Georgia 4th Infantry (Confederate)
26/04/1861
Organized - Georgia 4th Infantry - Georgia
31/05/1862
Battle - Seven Pines - Henrico County, Virginia
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston withdrew his army from the Virginia Peninsula toward the Confederate capital of Richmond as Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's army pursued him. By the end of May, Johnston held a defensive position seven miles east of the city on the Richmond and York River Railroad. McClellan's army facing Johnston straddled the Chickahominy River and stretched south. Capturing the initiative from his Union foe, Johnston attempted to overwhelm two Federal corps isolated south of the river. The Confed…READ MORE
01/06/1862
Battle - Strasburg, Virginia
01/07/1862
Battle - Malvern Hill - Henrico County, Virginia
On June 30th, the retreating Federal Army of the Potomac finally stopped at the James River at the end of seven days of fighting outside of Richmond.READ MORE
01/07/1862
Battle - Cold Harbor, Virginia
02/07/1862
Battle - Malvern Hill, Virginia
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel George P. Doles, Captain William H. Willis, and Major Robert S. Smith
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Roswell S. Ripley, and Colonel George P. Doles
Brigadier GeneralRoswell S. Ripley
ColonelGeorge P. Doles
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Daniel H. Hill
Major GeneralDaniel H. Hill
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Robert S. Smith
MajorRobert S. Smith
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Roswell S. Ripley
Brigadier GeneralRoswell S. Ripley
13/12/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Philip Cook
ColonelPhilip Cook
13/12/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General George Doles
Brigadier GeneralGeorge Doles
13/12/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Major General D.H. Hill
Major GeneralD.H. Hill
13/12/1862
Battle - Fredericksburg - Fredericksburg, Virginia
In early November, Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside took command of the Army of the Potomac, and made immediate plans to move the army once again toward Richmond.READ MORE
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Philip Cook, and Lieutenant Colonel David R. E. Winn
ColonelPhilip Cook
Lieutenant ColonelDavid R. E. Winn
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General George P. Doles
Brigadier GeneralGeorge P. Doles
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Robert E. Rodes, and Brigadier General Stephen D. Ramseur
Brigadier GeneralRobert E. Rodes
Brigadier GeneralStephen D. Ramseur
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Philip Cook
ColonelPhilip Cook
30/04/1863
Battle - Chancellorsville - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
On April 27, 1863, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker launched a turning movement designed to pry Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia out of its lines at Fredericksburg.READ MORE
13/06/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel D. R. E. Winn
Lieutenant ColonelD. R. E. Winn
13/06/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Robert E. Rodes
Major GeneralRobert E. Rodes
13/06/1863
Battle - Second Winchester - Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester County, Virginia
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel David R. E. Winn, and Major William H. Willis
Lieutenant ColonelDavid R. E. Winn
MajorWilliam H. Willis
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel David R. E. Winn
Lieutenant ColonelDavid R. E. Winn
01/07/1863
Battle - Gettysburg - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
In the summer of 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee launched his second invasion of the Northern states. Lee sought to capitalize on recent Confederate victories and defeat the Union army on Northern soil, which he hoped would force the Lincoln administration to negotiate for peace. Lee also sought to take the war out of the ravaged Virginia farmland and gather supplies for his Army of Northern Virginia. Using the Shenandoah Valley as cover for his army, Lee was pursued first by Union Maj. Gen. Joseph Ho…READ MORE
06/07/1863
Battle - Williamsport - Washington County, Maryland
During the night of July 4-5th, General Robert E. Lee's battered army began its retreat from Gettysburg, moving southwest toward Hagerstown and the Potomac River crossing at Williamsport, screened by Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart's cavalry. Lee's infantry reached the rain-swollen Potomac but could not cross, the pontoon bridge having been destroyed by a cavalry raid. On July 11th, Lee entrenched a line protecting the river crossings at Williamsport and waited for Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's army to advance. On…READ MORE
06/07/1863
Battle - Williamsport, Maryland
19/09/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Isaac W. Avery
ColonelIsaac W. Avery
19/09/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Charles C. Crews
ColonelCharles C. Crews
19/09/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John A. Wharton
Brigadier GeneralJohn A. Wharton
19/09/1863
Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia
After the successful Tullahoma Campaign, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans continued the Union offensive, aiming to force Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate army out of Chattanooga. Through a series of skillful marches towards the Confederate-held city, Rosecrans forced Bragg out of Chattanooga and into Georgia. Determined to reoccupy the city, Bragg followed the Federals north, brushing with Rosecrans' army at Davis' Cross Roads. While they marched on September 18th, his cavalry and infantry skirmished with Un…READ MORE
