United States Regiments & Batteries > Wisconsin
The 4th Wisconsin Battery lost 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 22 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1861
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October 1 | Organized and mustered in at Racine, Wisconsin, under the command of Captain John F. Vallee. |
1862
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January 21 | Ordered to Baltimore, Md. then to Fortress Monroe, Va., attached to District of Fortress Monroe, Va.. Dept. of Virginia |
March 9 | Fired gun “Union” during the Monitor and Merrimac engagement |
September | Moved to Camp Hamilton, Va., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
1863
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January 11 | Moved to Suffolk, Va. and attached to Artillery Division at Suffolk, Va., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
April | Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps |
April 11-May 4 | Siege of Suffolk |
April 15 | Norfleet House |
May 3 | Chuckatuck and Reed’s Ferry |
May 5 | Moved to Portsmouth, Va. and attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
May 30 | To West Point, then to Yorktown |
June 9-July 10 | Keyes’ Expedition up the Peninsula |
July-August | Garrison duty at Yorktown attached to Yorktown, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
July 6 | Captain Vallee resigned. Lieutenant George Easterly was promoted to captain. |
August | Duty at Gloucester Point and Portsmouth |
December | Attched to Artillery Brigade, United States Forces, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
1864
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April | Attached to Artillery. 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
May 4-28 | Butler’s operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond |
May 9-10 | Swift Creek or Arrow field Church |
May 12-16 | Operations against Fort Darling |
May 14-16 | Battle of Drury’s Bluff |
May 16-June 4 | Bermuda Hundred |
June 16-18 | Before Petersburg; beginning of Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond attached to Artillery Brigade, 18th Army Corps |
June-July | At Bermuda Hundred, Va. attached to Artillery Cavalry Division, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
July 5 | At Jones’ Landing |
August 10 | Moved to Light House Point |
August 26 | To Prince George Court House and to Petersburg |
September | Duty in trenches |
September 28-30 |
Chaffin’s Farm, New Market HeightsSergeant James H. Graves was killed. |
October 7 |
Darbytown RoadLewis C. Isaacson was killed. |
October 27-28 | Battle of Fair Oaks |
November | Siege operations against Richmond |
1865
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March 30- April 2 |
Before Richmond |
April 3 | Occupation of Richmond |
July 3 | Mustered out |