United States Regiments & Batteries > New Hampshire > Fourth New Hampshire Infantry Regiment
The Fourth New Hampshire Infantry Regiment lost 3 officers and 82 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 5 officers and 194 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| September 18 | The Fourth New Hampshire Infantry was organized at Manchester and mustered in under the command of Colonel Thomas J. Whipple |
| September 27-30 | Moved to Washington, D.C. and attached to Casey’s Provisional Brigade, Army of the Potomac |
| October 9 | To Annapolis, Maryland. |
| October 21- November 7 |
Expedition to Port Royal, South CarolinaAttached to Wright’s 3rd Brigade, Sherman’s South Carolina Expeditionary Corps |
| November 7 | Capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard, Port Royal Harbor |
| November | Duty at Hilton Head, S.C. |
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1862
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| January 21- March 2 |
Expedition to Florida |
| March 5 | Occupation of Fernandina, Florida. Attached to District of Florida, Department of the South |
| March 12 to April 8 | Occupation of Jacksonville, Florida. Companies E & F remained at Fernandina on Provost duty |
| April 9 | Regiment moved from Jacksonville to St. Augustine, Florida and garrison duty |
| June 8 | Compamies “B,” “H” and “K” moved to James Island, South Carolina. Action on James Island June 10. Moved to Beaufort, S.C., June 12, and duty there until April, 1863 |
| September 6 | Regiment moved from St., Augustine, Florida, to Beaufort, South Carolina attached to Brannan’s Brigade, District of Beaufort, South Carolina, 10th Corps, Department of the South |
| October 21-23 | Expedition to Pocotaligo, South Carolina. |
| October 22 | Action at Caston and Frampton’s Plantations, Pocotaligo |
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1863
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| April 4-11 | Expedition against Charleston. |
| April 17-28 | Expedition to North Edisto River |
| April 29 | Moved to Folly Island, South Carolina. Attached to United States Forces, Folly Island, South Carolina, 10th Corps |
| May-July |
Siege operations against Morris Island |
| June | Assigned to 1st Brigade, United States Forces, Folly Island, South Carolina. |
| July | Assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Morris Island, South Carolina, 10th Corps |
| July 9-16 | Expedition to James Island |
| July 16 |
Battle of Secessionville |
| July | Siege operations against Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, South Carolina, and against Fort Sumter and Charleston. Attached to 1st Brigade, Morris Island, South Carolina. |
| September 7 |
Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg |
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1864 |
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| January 17 | Moved to Beaufort, South Carolina. Assigned to District of Beaufort, South Carolina. |
| February 20-22 | Expedition to Whitmarsh Island. |
| February 23 | Moved to Jacksonville, Florida. Assigned to Foster’s Brigade, Dodge’s Division, District of Florida. |
| February 26 | Return to Beaufort, South Carolina. |
| March-April | Veterans on furlough. Non-Veterans at Beaufort. |
| April 12 | Non-Veterans ordered to Gloucester Point, Virginia. |
| May 4-27 | Butler’s operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond. Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Corps, Army of the James, Department of Virginia and North Carolina |
| May 5 | Capture of Bermuda Hundred and City Point. |
| May 6-7 | Chester Station |
| May 9-10 | Swift Creek (or Arrowfield Church) |
| May 12-16 | Operations against Fort Darling |
| May 14-16 |
Battle of Drewry’s Bluff |
| May 16-27 |
Bermuda Hundred |
| May 27-June 1 | Moved to White House Landing, then to Cold Harbor. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Corps, Army of the James. |
| June 1-12 |
Battles around Cold Harbor |
| June 15-19 |
Assault on Petersburg |
| June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg beginsAssigned to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Corps, Army of the James |
| June 23 to July 30 | Duty in trenches before Petersburg |
| July 30 | Mine Explosion |
| August 13-20 | Demonstration north of James River |
| August 14-18 | Strawberry Plains |
| August 24-25 | Bermuda Hundred |
| August 26 – September 25 | Duty in trenches before Petersburg |
| September 18 | Non-Veterans mustered out |
| September 28-30 | New Market Heights, Chaffin’s Farm |
| October-November | Duty on north side of the James, operating against Richmond |
| October 27-28 | Fair Oaks |
| December 7-27 | Expedition to Fort Fisher, North Carolina Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 24th Corps |
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1865
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| January 7-15 | 2nd Expedition to Fort Fisher |
| January 15 |
Assault and capture of Fort Fisher |
| February 11 |
Sugar Loaf Battery |
| February 18 |
Fort Anderson |
| February 22 |
Capture of Wilmington |
| March 6-21 | Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Corps, Dept. of North Carolina |
| March 22 | Guard Railroad from Little Washington to Goldsboro |
| August 23 | The Fourth New Hampshire Infantry Regiment mustered out |