12/10/1863
Battle - Warrenton Springs, Virginia
27/11/1863
Battle - Mine Run - Orange County, Virginia
After the inconclusive Bristoe Campaign in the fall of 1863, Maj. Gen. George G. Meade planned one more offensive against Gen. Robert E. Lee in northern Virginia before winter weather ended military operations. In late November, Meade attempted to steal a march southeast from Culpeper Courthouse, turn south through the Wilderness and strike the right flank of the Confederate army south of the Rapidan River. On November 27th, Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early, in command of Ewell's Corps, marched east on the Orange…READ MORE
06/02/1864
Battle - Morton's Ford - Orange County, Virginia; Culpeper County, Virginia
The Battle of Morton's Ford, though it was really more of a large skirmish, was the brainchild of General Benjamin Butler of Massachusetts, a man not exactly known for his strategic insight. During the winter of 1864, Butler became convinced that General Robert E. Lee had sent away a large portion of the Army of Northern Virginia to reinforce North Carolina, leaving the Confederate Capital of Richmond open for taking. To do this, he devised a plan to send a few brigades across the Rapidan River at Morton's…READ MORE
05/05/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General George P. Doles
Brigadier GeneralGeorge P. Doles
05/05/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Robert E. Rodes
Major GeneralRobert E. Rodes
05/05/1864
Battle - Wilderness - Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
The first battle between Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee erupted late in the morning of May 5, 1864, as Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren's Union V Corps attacked Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell's Second Corps on the Orange Turnpike southwest of the old Chancellorsville battlefield. Although Federal infantry managed to break through at several points, the Confederate line held. Fighting shifted to the south as Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill's Third Corps engaged Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock's II Corps and ele…READ MORE
08/05/1864
Battle - Spotsylvania Court House - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Following the Battle of the Wilderness, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant marched the Union army south with the hope of capturing Spotsylvania Court House and preventing Robert E. Lee's army from retreating further. Lee's Confederates, however, managed to get ahead of the Federals and block the road. Fighting began on May 8th, when the Union Fifth Corps under Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren and the Sixth Corps under Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick engaged Confederate Maj. Gen. Richard Anderson's First Corps at Laurel Hi…READ MORE
31/05/1864
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Philip Cook
ColonelPhilip Cook
31/05/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General George Doles, and Colonel Philip Cook
Brigadier GeneralGeorge Doles
ColonelPhilip Cook
31/05/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General George Doles
Brigadier GeneralGeorge Doles
31/05/1864
Battle - Cold Harbor - Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
After two days of inconclusive fighting along Totopotomoy Creek northeast of Richmond, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee turned their sights on the crossroads of Cold Harbor. Roads emanating through this critical junction led to Richmond as well as supply and reinforcement sources for the Union army. On May 31, 1864, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan's cavalry captured Cold Harbor. The next day, Sheridan held the crossroads against a Confederate attack. With reinforcements from both armies arriving…READ MORE
17/06/1864
Battle - Lynchburg - Lynchburg, Virginia
The Union threat forced Robert E. Lee to dispatch General Jubal Early with his Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia to defend Lynchburg. On June 17 and 18, the opposing forces clashed, resulting in a Union retreat all the way into West Virginia, leaving the Valley open for another Confederate advance into the North.READ MORE
09/07/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Philip Cook
Brigadier GeneralPhilip Cook
09/07/1864
Battle - Monocacy - Frederick County, Maryland
After marching north down the Shenandoah Valley from Lynchburg, the Confederate army of Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early side-stepped the Federal garrison at Harpers Ferry and crossed the Potomac River at Shepherdstown into Maryland on July 5-6th, 1864. On July 9th, a makeshift Union force under Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace attempted to stop Early's invading Confederate divisions along the Monocacy River, just east of Frederick. The strategic area was near the junction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Georgetown…READ MORE
11/07/1864
Battle - Fort Stevens - District of Columbia, DC
After his victory over Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace at the Battle of Monocacy in central Maryland on July 9th, Confederate Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early pressed his advantage and moved south toward the Union capital in Washington, DC. On July 11th, Early's exhausted Confederates reached the outskirts of Washington near Silver Spring. Skirmishers advanced to feel the fortifications that encircled the city, which at the time were manned only by Home Guards, clerks, and convalescent troops. During the night, Union reinfo…READ MORE
22/07/1864
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel James N. Mann
ColonelJames N. Mann
22/07/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Pleasant J. Philips
