4th Wisconsin Battery

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The 4th Wisconsin Battery lost 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 22 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

1861
October 1 The 4th Wisconsin Battery organized and mustered in at Racine, Wisconsin, under the command of Captain John F. Vallee.
1862
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
January 11 Moved to Suffolk, Va. and attached to Artillery Division at Suffolk, 7th Corps, Dept. of Virginia
April Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 7th 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 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, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina
July 6 Captain John F. Vallee resigned. First 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
April Attached to Artillery. 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James
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

Grant’s First Assault on Petersburg

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
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 Heights

Sergeant James H. Graves was killed.
October 7

Darbytown Road

Lewis C. Isaacson was killed.
October 27-28

Battle of Fair Oaks

Captain George B. Easterly mustered out at the end of his term of enlistment.
November

Siege operations against Richmond
December 5 First Lieutenant Dorman L. Noggle was promoted to Captain.
1865
March 30-
April 2		 Duty in the trenches before Richmond
April 3 Occupation of Richmond
July 3 The 4th Wisconsin Battery mustered out under the command of Captain Dorman L. Noggle