4th Regiment United States Colored Infantry
| 4th United States Colored Infantry Regiment | |
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Company E, 4th US Colored Troops, Fort Lincoln, 11-17-1865. Library of Congress link at [1]
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| Active | July 15, 1863 – May 4, 1866 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | Army |
| Type | Infantry |
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2nd Brigade, XVIII Corps (1863 – April 1864) |
2nd Brigade, XVIII Corps (1863 – April 1864)
2nd Brigade, Hincks' Colored Division, XVIII Corps (April 1864 – June 1864)
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XVIII Corps (June 1864 – December 1864)
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XXV Corps (December 1864 – January 1865)
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XXV Corps (January 1865 – March 1865)
The 4th United States Colored Infantry Regiment was an African American unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War. A part of the United States Colored Troops, the regiment saw action in Virginia and North Carolina, taking part in the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, the capture of Fort Fisher and Wilmington, North Carolina, and the Carolinas Campaign.
Organized at Baltimore, Maryland, from July 15 to September 1, 1863, the 4th Regiment was first sent to Fort Monroe, Virginia, on October 1 before moving to Yorktown, Virginia. As part of the XVIII Corps, the unit participated in several expeditions and engagements: an expedition to Mathews County from October 4 to October 9, 1863, Wistar's Expedition against Richmond from February 6 to February 8, 1864, action at New Kent Court House on February 8, an expedition to Bottom's Bridge in aid of Brigadier General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick's cavalry from March 1 to March 4, an expedition into King and Queen County from March 9 to March 12, and an expedition into Mathews and Middlesex Counties from March 17 to March 21.
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