United States Regiments & Batteries > Maryland > 4th Maryland Infantry Regiment
The 4th Maryland Infantry Regiment lost 3 officers and 32 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 72 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It was calculated that it marched 1,089 miles and traveled 649 miles by rail.
1862
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July – August | Eight companies were organized at Baltimore, Maryland. Company E was organized in Carroll County. The regiment would muster in only nine companies. |
September 18 | The 4th Maryland Infantry Regiment left Baltimore for the Sharpsburg, Maryland. Attached to Kenly’s Maryland Brigade, Defenses of the Upper Potomac, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department. The regiment would remain part of the Maryland Brigade throughout the war. |
September 20-21 | Defense of Williamsport, Maryland. |
September-December | Duty between Williamsport and Hagerstown |
October 9 | Captain William J. L. Nicodemus USA, former Acting AAG of the Department of New Mexico, was appointed colonel and given command of the 4th Maryland. |
November 17 | Colonel Nicodemus resigned for “private reasons” to become a major in the U.S. Signal Corps. |
December 11-12 | Moved to Maryland Heights, overlooking Harpers Ferry. |
1863
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March | Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Corps |
April 4 | Richard N. Bowerman was appointed colonel. |
April 9 | At Bolivar Heights |
April 30-May 1 | Moved to Grafton and Clarksburg, West Virginia to repel invasion. |
May 1-26 | Operations against Jones and Imboden |
May 26 | Reported at Maryland Heights |
June | Attached to Maryland Brigade, French’s Division, 8th Corps |
June 30 | Retreat to Frederick, Maryland and guarded bridges on the Monocacy |
July 7 | Reoccupation of Maryland Heights after a forced march and a brisk fight. |
July 10 | Joined 1st Army Corps near Boonsborough, Maryland attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac |
July 12-24 | Pursuit of Lee to Warrenton, Va. |
July 25-27 | At Warrenton Junction |
August 4 | Near Rappahannock Station |
September 16-18 | Advance to the Rapidan |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 14 |
Bristoe Station |
October 19 | Haymarket |
October 24-November 23 | Guard Orange & Alexandria Railroad |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
December | Duty near Culpeper attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps |
1864
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February 6-7 | Demonstration on the Rapidan |
March | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Corps |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8 |
Laurel HillThe Maryland Brigade lost 189 men in the attack on Laurel Hill. It is honored there by the Maryland Brigade monument. |
May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 19 |
Harris Farm (Fredericksburg Road) |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 23 |
Jericho Ford |
May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps |
June 1-3 | Bethesda Church |
June 16-18 |
First Assault on Petersburg |
June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg begins |
June 22-24 |
Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad |
July 30 |
Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve) |
August 18-21 |
Weldon Railroad |
September 29-October 2 |
Poplar Grove Church |
October 2-5 | Yellow House |
October 7-8 |
Peeble’s Farm |
October 8 | Davis House |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run |
December 7-12 |
Warren’s Raid on Weldon Railroad |
1865 |
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February 5-7 |
Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 29-31 |
Boydton Plank Road and White Oak Road |
April 1 |
Five ForksColonel Boweman was wounded. |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
April 3-9 | Pursuit of Lee |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
May 1-12 | March to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 | Grand Review |
May 31 | Mustered out |