The Fourth Infantry was recruited from the southern tier of counties of the State, and was organized by Colonel Dwight A. Woodbury at Adrian. Like some of the other regiments, it was comprised of independent com­panies that had received considerable military knowledge, a valuable assist­ance in the organization of citizen soldiers. It was composed of the ” Penin­sular Guard ” of Sturgis, ” Barry Guard ” of Ann Arbor, ” Smith Guard ” of Monroe, ” Trenton Volunteers” of Trenton, ” Dexter Union Guard” of Dexter, ” Hudson Volunteers ” of Hudson, ” Adrian Volunteers ” of Adrian, ” Hillsdale Volunteers ” of Hillsdale, ” Grosvenor Union Guard ” of Jones- ville and ” Tecumseh Volunteers ” of Tecumseh. The organization of the regiment was completed at its rendezvous in Adrian and was mustered into the United States service for three years, June 20, 1861.

The officers of field, line and staff at organization were as follows: Dwight A. Woodbury, Colonel, Adrian. William W. Duffield, Lieuten­ant Colonel, Detroit. Jonathan W. Childs, Major, Ypsilanti. Joseph Tunnicliff, Surgeon, Jackson. David P. Chamberlain, Assistant Surgeon, Hudson. Francis S, Earle, Adjutant, Grand Rapids. Henry A. Grannis, Quartermaster, Adrian. Henry N. Strong, Chaplain, Adrian.

1. Captain, Constant Luce, Monroe. First Lieutenant, John M. Oliver, Monroe. Second Lieutenant, A. Morell Rose, Monroe.
2. Captain, James H. Cole, Adrian. First Lieutenant, Jeremiah D. Slocum, Adrian. Second Lieutenant, James E. Avery, Adrian.
3. Captain, Abram R. Wood, Sturgis. First Lieutenant, Henry A. Grannis, Adrian. Second Lieutenant, Ebenezer French, Sturgis.
4. Captain, John M. Randolph, Ann Arbor. First Lieutenant, Richard G. DuPuy, Ann Arbor. Second Lieutenant, Jairus W. Hall, Ann Arbor.
5. Captain, George W. Lombard, Hillsdale. First Lieutenant, Charles C. Doolittle, Hillsdale. Second Lieutenant, Charles B. Parsons, Hillsdale.
6. Captain, Samuel DeGolyer, Hudson. First Lieutenant, Simon B. Preston, Hudson. Second Lieutenant, Joseph L. Smith, Hudson.
7. Captain, David D. Marshall, Tecumseh. First Lieutenant, George Monteith, Adrian. Second Lieutenant, Jeptha W. Beers, Tecumseh.
8. Captain, Moses A. Funke, Jonesville. First Lieutenant, Simon B. Hadly, Jonesville. Second Lieutenant, William H. McConnell, Hillsdale.
9. Captain, David A. Granger, Trenton. First Lieutenant, Marshall W. Chapin, Detroit. Second Lieutenant, Francis S. Earle, Grand Rapids.
11. Captain, Alexander D. Crane, Dexter. First Lieutenant, Harrison H. Jeffords, Dexter. Second Lieutenant, James Mulloy, Livingston.

The Fourth was uniformed and equipped for field service before it left the state, and started for Washington June 25, 1861, with an enrollment of

I.025 officers and enlisted men, and arrived July 2d. It went into camp near Georgetown, D. C.

The Fourth took a most honorable part in McClellan’s Peninsular Campaign of 1862, having been assigned to Griffin’s brigade, Morrell’s division of Porter’s corps, and was present at the Siege of Yorktown and fought gallantly at Williamsburg. For the conspicuous position it held

in the advance of the army upon the enemy at Newbridge, on the Chicka- hominy, and the valor displayed under the most trying circumstances it received special notice from General McClellan in his dispatches to the War Department.

In this campaign the Fourth sustained its honorable record at Hanover Court House, Mechanicsville, and covered itself with glory at the desperate battle of Gaines’ Mills. Was engaged with heavy loss at Turkey Bend, White Oak Swamp and Malvern Hill, where Colonel Woodbury fell at the head of his regiment July i, closing a useful life and brilliant military career.

After the Peninsular Campaign the Fourth entered upon the Pope Campaign, and took part in the engagements at Gainesville August 29, 1862, Manassas, Antietam, and in ^December suffered severely at Fred­ericksburg, where it was a part of the Second Brigade, First Division, Fifth Corps.

