Wisconsin 4th Infantry (Union)
7/2/61
Organized - Wisconsin 4th Infantry - Wisconsin
5/21/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Halbert E. Paine
Brigadier GeneralHalbert E. Paine
5/21/63
Battle - Port Hudson - East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
In cooperation with Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's final offensive against Vicksburg, Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks's army moved against the Confederate stronghold at Port Hudson on the Mississippi River. Like Vicksburg, Port Hudson was located atop high bluffs at the river bank that commanded the river. On May 11th, Banks learned that some Confederates had been moved from Port Hudson to support the forces defending Vicksburg, so he sought to move upon the garrison before those troops could be replaced. Banks…READ MORE
10/7/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Dorman L. Noggle
LieutenantDorman L. Noggle
10/7/64
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General August V. Kautz
Brigadier GeneralAugust V. Kautz
6/19/66
Mustered Out - Wisconsin 4th Infantry - Wisconsin
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