CLINCH'S 4TH GEORGIA CAVALRY

The 4th Georgia Cavalry Regiment was formed in January 1863 with the 3rd Georgia Cavalry Battalion as it's foundation. The 3rd Cavalry Battalion consisted of six companies The men that served in were from Appling, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Glynn, Pierce, Wayne and Ware counties. The commanders of the regiment were Colonel Duncan L. Clinch, Lt. Colonel John L. Harris and Major Jesse C. McDonald. The primary duty of the regiment was the defense of the Georgia coast from the Altamaha river south to the St. Marys river. In February 1864 Clinch's cavalry was sent to Olustee Station, Florida along with Colquitt's Brigade and the Chatham Artillery to assist in the defense of that area.. They were engaged in the battles at Olustee and Cedar Creek in northern Florida. In the summer of 1864 the regiment was assigned to M. W. Hannon's command and skirmished in Alabama, North Georgia and were later active in the defense of Savannah and in the Carolina campaign. in December 1864 a company of dismounted 4th Cavalry was involved in the "Battle of the Trestle" (the "Battle of Doctortown" near the Appling-Wayne County line. Clinch's 4th Cavalry which included 200 officers and men surrendered with the Army of Tennessee in March 1865.

Records are sketchy on the Georgia Cavalry units therefore making it difficult to reconstruct the regiment's rosters. Although Appling countians appear in both Company A and Company I early in the war, it appears that they transferred to Company K later on in the conflict. There is also mention of Captain John Mayers' Appling County Cavalry garrisoned in Holmesville which could have been a part of the 4th Cavalry.

Appling Countians
Name	Rank	Company	Where Enlisted
Abbot, J.H		A	Waynesville
Bullard, James	Pvt.	F	Camp Harris (Screven)
Carter, Paul	Pvt.	I	Doctortown
Clark, Jno.J		K	Waynesville
Courson, John, J.		I
Dilbon, Thomas J.		F	Screven
Edenfield, George	Pvt.	K
Faircloth, Wm.		I
Gardner, John		A	Waynesville
Graham, Middleton	Lt.	A & K
Graham, William Wallace		A & K
Gray, Issac
Griffis, Jacob		A
Griffis, Daniel K.		A & K
Hall, Lewis		K
Hall, Lewis B.		A & K	Waynesville
Hall, Henry C.		C	Blackshear
Herrington, Thomas		K
Hutto, William		E
Lightsey, Alfred		K
Long, D. J.		D(Artillery)
Manning, J.W.		K
Mayers, John	Capt.
McDonald, Jerry
Mobley, Biggers
Moody, John		K
Spell, Matthew
Stephens, Isham	Pvt.	K
Taylor, James M. F.		D (Artillery)
Tillman, James H.	Pvt.	K
Tillman, John	Pvt.	K
Williams, Geo. W.		K
Youmans, Perry		K
Youmans, Charles S.

William A. Bowers, Jr. - 1997