The 4th Minnesota Infantry Regiment was a
Minnesota USV infantry regiment that served in the
Union Army during the
American Civil War. It served in several important campaigns in the
Western Theater.
Service
The 4th Minnesota Infantry Regiment was mustered into Federal service by companies at
Fort Snelling
Fort Snelling is a former military fortification and National Historic Landmark in the U.S. state of Minnesota on the bluffs overlooking the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. The military site was initially named Fort Saint Anth ...
,
Minnesota, between October 4 and December 23, 1861, and moved to Benton Barracks,
St. Louis, Missouri, on April 23, 1862.
The 4th Minnesota Infantry participated in
Maj. Gen. Henry Wager Halleck's advance on and
Siege of Corinth,
Mississippi, from May 18 to May 30, 1862. The regiment participated in
Ulysses S. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign from November 1862 to January 1863. Participation in Grant's
Vicksburg Campaign followed, with the 4th Minnesota fighting in the
Battle of Port Gibson on May 1, 1863, the
Battle of Raymond on May 12, the
Battle of Jackson on May 14, the
Battle of Champion's Hill May 16, the
Battle of Big Black River
The Battle of Big Black River Bridge was fought on May 17, 1863, as part of the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. After a Union army commanded by Major General Ulysses S. Grant defeated Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton's Confed ...
on May 17 and the
Siege of Vicksburg from May 18 to July 4, 1863. The regiment performed garrison duty at Vicksburg followed the surrender, remaining at that location until September 12, 1863.
The regiment participated in the
Third Battle of Chattanooga from November 23–27 1863, then was on garrison duty at
Bridgeport and
Huntsville in
Alabama, until June 1864, having Veteranized during the spring of 1864. It participated in
Sherman's March to the Sea from November 15 to December 10, 1864, finishing the war during the
Carolinas Campaign from January to April 1865 and then participated in the
Grand Review of the Armies on May 24, 1865.
The 4th Minnesota Infantry was mustered out on July 19, 1865, and was discharged from service at
St. Paul,
Minnesota, on August 7, 1865.
Casualties
The 4th Minnesota Infantry suffered 3. officers and 58 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 3 officers and 175 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 239 fatalitie
Commanders
*
Colonel (United States), Colonel John B. Sanborn
John Benjamin Sanborn (December 5, 1826 – May 6, 1904) was a lawyer, politician, and soldier from the state of New Hampshire who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was also a key member of the postbellum C ...
- January 1, 1862, to August 4, 1863
* Colonel John Eaton Tourtellotte - October 5, 1864, to June 21, 1865
References
* {{Cite book , editor1-first=C. C. , editor1-last=Andrews , editor1-link=Christopher Columbus Andrews , publisher = Printed for the state by the
Pioneer Press Co , location = St. Paul, Minn , title = Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-1865 , date = 1891 , ol=7088819M
External links
The Civil War ArchiveMinnesota Historical Society resources on Minnesota and the Civil WarMNopedia article on the 4th Volunteer Infantry
See also
* List of Minnesota Civil War Units
Units and formations of the Union Army from Minnesota
1861 establishments in Minnesota
Military units and formations established in 1861
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865