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4th Michigan Regiment Infantry.

Original organization.

Organized at Adrian, Michigan, and mustered in June 20, 1861.

Left State for Washington, D. C., June 26.

Attached to Wilcox's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeastern Virginia, to August, 1861.

Sherman's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861.

Morell's Brigade, Porter's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862.

2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1862.

2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1864.

Service.

Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21, 1861.

Battle of Bull Run, Va., July 21.

Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862.

Moved to the Virginia Peninsula March 16.

Action at Howard's Mills April 4.

Warwick Road April 15.

Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4.

Hogan's, near New Bridge, and Ellison's Mills, near Mechanicsville, May 23.

New Bridge May 24.

Battle of Hanover Court House May 27.

Operations about Hanover Court House May 27-29.

Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1.

Battle of Mechanicsville June 26.

Gaines' Mill June 27.

Malvern Hill July 1.

Duty at Harrison's Landing till August 16.

Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville August 16-28.

Battle of Bull Run August 30.

Maryland Campaign September 6-22.

Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17.

Blackford's Ford September 19.

Shephardstown September 20.

Reconnoissance toward Smithfield, W. Va., October 16-17.

Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 17.

Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15.

Expedition from Potomac Creek to Richards' and Ellis Fords, Rappahannock River, December 29-30.

At Falmouth, Va., till April 27.

“Mud March” January 20-24, 1863.

Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.

Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5.

Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24.

Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3.

Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24.

Duty on line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan till October.

Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.

Advance to line of Rappahannock November 7-8.

Rappahannock Station November 7.

Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.

Duty at Bealeton, Va., till May, 1864.

Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River May 4-June 15.

Battle of the Wilderness May 5-7.

Laurel Hill May 8.

Spottsylvania May 8-12.

Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21.

Assault on the Salient May 12.

North Anna River May 23-26.

Jericho Mills May 23.

On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28.

Totopotomoy May 28-31.

Cold Harbor June 1-12.

Bethesda Church June 1-3.

Before Petersburg June 16-19.

Relieved from duty in the trenches June 19.

Mustered out June 30, 1864.

Veterans and Recruits transferred to 1st Michigan Infantry.

Regiment lost during service 12 Officers and 177 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 107 Enlisted men by disease. Total 297.

Reorganized.

Organized at Adrian and Hudson, Michigan, and mustered in October 14, 1864.

Left State for Nashville, Tenn., October 22; thence moved to Decatur, Ala., October 26.

Attached to District of Northern Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, to November, 1864.

1st Brigade, Defenses of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, Dept. of the Cumberland, to January, 1865.

3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1865.

2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, to August, 1865.

Dept. of Texas to May, 1866.

Service.

Defence of Decatur against Hood's attack October 28-30, 1864.

Duty at Decatur till November 25.

Actions near Maysville and near New Market, Ala., November 17.

Duckett's Place, near Paint Rock River, November 19.

Moved to Murfreesboro November 25-27.

Hood's attack on Murfreesboro December 5-12.

Picket duty and guarding supply trains till January 15, 1865.

Moved to Huntsville, Ala., January 15, and duty there till March 23.

Duty at Knoxville, Strawberry Plains, Bull's Gap, Jonesboro and Nashville, Tenn., till June 16.

Moved to New Orleans, La., June 16-July 5; thence to Indianola, Texas, July 6-10.

March to Green Lake and duty there till September 12.

March to San Antonio September 12-24.

Camp at Salada Creek till November.

Provost duty at San Antonio and other points in Texas till May, 1866.

Mustered out at Houston, Texas, May 26, and discharged at Detroit, Michigan, June 10, 1866.

Regiment lost during service 7 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 141 Enlisted men by disease. Total 148.

1908.

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