4th REGIMENT CAVALRY.
Dyer's Regimental History

from A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, vol. III, Regimental Histories
by Frederick H. Dyer [1908]

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4th REGIMENT CAVALRY.

• Organized at Ottawa, Ills., and mustered in September 26, 1861. Moved to Cairo, Ills., October, 1861, and duty in that district till February, 1862.
  • (Co. "A" detached as escort to General Grant, November, 1861, to August, 1863.)
• Attached to District of Cairo to February, 1862.
• 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, District of West Tennessee, to March, 1862.
  • 2nd Division, Army of the Tennessee (Cos. "E," "F," "G," "H").
  • 4th Division, Army Tennessee (Cos. "I," "K," "L" and "M").
  • 1st Division, Army Tennessee (Cos. "A," "B," "C," "D"), to April, 1862.
  • 5th Division, Army Tennessee, to July, 1862 (Cos. "E," "F," "G," "H," "I," "K," "L," "M").
  • 1st Division, Army Tennessee, to July, 1862 (Cos. "A," "B," "C," "D").
  • 1st Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., to November, 1862 (Cos. "A," "B," "C," "D").
  • 5th Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., to November, 1862 (Cos. "E," "F," "G," "H," "I," "K," "L," "M").
• Lee's 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, 13th Army Corps, (Old) Department of the Tennessee, to December, 1862, and
• 16th Army Corps to March, 1863.
• 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 16th Army Corps, to May, 1863.
• 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 16th Army Corps, to August, 1863.
• Winslow's Cavalry Brigade, 16th Army Corps, De cember, 1863.
• Winslow's Cavalry Brigade, 17th Army Corps, and District of Vicksburg, Miss., to April, 1864.
• Post of Natchez, District of Vicksburg, Miss. to December, 1864.
• 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, District of West Tennessee, to June, 1865.
• 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, District West Tennessee June 1865.

SERVICE.-

• Reconnoissance of Columbus Ky. December 1861.
• Reconnoissance from Paducah Ky. to Fort Henry Tenn. January 15-25 1862 (Detachment).
  • Expedition from Cairo into Kentucky January 16-21.
• Operations against Fort Henry Tenn. February 2-6.
  • Fort Donelson Tenn. February 12-16 (Co. "I").
• Expedition from Paducah Ky. to Tennessee River and operations about Crump's Landing Tenn. March 8-14.
• Expedition from Savannah to Yellow Creek Miss. and occupation of Pittsburg Landing March 14-17.
• Black Jack Forest March 16 (Detachment).
• Battle of Shiloh Tenn. April 6-7.
• Corinth Road April 8.
• Expedition to Bear Creek, Ala., April 12-13 (Cos. "E," "G," "H," "L," "M").
• Pea Ridge April 15.
• Corinth Road April 24-25.
• Pea Ridge April 27.
• Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30.
  • Raid on Mobile and Ohio R. R. April 29-May 14.
• March to Memphis, Tenn., June 1-July 21 (8 companies).
• Four companies operating in district of Jackson, Tenn., till November, and (eight companies) in District of Memphis, Tenn., till November.
• Tallahatchie Bridge, Miss., June 18.
• Near Holly Springs, Miss., July 1.
• Hatchie Bottom July 29.
• Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign October 31, 1862, to January 10, 1863.
  • Double Bridges November 18.
  • About Oxford December 1-3.
  • Water Valley Station December 4.
  • Coffeeville December 5.
  • Expedition against Mobile and Ohio R. R. December 14-19.
  • Ripley December 23.
  • Bolivar and Middletown December 24.
• Scout duty in West Tennessee and North Mississippi, headquarters at Colliersville, Tenn., January to August, 1863.
  • Centre Hill, near Germantown, January 27 (Detachment).
  • Expedition from Colliersville March 8-12 (Detachment).
  • Shelby County March 9.
  • Expedition from Lagrange into Northern Mississippi April 29-May 5.
  • Expedition from Lagrange to Senatobia May 21-26.
  • Senatobia May 23.
  • Operations in Northwest Mississippi June 15-25.
  • Quinn's Mills and Coldwater June 16.
  • Near Holly Springs June 16-17.
  • Near Clinton July 8.
  • Scout from Germantown July 16-20.
• Expedition from Memphis to Grenada Miss., August 12-23.
  • Craven's Plantation August 14 (Co. "M").
  • Grenada August 17.
• Moved to Vicksburg, Miss. August.
• Expedition from Vicksburg, Miss., to Monroe La., August 20-September 2 (Battalion).
  • Bayou Macon and Bayou Floyd August 24 (Battalion).
• Expedition from Big Black River to Yazoo City September 27-October 1 (Detachment).
  • Morris Ford, near Benton, September 29 (Detachment).
• Ingraham's Plantation, near Port Gibson, October 10 (1st Battalion).
• Expedition toward Canton October 14-20.
  • Canton Road, near Brownsville, October 15-16.
  • Near Clinton and Vernon Cross Roads October 16.
  • Bogue Chitto Creek October 17.
  • Sartatia October 17.
  • Robinson's Mill, near Livingston, October 17.
  • Livingston Road, near Clinton, October 18.
• Expedition to Tallulah Court House November 10-13 (Detachment).
• Independence December 7 (Cos. "A," "B," "C," "D").
• Moved to Natchez, Miss., December, 1863.
• Merriweather Ferry, Bayou Boeuf, December 13.
• Duty there and scouting in Southern Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana till December, 1864.
• Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2 1864. (Cos. "A," "B," "C," "D").
  • Chunky Station February 14.
• Washington March 29 (Detachment).
• Concordia July 25.
• Expedition from Natchez to Gillespie's Plantation August 4-6.
  • Gillespie's Plantation August 5 (Detachment).
  • Cross Bayou August 6.
• Bullitt's Bayou August 26.
• Consolidated to a Battalion of 5 companies October 14, 1864.
• Eight Mile Post, Natchez and Liberty Road September 6 (Co. "L").
• Expedition from Natchez to Buck's Ferry and skirmishes September 21-26.
• Expedition from Natchez to Woodville October 4-11 (Detachment).
• Woodville October 5-6.
• Ordered to Memphis, Tenn., December.
• Grierson's Raid on Mobile and Ohio R. R. December 21, 1864, to January 15, 1865.
  • Franklin Creek December 21-22.
  • Verona December 25, 1864.
  • Egypt Station December 28.
  • Franklin January 2, 1865.
• Duty at Memphis till June.
  • Expedition from Memphis to Marion, Ark., January 19-22.
  • Expedition from Memphis into Northern Mississippi February 3-11.
  • Expedition from Memphis to Brownsville, Miss., April 23-26.
• Consolidated with 14th Illinois Cavalry June 14, 1865.

Regiment lost during service

• 1 Officer and 31 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and
• 1 Officer and 166 Enlisted men by disease.
• Total 199.

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