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4th Regiment, United States Colored
Infantry
Organized at Baltimore, Md., July 15 to September 1, 1863. Moved to
Fort Monroe, Va., October 1, 1863; thence moved to Yorktown, Va. Attached to
2nd Brigade, United States Forces, Yorktown, Va., 18th Corps, Dept. of
Virginia and North Carolina, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Hincks' Colored
Division, 18th Corps, to June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Corps,
to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 25th Corps, to January, 1865.
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 25th Corps, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd
Division, 10th Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to August, 1865. Dept. of
North Carolina to May, 1866.
SERVICE.-Duty at Yorktown till May, 1864. Expedition from Yorktown to
Matthews County October 4-9, 1863. Wistar's Expedition against Richmond
February 6-8, 1864. New Kent Court House February 8. Expedition to Bottom's
Bridge in aid of Kilpatrick's Cavalry March 1-4. Expedition into King and
Queen County March 9-12. Expedition into Matthews and Middlesex Counties
March 17-21. Butler's operations south of the James River and against
Petersburg and Richmond May 4-June 15. Skirmish at Bermuda Hundred May 4.
Duty at Spring Hill on the Appomattox till June. (Built Fort Converse on the
Bermuda Hundred line.) Attack on Fort Converse May 20. Before
Petersburg June
15-18. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16 to December
7. Mine
Explosion, Petersburg, July 30. Dutch Gap September 7. Battle of
Chaffin's Farm,
New Market Heights, September 28-30. Battle of
Fair Oaks
October 27-28. 1st Expedition to
Fort Fisher, N.
C., December 7-27. 2nd Expedition to
Fort Fisher, N.
C., January 7-15. Assault and capture of Fort Fisher, N. C., January 15.
Sugar Loaf Hill January 19. Sugar Loaf Battery February 11. Fort Anderson
February 18-20. Capture of
Wilmington
February 22. Northeast Ferry February 22. Campaign of the Carolinas March
1-April 26. Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March
21. Cox's Bridge March 23-24. Advance on Raleigh April 9-18. Occupation of
Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his
army. Duty in the Dept. of North Carolina till May, 1866. Mustered out May
4, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 102 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 186 Enlisted men by disease. Total 292.
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