4th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment | |
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Active | 1861 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 |
Rhode Island U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 | ||||
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4th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment was organized during the American Civil War from 1861 and 1864.
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.
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]