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The 4th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment lost 4 officers and 28 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 128 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
History of the 1st Batttalion, Companies I, K, L and M
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1863
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| December 26 | Organized at Readville. 1st Battalion formerly Independent Battalion, Massachusetts Cavalry, was assigned as Companies I, K, L and M. |
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1864
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| February 12, 1864 | Attached to Light Brigade, District of Florida, 10th Corps, Dept. of the South |
| February 7-22 | Expedition from Jacksonville, Fla., to Lake City, Fla., |
| February 20 | Battle of Olustee, Fla. |
| March 1 | McGrath’s Creek, Cedar Run |
| April 2 | Cedar Run |
| May 8 | Ordered to Bermuda Hundred, Va. and assigned to Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, 10th, 18th and 24th Army Corps, and 25th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
| April 12-16 | Operations against Fort Darling |
| May 20-30 | Bermuda Hundred |
| June 9 | Jordan’s Crossing and Petersburg |
| June 16, 1864 | Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond begin |
| June 21 | At Headquarters, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
| August 13-20 | Demonstration on north side of the James |
| August 14-18 | Strawberry Plains |
| August 18-19 | Flusser’s Mills. At Headquarters, 10th Army Corps |
| August 23 – March 1865 |
Company M detached at Harrison’s Landing on outpost duty |
| August 24 – September 28 |
Before Petersburg |
| September 28-30 | Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights |
| October 13 | Harrison’s Landing (Company M) |
| October 27-28 | Fair Oaks |
| November 1-5 | Expedition into Charles City and Henrico Counties |
| November 6 – March 1865 | Duty before Richmond |
| December 1864 | Companies I, L and M at Headquarters, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
| December | Company K at Headquarters, 24th Army Corps |
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1865
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| March 28 | Appomattox Campaign |
| April 2 | Fall of Petersburg |
| April 6-7 | High Bridge, Farmville |
| April 9 | Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
| April – November | Duty at Richmond |
| August | Dept. of Virginia |
| November 14 | Regiment mustered out |
| November 26 | Discharged at Boston |
History of the 2nd Batttalion, Companies A, B, C and D
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1864
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| March 20, | Sailed from Boston for Hilton Head, S. C, on Steamer “Western Metropolis” |
| April 1 | Arrived Hilton Head and assigned to picket and outpost duty |
| May 22-26 | Expedition to Ashepoo River (2 Companies) |
| June 6-8 | 2 Companies moved to Jacksonville, Fla. and duty there |
| June to November | 2 Companies on duty at Hilton Head, S.C. |
| July 2-10 | Expedition to John’s Island, S.C. |
| July 4-9 | Operations against Battery Pringle |
| July 15 | 2 Companies participate in skirmish at Front Creek |
| July 23-28 | Raid from Jacksonville upon Baldwin |
| July 24 | Skirmish at South Fork, Black Creek |
| July 26 | St. Mary’s Trestle |
| August 15-19 | Raid on Florida Railroad |
| August 17 | Gainesville |
| October 24 | Magnolia |
| October 24 | Gum Swamp |
| November 29-30 | Expedition to Boyd’s Neck |
| November 30 | Battle of Honey Hill |
| December 1-6 | Expedition to Deveaux’s Neck |
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1865
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| January | 2 Companies return from duty at Jacksonville, Fla. |
| January 15 -February 23 |
March to Charleston |
| April 5-25 | Potter’s Expedition to Camden, S. C. |
| April 15 | Statesburg |
| April 17 | Occupation of Camden |
| April 18 | Boykin’s Mills |
| April 19 | Denkin’s Mills |
| April 19 | Beech Creek, near Statesburg |
| April-November | Duty in the Dept. of the South |
| November 14 | Regiment mustered out |
| November 26 | Discharged at Boston |
History of the 3rd Batttalion, Companies E, F, G and H
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1864
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| April 23-27 | Sailed from Boston for Hilton Head, S.C., on Steamer “Western Metropolis” |
| May 1-3 | Moved to Newport News, Va. |
| May 23 | To City Point and duty there scouting, picketing and on the fortifications |
| June 16 | Duty at Bermuda Hundred |
| June 16- December 4 |
Companies E and H at Headquarters of 18th Army Corps |
| August 23 | Company G detached at Yorktown and Williamsburg, Va., |
| December | Companies E and H at Headquarters of 25th Army Corps. Company F at Headquarters of 24th Army Corps |
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1865
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| March 28-April 9 | Company F on Appomattox Campaign |
| April 3 | Occupation of Richmond (Companies E and H) |
| April 6-7 | High Bridge, Farmville |
| April 9 | Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
| November 14 | Regiment mustered out |
| November 26 | Discharged at Boston |