The 4th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment lost 3 officers and 82 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 5 officers and 194 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1861 |
September 18 |
Organized at Manchester and mustered in |
September 27-30 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. and attached to Casey's Provisional Brigade, Army of the Potomac |
October 9 |
To Annapolis, Md. |
October 21-
November 7 |
Expedition to Port Royal, S.C., attached to Wright's 3rd Brigade, Sherman's South Carolina Expeditionary Corps |
November 7 |
Capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard, Port Royal Harbor |
November |
Duty at Hilton Head, S.C. |
1862 |
January 21-
March 2 |
Expedition to Florida |
March 5 |
Occupation of Fernandina, Fla. Attached to District of Florida, Dept. of the South |
March 12 to April 8 |
Occupation of Jacksonville, Fla. Companies E & F remain at Fernandina Provost duty |
April 9 |
Regiment moved from Jacksonville to St. Augustine, Fla. and garrison duty |
June 8 |
Cos. "B," "H" and "K" moved to James Island, S.C., . Action on James Island June 10. Moved to Beaufort, S.C., June 12, and duty there until April, 1863 |
September 6 |
Regiment moved from St., Augustine, Fla., to Beaufort, S.C. attached to Brannan's Brigade, District of Beaufort, S.C., 10th Corps, Dept. of the South |
October 21-23 |
Expedition to Pocotaligo, S.C. |
October 22 |
Action at Caston and Frampton's Plantations, Pocotaligo |
1863 |
April 4-11 |
Expedition against Charleston. |
April 17-28 |
Expedition to North Edisto River |
April 29 |
Moved to Folly Island, S.C. Attached to United States Forces, Folly Island, S.C., 10th Corps |
May-July |
Siege operations against Morris Island |
June |
Assigned to 1st Brigade, United States Forces, Folly Island, S.C. |
July |
Assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Morris Island, S.C., 10th Corps |
July 9-16 |
Expedition to James Island |
July 16 |
Secessionville |
July |
Siege operations against Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, S.C., and against Fort Sumter and Charleston. Attached to 1st Brigade, Morris Island, S.C. |
September 7 |
Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg |
1864 |
January 17 |
Moved to Beaufort, S.C. Assigned to District of Beaufort, S.C. |
February 20-22 |
Expedition to Whitmarsh Island. |
February 23 |
Moved to Jacksonville, Fla. Assigned to Foster's Brigade, Dodge's Division, District of Florida |
February 26 |
Return to Beaufort, S.C. |
March-April |
Veterans on furlough. Non-Veterans at Beaufort. |
April 12 |
Non-Veterans ordered to Gloucester Point, Va. |
May 4-27 |
Butler's operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond. Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Corps, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
May 5 |
Capture of Bermuda Hundred and City Point |
May 6-7 |
Chester Station |
May 9-10 |
Swift Creek (or Arrowfield Church) |
May 12-16 |
Operations against Fort Darling |
May 14-16 |
Drewry's Bluff |
May 16-27 |
Bermuda Hundred |
May 27-June 1 |
Moved to White House Landing, then to Cold Harbor. attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June 1-12 |
Battles around Cold Harbor |
June 15-19 |
Assault on Petersburg |
June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg begins. Assigned to |
June 23 to July 30 |
Duty in trenches before Petersburg 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Corps |
July 30 |
Mine Explosion |
August 13-20 |
Demonstration north of James River |
August 14-18 |
Strawberry Plains |
August 24-25 |
Bermuda Hundred |
August 26 - September 25 |
Duty in trenches before Petersburg |
September 18 |
Non-Veterans mustered out |
September 28-30 |
New Market Heights, Chaffin's Farm |
October-November |
Duty on north side of the James, operating against Richmond |
October 27-28 |
Fair Oaks |
December 7-27 |
Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 24th Corps |
1865 |
January 7-15 |
2nd Expedition to Fort Fisher |
January 15 |
Assault and capture of Fort Fisher |
February 11 |
Sugar Loaf Battery |
February 18 |
Fort Anderson |
February 22 |
Capture of Wilmington |
March 6-21 |
Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Corps, Dept. of North Carolina |
March 22 |
Guard Railroad from Little Washington to Goldsboro |
August 23 |
Mustered out |