare Devils under Captain Peyton Nathan Hale, which became part of the 4th Va Infantry brigaded with the 2m 5th, 27th, and 33rd Virginia under Thomas Jackson. Captain Hale and Josiah Wynn lost their lives at the first Bull Run.
Contributor Mary Beth WinkowskiDate added 11/7/2023

Company G

Private

If anyone has his photo would you please post it?
Contributor Rick PaschallDate added 11/30/2010

Company G

4th Sergeant

Another 2nd cousin four times removed. Enlisted as a Private in Company G of the 4th Virginia Infantry on July 16, 1861, at the age of 24. He was promoted to Full Sergeant 4th Class on September 25, 1862. He was killed at the battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863.
Contributor Diane FordDate added 12/16/2004

Company G

Rank unknown

Served in the 4th Va. Inf until expiration of his enlistment in 1862, transferred to 7th Va. Cav (Ashby's), transferred to 14th Va. Cav, 24&25th Va Cav and later 35th Battalion Va. Cav. (all due to reorganiztion). At the end of his enlistment, Wm. reenlisted in the 4th Inf. and served out the remainder of the war in this regiment.
Contributor R. S. BurkDate added 2/7/2011

Company H

Rank unknown

This is my g g g grandfathers brother who died a P.O.W. in the Point Lookout Md. Prison along with his brother William Pugh
Contributor michael carrDate added 6/20/2009

Company H

Private

Soilder of the Stonewall Brigad First Battle of Kernstown. Jackson's Valley Campaign. Battle of Malvern Hill. Second Battle of Bull Run. Battle of Antietam. Battle of Chancellorsville.
Contributor Colton ShjerveDate added 9/10/2024

Company I

Private

May 2009 a stone was placed for Pvt. John Henry Coffman at the Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Indiana. This was done by the 4th. Virginia Co. I, LHV a Civil War group from Indianapolis, Indiana. There are several men from Virginia that fought in the Civil War/War Berween the States buried in this cemetery. Not related...
Contributor Robert AttkissonDate added 6/25/2009

Company L

Private

Abraham died in Winchester ,Va Jan 21, 1862. What was the cause of death and Where in Winchester is he buried?
Contributor VG BUCKDate added 7/14/2010

Company L

Private

Stonewall brigade soldier; wounded, but lived, at Gettysburg; Farmer in Montgomery Co. Va.; Died Dec. 1901.
Contributor Robert WallDate added 11/15/2011

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