4th Louisiana Infantry
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- May 25, 1861 - Organized
- May 25 - Mustered into Confederate Service for 12 months at Camp Moore
- April 6-7, 1862 - Shiloh
- May 18-July 27, 1862 - Vicksburg Bombardments
- August 5, 1862 - Baton Rouge
- August 15, 1862 - Port Hudson vs. U.S.S. Essex's crews [detachment]
- February 24, 1863 - vs. U.S.S. Indianola
- April 17-May 2, 1863 - Grierson's Raid
- May-July 1863 - Siege of Port Hudson [detachment]
- July 9, 1863 - Port Hudson
- Detachment captured
- July 10-17, 1863 - Siege of Jackson
- May-September 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign - May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
- July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
- July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
- July 28, 1864 - Ezra Church
- July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
- August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
- November 30, 1864 - Franklin [in reserve]
- December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
- March 17-April 12, 1865 - Mobile
- March 27-April 8, 1865 - Spanish Fort
- November 1864-March 1865 - Field consolidation with the 30th Louisiana Infantry
- February-May 4 1865 - Field consolidation with the:
- May 4, 1865 - Surrendered at Citronelle, Mobile County, Mississippi by Lieutenant Richard Taylor, commanding the Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana
DESIGNATIONS
- Department #1 (May 1861-February 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Grand Division / 1st Corps / Mouton's Brigade (March 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Ruggles' Division / Gibson's Brigade (March-April 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Ruggles' Division / Anderson's Brigade (April-May 1862)
- Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / 2nd Sub-District (July-August 1862)
- Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / Breckinridge's Command / Ruggles' Division / Allen's Brigade (August 1862)
- Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / 1st Sub-District (August-October 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (October 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / District of East Louisiana / 3rd Military District (October 1862-January 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / District of East Louisiana / Maxey's Brigade (January-May 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / District of East Louisiana / Miles' Brigade [detachment] (May-July 1863)
- Department of the West / Loring's Division / Maxey's Brigade (May-June 1863)
- Department of the West / French's Division / Maxey's Brigade (June-July 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / French's Division / Maxey's Brigade (July-August 1863)
- Department of the Gulf / Cantey's Brigade (September-December 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Breckinridge's Division / Quarles' Brigade (December 1863-February 1864)
- Department of the Gulf / Quarles' Brigade (February-April 1864)
- District of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / Quarles' Brigade (April-May 1864)
- Army of Mississippi / Walthall's Division / Quarles' Brigade (June-July 1864)
- Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Stewart's/Clayton's Division / Gibson's Brigade (July 1864-January 1865)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / Gibson's Brigade (March-April 1865)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Gibson's Brigade (April-May 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Robert J. Barrow (Colonel)
- Henry W. Allen (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Samuel E. Hunter (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- William F. Pennington (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- E.J. Pullen (Major)
- Thomas E. Vick (Major)
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Notes
Sources
- Lambert, Samuel, A Record of the Late Fourth Louisiana Reg't
- Richards, A.P., The Saint Helena Rifles
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 73-75)
