The Civil War in the East

4th Delaware Infantry Regiment

The 4th Delaware Infantry Regiment lost 4 officers and 80 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 79 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

 

1862

June to November

Organized at Wilmington, Del.

September

Ordered to Baltimore, Md. and attached to Defenses of Baltimore, 8th Army Corps, Middle Dept.

December

Ordered to Yorktown, Va. and attached to Busteed's Independent Brigade, 4th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia

December 28

Duty at Yorktown

1863

April 7

Expedition from Gloucester Point to Gloucester Court House

April 12

Reconnaissance from Gloucester Point to Hickory Fork

May

Assigned to King's Independent Brigade, 4th Army Corps

May 19-22

Expedition from Gloucester Point into Matthews County

June 4-5

Expedition from Yorktown to Walkerton and Aylett's

June 24-July 7

Dix's Peninsula Campaign; assigned to 4th Army Corps

July 1-7

Expedition from White House to South Anna River

July 2

Baltimore Store

July 8-14

Moved to Washington, D.C. and attached to King's Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington

July - October

Duty in the defenses of that city and at Centreville and Fairfax Station

October

Guard Orange & Alexandria R. R.

November 16

Ordered to Delaware

December

Duty in the District of Alexandria, Va.

1864

January

Attached to Tyler's Division, 22nd Army Corps

May

Joined Army of the Potomac in the field attached to 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 5th Army Corps

May 29-June 15

Rapidan Campaign

May 29-31

Totopotomoy

June 1-12

Cold Harbor

June 16-18

Before Petersburg; Siege of Petersburg begins

July 30

Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve)

August 18-21

Weldon R. R. Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps

September 29-October 1

Poplar Springs Church

October 1-3

Yellow House

October 27-28

Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run

December 7-12

Warren's Raid on Weldon R. R.

1865

February 5-7

Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run

March 28-April 9

Appomattox Campaign

March 29

Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run

March 30

White Oak Road

March 31

Gravelly Run

April 1

Five Forks

April 2

Fall of Petersburg

April 3-9

Pursuit of Lee

April 9

Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army.

May 1-12

Moved to Washington, D. C,

May 23

Grand review

June 3

Mustered out