The 4th Michigan Infantry Regiment was an infantryregiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 4th Michigan wore a very Americanized zouave uniform. This uniform consisted of a Federal dark blue 4 button sack coat, dark blue chasseur trousers, tan gaiters, and a maroon zouavefez with a light blue tassel.
The 4th Michigan Infantry was organized at Adrian, Michigan and mustered into Federal service for a three-year enlistment on June 20, 1861. The regiment's first lieutenant colonel was a future prominent politician and civil engineer, William Ward Duffield. Several other soldiers in the regiment reached post-war prominence, including politician George Spalding and Major GeneralAlfred E. Bates, who enlisted as privates in Company A.[1]
The regiment was mustered out on June 30, 1864. The regiment's veterans and recruits were assigned to the 1st Michigan Infantry.The Fourth Michigan Infantry was reorganized under orders of July 26, 1864 and mustered into Federal service as a regiment on October 14, 1864. On May 26, 1866, the regiment was mustered out of service in Houston, Texas.[2]
Total strength and casualtiesedit
The regiment suffered 12 officers and 177 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 107 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 297 fatalities.[3]
Commandersedit
Colonel Dwight A. Woodbury, killed at the Battle of Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862
^"Regular Army Notes: How Lieutenant-Colonel A. E. Bates Became A Military Attache". The San Francisco Call. San Francisco, CA. January 16, 1898. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
Barrett, Orvey S. Reminiscences, Incidents, Battles, Marches and Camp Life of the Old 4th Michigan Infantry in War of Rebellion, 1861 to 1864. Detroit, Michigan: W.S. Ostler, 1888.
Bertera, Martin. The 4th Michigan Infantry at the Battle of New Bridge, Virginia. Wyandotte. Michigan: M. Bertera, 2002.
Bertera, Martin N, and Kim Crawford. The 4th Michigan Infantry in the Civil War. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2010.
Turner, George H. Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865; Record of Fourth Michigan Infantry in the Civil War, 1861-1865. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1993.
External linksedit
The Fourth Michigan Infantry website
The monument to the Fourth Michigan Volunteers at Gettysburg
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