Along with his brothers Samuel Jasper and Jesse Newton, John Allen Emerson served honorably in the Civil War with the South Carolina 4th Infantry. He ranked in as a Corporal; his rank out was Sergeant.
4th Infantry Regiment was organized at Anderson, South Carolina, in March 1861 and soon moved to Virginia. It fought at First Manassas under N.G. Evans and reported 11 killed, 79 wounded, and 6 missing. In April, 1862, the unit totalled 450 men and that same month was consolidated into five companies and redesignated the 4th South Carolina Battalion. Its commanders were Colonel John B.E. Sloan, Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Mattison, and Major James H. Whitner.
4th Infantry Regiment was organized at Anderson, South Carolina, in March 1861 and soon moved to Virginia. It fought at First Manassas under N.G. Evans and reported 11 killed, 79 wounded, and 6 missing. In April, 1862, the unit totalled 450 men and that same month was consolidated into five companies and redesignated the 4th South Carolina Battalion. Its commanders were Colonel John B.E. Sloan, Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Mattison, and Major James H. Whitner.
Along with his brothers Samuel Jasper and Jesse Newton, John Allen Emerson served honorably in the Civil War with the South Carolina 4th Infantry. He ranked in as a Corporal; his rank out was Sergeant.
4th Infantry Regiment was organized at Anderson, South Carolina, in March 1861 and soon moved to Virginia. It fought at First Manassas under N.G. Evans and reported 11 killed, 79 wounded, and 6 missing. In April, 1862, the unit totalled 450 men and that same month was consolidated into five companies and redesignated the 4th South Carolina Battalion. Its commanders were Colonel John B.E. Sloan, Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Mattison, and Major James H. Whitner.
4th Infantry Regiment was organized at Anderson, South Carolina, in March 1861 and soon moved to Virginia. It fought at First Manassas under N.G. Evans and reported 11 killed, 79 wounded, and 6 missing. In April, 1862, the unit totalled 450 men and that same month was consolidated into five companies and redesignated the 4th South Carolina Battalion. Its commanders were Colonel John B.E. Sloan, Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Mattison, and Major James H. Whitner.
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