UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS
4th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
- Overview:
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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.
- Soldiers:
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