Caswell’s 4th GA Sharpshooter Battalion (ACW)

Basic History

The 4th Battalion, Georgia Sharpshooters was organized from part of the 3rd Georgia Infantry Battalion during the spring of 1863 and ended the war in North Carolina.

4th Battalion Sharpshooters was organized from part of the 3rd Georgia Infantry Battalion during the spring of 1863. The unit contained four companies and was assigned to General Bates’ and Tyler’s Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It served from Chickamauga to Atlanta, moved with Hood into Tennessee, and ended the war in North Carolina. At Chickamauga the battalion had 92 effectives on the first day and 54 on the second, and in December, 1863, it totaled 101 men and 70 arms. On April 26, 1865, it surrendered. Major Theodore D. Caswell was in command.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin

Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 476 men on its roster for this unit. Roster. 

4TH GA SHARPSHOOTER BATTALION GALLERY

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Applicable Citations

• Family Search: 4th Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters (Confederate) (accessed 28 December 2022) https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/4th_Battalion,Georgia_Sharpshooters(Confederate)
• Ranger 95: 4th Infantry Battalion Sharpshooters (accessed 28 December 2022) : https://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/georgia/infantry/4inf_bn_ss/4th_bn_sharpshooters.html
• Traces of War: 4th Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters Monument – https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/99712/4th-Battalion-Georgia-Sharpshooters-Monument.htm
• Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project – Civil War Records – Individual Soldiers
• Georgia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
• Georgia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
• Georgia, Confederate Home Records, 1901-1930
• Copy of some Georgia Regiment muster roster (hand written)  GeorgiaArchives.org
• Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Georgia in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).
• National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier’s name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information. 
• Georgia in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Georgia, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. 
• United States Civil War, 1861-1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. 
• Copy of some Georgia Regiment muster roster (hand written)  GeorgiaArchives.org
• National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, (accessed 6 December 2010).