United States Regiments & Batteries > Delaware
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.
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1862
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| June to November | Organized at Wilmington, Delaware under the command of Colonel Arthur H. Grimshaw, a physician. |
| September | The 4th Delaware Infantry Regiment was ordered to Baltimore, Md. and attached to Defenses of Baltimore, 8th Corps, Middle Dept. |
| December | Ordered to Yorktown, Va. and attached to Busteed’s Independent Brigade, 4th Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
| December 28 | Duty at Yorktown |
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1863
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| 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 Corps, Department of Virginia |
| 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 Corps, Department of Virginia |
| 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 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 1st Brigade, Tyler’s Division, 22nd Corps. Colonel Grimshaw took command of the 1st Brigade as senior colonel. |
| May | Joined Army of the Potomac in the field attached to 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 5th Corps |
| May 29-June 15 |
Rapidan Campaign |
| May 29-31 | Totopotomoy |
| June 1-12 |
Battle of Cold Harbor |
| June 16-18 |
Assault on PetersburgColonel Grimshaw was wounded in the arm. |
| June 18 |
Siege of Petersburg begins |
| July 30 |
Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve) |
| August 18-21 | Weldon R. R. Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Corps |
| September 14 | Colonel Grimshaw took command of the 3rd Brigade as senior colonel |
| 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. |
| December 9 | Colonel Grimshaw resigned, “being again relieved from command of a brigade, and placed under his junior officer, a brevet brigadier general, and in view of the fact that the 4th Regt. Del. Vols. has three field officers and is reduced to the number of 217 men present for duty.” |
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1865
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| 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 |
Battle of Five Forks |
| April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
| April 3-9 | Pursuit of Lee |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
| May 1-12 | Moved to Washington, D. C, |
| May 23 | Grand review |
| June 3 | The 4th Delaware Infantry Regiment mustered out |