United States Regiments & Batteries > Ohio > 4th Ohio Infantry Regiment
The 4th Ohio Infantry Regiment lost 8 officers and 95 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 155 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
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1861
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| June 4 | Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio from the three months service regiment under Colonel Lorin Andrews.From the monument to the 4th Ohio Infantry at Gettysburg:
Companies A&B from Mt. Vernon, Knox County. |
| June 20-23 | Moved to Grafton, West Virginia |
| June | Attached to McCook’s Advance Brigade, West Virginia |
| July 6-17 | West Virginia Campaign, attached to 3rd Brigade, Army of Occupation, West Virginia |
| July 12 | Capture of Beverly |
| July 13-16 | Expedition to Huttonsville |
| July 17 | At Beverly |
| July 23; | Moved to New Creek |
| August 7 | At Pendleton |
| September 7 & 12 | Action at Petersburg |
| September 18 | Colonel Andrews died of typhoid pneumonia. |
| September 23 | Hanging Rock, Romney |
| September 23-25 | Romney |
| October 14 | Colonel John S. Mason was appointed to command of the regiment |
| October 26 | Mill Creek Mills, Romney |
| November | Duty at Romney attached to Kelly’s Command, West Virginia |
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1862
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| January 6-7 | Expedition to Blue’s Gap; attached to 2nd Brigade, Landers’ Division, Army of the Potomac |
| January 7 | Blue’s Gap |
| January 10 | Evacuation of Romney |
| February 9 | At Paw Paw Tunnel |
| March 7-15 |
Advance on WinchesterAttached to 1st Brigade, Shields’ 2nd Division, Banks’ 5th Corps, Department of the Shenandoah |
| March 9 | Martinsburg |
| March 18 | Cedar Creek |
| March 19 | Strasburg |
| March 23 |
First Battle of Winchester |
| March 25 | Cedar Creek |
| April 1 | Woodstock |
| April 2 | Edenburg |
| April 4 | Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Department of the Shenandoah |
| April 16 | Mt. Jackson |
| May 12-21 | March to Fredericksburg attached to Kimball’s Independent Brigade, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
| May 25-30 | Return to Front Royal |
| May 30 |
Front Royal |
| June 9 |
Battle of Port Republic |
| June 29-30 | Moved to Alexandria, thence to Harrison’s Landing |
| July 3-4 | Haxell’s, Herring Creek, attached to Kimball’s Independent Brigade, 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| July-August | At Harrison’s Landing |
| August 16-28 | Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Centreville |
| September 1 | Cover Pope’s retreat from Bull Run to Fairfax Court House |
| September 6-22 |
Maryland CampaignAttached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Corps |
| September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
| September 22 | Moved to Harper’s Ferry, W. Va. |
| October 1-2 | Reconnaissance to Leesburg |
| October 30-November 19 | March to Falmouth, Va. |
| November 29 | Colonel Mason was promoted to brigadier general. |
| December 1 | Captain Leonard W. Carpenter of Company A was promoted to major |
| December 12-15 |
Battle of FredericksburgMajor Carpenter was promoted to lieutenant colonel |
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1863
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| January | At Falmouth, Va. |
| January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
| April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
| May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
| May 22 | James H. Godman was appointed as colonel. |
| July 2-3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel Leonard W. Carpenter. It brought 229 men to the field, losing 9 killed, 17 wounded and 5 missing. From the monument on Cemetery Hill:On the evening of July 2, 1863, Carroll’s Brigade was sent from its position with the 2nd Corps to re-enforce this portion of the line, and this monument marks the position where, as part of that brigade, the 4th Ohio Infantry at that time participated in repelling an attack of the enemy. KILLED. Capt. Samuel J. Shoub, Co. I, Lieut. Addison H. Edgar, Co. G, Corp. John Debolt, Co. B, Private James W. Harl, Co. A, William Bain, Co. G, George H. Martin Co. G, George H. Martin, Co. G, Asa O. Davis, Co. G, David W. Collins, Co., Andrew Myers, Co. G, Simon Rollenson, Co. I, Jacob Sheak, Co. I, Henry G. Stark, Co. I. WOUNDED. Capt. Peter Grubb, Co. G, Sergt. M V. B. Longworth, Co. G, Corp. Lyman S. Ensign, Co. F, Private Wm. D. Breyfogle, Co. C, Samuel Wells, Co. C, Finley Bain, Co. C, James Holloway, Co. C, Reason Gillmore, Co. D, Michael Hermann, Co. G, Henry P. Pfeiffer, Co. G, Wm. Shinderwolf, Co. G, George W. Wilcox, Co. G, John Winstead, Co. I, Jacob Boyer, Co. K, Joseph Short, Co. K” From the marker on Emmitsburg Road:Companies G and I, 4th Ohio Infantry, 1st Brigade, 3d Division, 2d Corps, July 2 1863. At 3 p.m., July 2, 1863, while the regiment was lying on Cemetery Ridge, Companies G and I, Fourth Ohio Infantry, detached under Captain Peter Grubb of Company G, advanced to this position where, with severe loss, they engaged the enemy during the remainder of the day. Late in the evening they were withdrawn to the regiment on East Cemetery Hill. < See Lieutenant Colonel Carpenter’s Official Report for the 4th Ohio at Gettysburg > |
| July 5-24 | Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap |
| August 15 – September 16 | On detached duty at New York City |
| October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
| October 14 | Auburn and Bristoe |
| November 1 | Lieutenant Colonel Carpenter was promoted to colonel. Colonel Carpenter’s muster was revoked, however, as the regiment was below the minimum number of men for the grade of colonel. |
| November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
| November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
| November 27 | Robertson’s Tavern or Locust Grove |
| November 28-30 |
Mine Run |
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1864
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| February 6-7 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan, Morton’s Ford |
| March | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| May 3 to June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
| May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
| May 10 | Po River |
| May 12 |
“Bloody Angle” |
| May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
| May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
| May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
| June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
| June 16-18 |
First Assault on Petersburg |
| June 18 | Siege of Petersburg |
| June 21 | Old members mustered out under the command of Colonel Carpenter. |
| June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad |
| June 26 | Consolidated to a Battalion |
| July 27-29 | Demonstration north of James River |
| July 27-28 |
Deep Bottom |
| August 13-20 | Demonstration north of James River |
| August 14-18 |
Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom |
| August 25 |
Ream’s Station |
| October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run |
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1865
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| February 5-7 |
Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run |
| March 25 | Watkins’ House |
| March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
| March 29-31 |
Boydton and White Oak Road |
| March 31 | Crow’s House |
| April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
| April 6 |
Sailor’s Creek |
| April 7 |
High Bridge and Farmville |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
| May 1-12 | March to Washington, D.C. |
| May 23 | Grand Review |
| July 12 | The 4th Ohio Infantry Regiment mustered out |