4th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment

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4th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment
Flag of Rhode Island.svg
Active1861 to October 15, 1864
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Engagements Battle of Roanoke Island
Battle of New Bern
Siege of Fort Macon
Battle of South Mountain
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Siege of Suffolk
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Isaac P. Rodman

4th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment was organized during the American Civil War from 1861 and 1864.

Contents

History

Organized at Providence, 1861, the 4th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment left the state for Washington, D. C., October 2. At Camp Casey till November 28, and at Camp California till December 14. Mustered in October 30, 1861. Attached to Casey's Provisional Division, Army Potomac, October–November, 1861. Howard's Brigade, Sumner's Division, Army of the Potomac, to December, 1861. Parke's 3rd Brigade, Burnside's Expeditionary Corps, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Dept. of North Carolina, to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, to April, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade, Getty's Division, at Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to January, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Heckman's Division, Portsmouth, Va., to March, 1864. Norfolk, Va., to April, 1864. District of St. Mary's Point, Lookout, Md., to July, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to October, 1864.

Service

Losses

During the war the regiment lost 5 Officers and 68 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 67 Enlisted men by disease; for a total of 140. [1]

Commanding officers

Medal of Honor

Notable members

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References

  1. "4th Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry Regiment". The Civil War in the East. Retrieved 16 March 2019.