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4th Minnesota Regiment Infantry.

Organized by Companies at Fort Snelling, Minn., as follows: Company “A” mustered in October 4, 1861, and Company “B” October 2, 1861.

Moved to Fort Ridgly, Minn., and garrison duty there till March, 1862.

Company “C” mustered in October 7, 1861.

Also moved to Fort Ridgly and garrison duty there till March, 1862.

Company “D” mustered in October 10, 1861.

Moved to Fort Abercrombie, D. T., and duty there till March, 1862.

Company “E” mustered in November 27, 1861.

Company “F” mustered in October 11, 1861.

Company “G” mustered in November 22, 1861.

Moved to Fort Abercrombie and duty there till March, 1862.

Company “H” mustered in December 20, 1861.

Company “I” mustered in December 23, 1861.

Company “K” mustered in December 23, 1861.

Regiment concentrated at Fort Snelling March, 1862, and moved to Benton Barracks, Mo., April 20-23, 1862.

Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., May 2-14.

Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, May to November, 1862.

1st Brigade, 7th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862.

1st Brigade, 7th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863.

1st Brigade, 7th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863.

1st Brigade, 2nd Division. 17th Army Corps, to December, 1863.

1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, to April, 1865.

1st Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, to July, 1865.


Service.

Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., May 18-30.

Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12.

Duty at Clear Creek till August.

Expedition to Rienzi and Ripley June.

Moved to Jacinto August 5, and duty there till September 18.

March to Iuka, Miss., September 18-19.

Battle of Iuka September 19.

Moved to Corinth October 1.

Battle of Corinth October 3-4.

Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12.

Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November, 1862, to January, 1863.

Reconnoissance [1298] from Lagrange November 8-9, 1862.

Duty at White's Station and Memphis, Tenn., till February, 1863.

Expedition to Yazoo Pass by Moon Lake, Yazoo Pass and Coldwater and Tallahatchie Rivers February 24-April 8.

Operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 13-April 5.

Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., April 13-15.

Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30.

Battle of Port Gibson, Miss., May 1.

Jones' Cross Roads and Willow Springs May 3.

Battles of Raymond May 12; Jackson May 14; Champion's Hill May 16; Big Black River May 17.

Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4.

Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22.

Expedition to Mechanicsburg May 26-June 4.

Surrender of Vicksburg July 4.

Garrison duty at Vicksburg till September 12.

Moved to Helena, Ark., September 12, thence to Memphis, Tenn., and Corinth, Miss., and march to Chattanooga, Tenn., October 6-November 20.

Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29.

Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27.

Tunnel Hill November 24-25.

Mission Ridge November 25.

Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27.

At Bridgeport and Huntsville, Ala., till June, 1864.

Operations about Whitesburg, Ala., February 2, 1864.

Veterans on furlough March 5 to May 4, 1864.

Moved from Huntsville, Ala., to Stevenson, Ala., thence to Kingston, Ga., June 22-25, thence to Allatoona July 5-6, and garrison duty there till November.

Battle of Allatoona October 5.

March to the sea November 15-December 10.

Siege of Savannah, Ga., December 10-21.

Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865.

Salkehatchie Swamps, S. C., February 2-5.

South Edisto River February 9.

North Edisto River February 12-13.

About Columbia February 15-17.

Cheraw March 3.

Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21.

Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.

Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.

Occupation of Raleigh April 14.

Bennett's House April 26.

Surrender of Johnston and his army.

March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20.

Grand Review May 24.

Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 2-3.

Duty there till July 19.

Mustered out July 19 and discharged at St. Paul, Minn., August 7, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 58 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 175 Enlisted men by disease. Total 239.

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