Clark County WI, Civil War History

4th Regiment Wisconsin Cavalry

Transcribed by Harold Zander.

Organized at Racine, Wisconsin as 4th Wisconsin Cavalry and mustered in July 2, 1861. Moved to Baltimore, Maryland July 15-22. Attached to Dix's Division, Baltimore, Maryland to February 1862. Williams' Brigade, Butler's New Orleans Expedition, to April 1862. 2nd Brigade, Dept. of the Gulf, to December 1862. Grover's Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to January 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to July 1863. Cavalry Brigade, 19th Army Corps, July 1863. District of Baton Rouge, Louisiana Dept. of the Gulf, to October 1863. (Designation changed to 4th Cavalry August 22, 1863.) Unattached, Cavalry Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to January 1864. District Baton Rouge, Louisiana Dept. Gulf, to June 1864. 4th Brigade, Cavalry Division, Dept. Gulf, to August 1864. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Dept. Gulf, to February 1865. Cavalry Brigade, District of Baton Rouge, to March 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Military Division West Mississippi to April 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to May 1865. 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to July 1865. Dept. of Texas, to May 1866.

SERVICE

Guard railroad near Baltimore, Maryland until November, 1861. Expedition to eastern shore of Maryland November 14-22. Duty at Baltimore until February 1862. Moved to Fortress Monroe, Va., February 19, thence sailed on Steamer "Constitution" for Ship Island, Mississippi March 5, arriving there March 13, and duty there until April 16. Operations against Forts St. Phillip and Jackson April 16-29. Surrender of Fort St. Phillip April 29. Occupation of New Orleans May 2. Expedition to New Orleans and Jackson Railroad May 8-10. Occupation of Baton Rouge May 12. Reconnaissance to Warrenton May 14-29. At Baton Rouge until June 17. Expedition from Baton Rouge June 7-9 (2 Cos.). Williams' Expedition to Vicksburg, Mississippi and operations in that vicinity June 20-July 26. Grand Gulf June 23-24. Battle of Baton Rouge, Louisiana August 5. Evacuation of Baton Rouge August 20. At Carrollton until September 29 and at Camp Parapet until December 19. Bayou Des Allemands September 4-5. Expedition from Carrollton to St. Charles' Court House September 7-8. Bonnet Carre near St. Charles' Court House September 8. Moved to Baton Rouge December 19, and duty there until February 1863. (Co. "G" detached for Heavy Artillery service in the Defenses of New Orleans November 13, 1862, to August 14, 1863.) Moved to Bayou Plaquemine February 6, 1863. Expedition to Indian Village February 13. To New Orleans February 23, thence to Baton Rouge March 6. Demonstration on Port Hudson March 7-27. Operations in Western Louisiana April 9-May 14. Teche Campaign April 11-20. Fort Bisland April 12-13. Pursuit to Opelousas April 15-20. Expedition to Bayou Plaquemine April 22-23. Expedition from Opelousas to Chicotsville and Bayou Boeuf April 26-29. Near Washington May 1. Boyce's Bridge, Cotile Bayou, May 14. Cheyneyville May 18. March to Port Hudson May 19-25. Siege of Port Hudson May 25-June 9. Expedition to Niblitt's Bluff May 26-29. Assault on Port Hudson June 14. Grierson's Expedition to Clinton June 1-6. Clinton June 3-4. Surrender of Port Hudson July 9. Moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana July 25, and duty there until September. Designation of Regiment changed to 4th Wisconsin Cavalry August 22, 1863. Duty at Baton Rouge engaged in scouting, picketing and operating against guerrillas in that section of country lying between the Comite, Amite and Mississippi Rivers until June 1864. Near Baton Rouge September 8, 1863 (Detachment). Greenwell Springs Road September 19 (Detachment), and October 5. Donaldsville February 8, 1864. New River February 9. Expedition to Rosedale February 14-22. Baton Rouge March 8. Black Bayou March 19. Reconnaissance to Clinton May 1. Olive Branch Church near Baton Rouge May 3. Baton Rouge June 16. Plaquemine June 28. Ordered to Morganza June 29, and duty there until August 9. Plaquemine August 6. Moved to Baton Rouge August 9. Near Bayou Letsworth August 11. Expedition to Clinton August 25-29. Olive Branch, Comite River and Clinton August 25. Expedition to Clinton, Greensburg and Camp Moore October 5-9. Expedition from Baton Rouge to Brookhaven, Mississippi and skirmishes November 14-21. Liberty Creek November 15. Jackson November 21. Davidson Expedition to Mobile & Ohio Railroad and Pascagoula Bay November 27-December 13. At Baton Rouge until April, 1865. Mobile Campaign April. Capture of Mobile April 12. March through Alabama to Georgia and to Vicksburg, Mississippi April 18-June 5. Moved to Shreveport, Louisiana June 26-July 2. March to San Antonio, Texas July 8-August 3, and duty there until October. Expedition to Fort Inge and to Fort Clark and Eagle Pass September. Guard and patrol duty along the Rio Grande from Brownsville to Laredo until May, 1866. Mustered out at Brownsville May 28, 1866. Moved to Madison, Wisconsin June 3-18, and discharged June 19, 1866.

Regiment lost during service 11 Officers and 106 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 311 Enlisted men by disease. Total 431.

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