May 4, 1863, the Fourth was engaged at Chancellorsville, losing heavily in killed and wounded, and after long and fatiguing marches through Maryland and Pennsylvania arrived at Gettysburg, where it fought July 2d and 3d in that desperate encounter, receiving the plaudits of distinguished officers for its deeds of heroism. From Gettysburg the Fourth followed the enemy and was actively on the march or fighting until the following October, when it went into camp at Warrenton Junction for a well earned rest.

On the 7th of November the Fifth Corps commenced a series of marches and actions along the Rapidan, which continued until winter put a stop to active field operations.

The spring campaign of 1864 opened with the death grapple of Union * and Confederate armies in the Wilderness. From this time until the ex­piration of its term of service in June the Fourth was continuously engaged with the enemy and took part in the sanguinary battles along the North Anna and Pamunky Rivers. It was engaged before Petersburg, Va., June 16, and as the term of three years since enlistment had expired the regi­ment was embarked for Washington and arrived at Detroit 011 the 26th and was mustered out of service June 30, 1864.

One hundred and twenty-nine men re-enlisted as veteran volunteers, and the regiment was at once reorganized with eight new companies under Colonel Jairus W. Hall at Adrian.

The reorganized Fourth was mustered into the United States service October 14, 1864 and on the 22d left Adrian for Nashville, Tenn. It was engaged with the enemy at Decatur, Ala., and New Market, and soon after was sent to Huntsville, Ala., where it was assigned to the Third Brigade, Third Division, Fourth Army Corps. In March the regiment went by rail to Knoxville, Tenn., and marched through East Tennessee, but returned to Nashville April 27.

In June the Fourth was embarked on transports and sent to New Orleans, La., where the detachment of re-enlisted veterans joined the regi­ment.

In July the regiment was sent by transports to Indianola, Texas, and was then marched 170 miles to San Antonio. The regiment remained in Texas until May 26, 1866, where it was mustered out of service at Houston and returned to Detroit June 10, where it was paid off and disbanded.

It has been thought best to give the history of the first three years’ service and the reorganized Fourth separately in this volume, as they were

practically two regiments, the original Fourth serving in the Army of the Potomac and the reorganized Fourth in the western department.

The regiment participated in engagements with the enemy at New Bridge, Va., May 24, 1862; Hanover Court House, Va., May 27, 1862; Me- chanicsville, Va., June 26, 1862; Gaines^, Mills, Va., June 27, 1862; Savage Station, Va., June 29, 1862; Turkey Bend, Va., June 30, 1862; White Oak Swamp, Va., June 30, 1862; Malvern Hill, Va., July 1, 1862; Harrison’s Landing, Va., July 2, 1862; Gainesville, Va., August 29, 1862; Bull Run, 2d, Va., August 30, 1862; Antietam, Md., September 17, 1862; Shepardstown Ford, Va., September 20, 1862; Snicker’s Gap, Va., November 14, 1862; Fred­ericksburg, Va., December 13, 14, 1862; Morrisville, Va., December 30, 31, 1862; U. S. Ford, Va., January 1, 1863; Chancellorsville, Va., May 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, P863; Kelly’s Ford, Va., June 9, 1863; Ashby’s Gap, Va., June 21, 1863; Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 3, 4, 1863; Williamsport, Md., July 12, 1863; Wap- ping Heights, Va., July 21, 1863; Culpepper, Va., October 13, 1863; Brandy Station, Va., October 13, 1863; Bristo Station, Va., October 14, 1863; Rap­pahannock Station, Va., November 7, 1863; Cross Roads, Va., November 26, 1863; Mine Run, Va., November 29, 1863; Wilderness, Va., May 5, 6, 7, 1864; Laurel Hill, Va., May 8, 1864; Po River, Va., May 10, 1864; Spottsyl- vania, Va., May 12, 1864; Ny River, Va., May 21, 1864; North Anna, Va., May 23, 1864; Jericho Mills, Va., May 24, 1864; Noel’s Turn, Va., May 26, 1864; Tolopotomy, Va., May 30, 1864; Magnolia Swamp, Va., June 1, 1864; Bethesda Church, Va., June 2, 1864; Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864.

The Fourth in three years’ service:

Fourth reorganized: