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History of Military Units in Columbia County, FL (1970) Robert Gary Shields

In the engagement the 4th lost 55 killed and wounded. It captured
250 rifles from the enemy. Ordered back to the east side of the river

it was again with Breckenridge January 2, 1863, where it did splendid
service; being the regiment to leave the field and made a gallant fight
to save the brigade battery, sustaining heavy loss. In this battle,

Murfreesborough, the 4th, 458 strong, lost 163 killed and wounded, and
31 missing. .

In May, 1863, the brigade, under Gen. M. A. Stovall, was transferred
to Mississippi, under Gen. Johnston, to relieve Vicksburg. On July 1,

Gen. Johnston reported that "a party of skirmishers of the 1st, 3rd and
4th Florida, 47th Georgians and Cobb's Battery struck the enemy's flank
and captured 200 prisoners and the colors of the 28th, 45th, and 53rd

Illinois Regiments"

On September 20, the 1st, 3rd, and 4th, still with Gen. Stovall,

took part in the battle of Chcikamauga and again where distrenched. At
the battle of Missionary Ridge the 4th carried in 172 men, and all except

18 were either killed,. wounded or captured. At Dalton, on February 23,
1864, the 4th was consolidated with the 1st Cavalry, dismounted, which
had lost all its field officers, and of 200 men engaged at Missionary
Ridge only 33 effective men were left. The consolidated 1st and 4th

took part in all the campaigns untill the final surrender in North
Carolina at the close of the war. On June 9, 1862,. tlje 4th Regiment

mustered 926 men and officers; on April 26, 1865, it surrendered 23 men.

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