Brigadier GeneralPleasant J. Philips
22/07/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Gustavus W. Smith
Major GeneralGustavus W. Smith
22/07/1864
Battle - Atlanta - Fulton County, Georgia; DeKalb County, Georgia
Despite the defeat at Peach Tree Creek, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood still had hopes of driving Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Yankees from the outskirts of Atlanta with an offensive blow. On the night of July 21, 1864, Hood ordered Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee's corps to make 15-mile night march and assault the Union left flank east of the city, held by Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson's Army of the Tennessee. Joining the attack with Hardee would be the corps of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Cheatham. Hood attac…READ MORE
19/09/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Philip Cook
Brigadier GeneralPhilip Cook
19/09/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Cullen A. Battle, and Major General Robert E. Rodes
Brigadier GeneralCullen A. Battle
Major GeneralRobert E. Rodes
19/09/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Robert E. Rodes
Major GeneralRobert E. Rodes
19/09/1864
Battle - Third Winchester - Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester, Virginia
To clear the Shenandoah River valley of Confederates, Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan moved on Winchester in mid-September 1864. Sheridan's force of over 39,000 men was more than twice the size of Maj. Gen. Jubal Early's Confederate army defending the valley. After Brig. Gen. Joseph Kershaw's division left Winchester to rejoin Robert E. Lee's army at Petersburg, Early renewed his raids on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Martinsburg in the lower valley, dispersing his four remaining infantry divisions. On Septem…READ MORE
21/09/1864
Battle - Fisher's Hill - Shenandoah County, Virginia
Confederate Maj. Gen. Jubal Early's Army of the Valley, bloodied by its defeat at the Third Battle of Winchester on September 19th, retreated 20 miles up the valley and took a defensive position in an east-west line across Fisher's Hill, southwest of Strasburg. Maj. Gen. Phillip Sheridan's Army of the Shenandoah, in accordance with Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's orders, aggressively pursued Early. Sheridan, outnumbering Early about three to one, noted that the right of the Confederate line was anchored o…READ MORE
19/10/1864
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel William H. Willis
Lieutenant ColonelWilliam H. Willis
19/10/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Major General S.D. Ramseur
Major GeneralS.D. Ramseur
19/10/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Major General S.D. Ramseur
Major GeneralS.D. Ramseur
19/10/1864
Battle - Cedar Creek - Frederick County, Virginia; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Warren County, Virginia
Also known as: Cedar Creek, Belle GroveREAD MORE
25/03/1865
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Edwin A. Nash
ColonelEdwin A. Nash
25/03/1865
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Philip Cook, and Colonel Edwin A. Nash
Brigadier GeneralPhilip Cook
ColonelEdwin A. Nash
25/03/1865
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Bryan Grimes
Major GeneralBryan Grimes
25/03/1865
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Philip Cook
Brigadier GeneralPhilip Cook
25/03/1865
Battle - Fort Stedman - Petersburg, Virginia
By March of 1865, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's grip on the Confederate lines around Petersburg was having its desired effect. Outnumbered and weakened by disease, desertion and shortage of food and supplies, Gen. Robert E. Lee had few options. After careful study of the Union troops in his sector of the line, Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon suggested to Lee the possibility of a successful offensive strike against Grant. In front of Gordon's men, Union-held Fort Stedman seemed the best target for a Confederate a…READ MORE
02/04/1865
Battle - Third Petersburg - Dinwiddie County, Virginia; Petersburg, Virginia
With the Confederate defeat at Five Forks on April 1st, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Maj. Gen. George Meade ordered a general assault against the Petersburg lines by the Second, Ninth, Sixth and Twenty-Fourth Corps to take place April 2nd. In the pre-dawn darkness, the Union infantry gained a successful breakthrough where Maj. Gen. Horatio G. Wright's advancing Sixth Corps met the Confederate lines held by Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill near the Boydton Plank Road. Hill was killed trying to reach his troops in t…READ MORE
05/04/1865
Battle - Amelia Springs - Amelia County, Virginia
06/04/1865
Battle - High Bridge - Prince Edward County, Virginia; Cumberland County, Virginia
Harried mercilessly by Federal troops and continually cut off from turning south to reach Gen. Joseph Johnston's army in North Carolina, General Robert E. Lee and his army headed west along the Appomattox River, eventually arriving in Cumberland County on April 6th. Food and supplies that Lee's men desperately needed were waiting at Farmville, across the river. To get there, Lee needed to use the 2,500-foot long, 130-foot tall High Bridge, which carried the South Side Railroad over the Appomattox. A small…READ MORE
06/04/1865
Battle - High Bridge, Virginia
09/04/1865
Battle - Appomattox Court House - Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Between 26,000 and 28,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered and were paroled.READ MORE
09/04/1865
Mustered Out - Georgia 4th Infantry - Georgia
20/04/1865
Battle - Macon, Georgia
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