Confederate Regiments & Batteries * South Carolina
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1861
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| March | Organized at Anderson, South Carolina under the command of Colonel John Sloan. |
| April 12-14 | Bombardment of Fort Sumter |
| April 14 | Mustered into state service under Colonel John B. Sloan, Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Mattison and Major James H. Whitner. |
| June 7 | Mustered into Confederate Service |
| June | Moved to Virginia and assigned to Evans’ 7th Brigade. |
| July 21 |
First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)The regiment lost 11 men killed, 79 wounded, and 6 men missing. |
| July-October | Assigned to D.R. Jones’s 3rd Brigade, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| November | Assigned to D.R. Jones’s Brigade, 3rd (Longstreet’s) Division, 1st Corps, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia |
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1862
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| January | Assigned to D.R. Jones’s Brigade, Longstreet’s Division, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia |
| February 15 | Brigadier General Richard Anderson replaced Brigadier General Jones in command of the brigade. |
| March | Assigned to R.H. Anderson’s Brigade, Longstreet’s Division, Department of Northern Virginia |
| April |
Siege of Yorktown |
| April 26 | During the army reorganization the 4th South Carolina failed to reorganize as a regiment. Its 450 men were consolidated into five companies and designated the 4th South Carolina Infantry Battalion. Colonel Sloan and Major Whitner were dropped and Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Mattison was retained as major in command of the battalion. |