[2] In January 1865 the 4th SC Cavalry and all of Hampton's Division were detached from the Army of Northern Virginia and transferred south, by railroad, to the Department of Tennessee and Georgia, commanded by Lieutenant General William J. Hardee, and was under the Cavalry Command of Lieutenant General Hampton.

More than 260 members of the 4th South Carolina were killed in action or died of wounds, disease or in federal prisoner of war camps.

The General's own words were "not desiring to go through the formality of surrendering the Regiment which I commanded, I ordered the camp struck at 8:30 P.M. and marched toward Asheboro, NC.

"[4] On the morning of 27 April General Stokes awoke to find the teamsters had disappeared with the mule team of the headquarters wagon.

Some, such as the Charleston Light Dragoons, traced their history to the early-to-mid 18th century, and are mentioned as guarding Fort Sumter in the summer of 1860.