4th Louisiana Infantry Battalion

Regimental History and Service Record

July 10, 1861 - Organized with 6 companies for the war at Richmond, Virginia
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
October 31-November 12, 1861 - Skirmishes at Cotton Hill
June 16, 1862 - Secessionville
May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
May 14, 1863 - Jackson
July 10-17, 1863 - Siege of Jackson
September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
May 14-15, 1864 - Resaca
May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
July 28, 1864 - Ezra Church
July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
February-April 1865 - Field consolidation with the 25th Louisiana Infantry
March 17-April 12, 1865 - Mobile
March 27-April 8, 1865 - Spanish Fort
April 1865 - Consolidated with the following units:
- 19th Louisiana Infantry
- 20th Louisiana Infantry
- 25th Louisiana Infantry
- Re-designated as the (Pelican) (Consolidated) Louisiana Infantry / Companies F/G

DESIGNATIONS

Army of the Kanawha (October-December 1861)
Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida (December 1861-April 1862)
Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia / Smith's Brigade (April-June 1862)
Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 2nd Military District of South Carolina (June 1862)
Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia (June 1862-January 1863)
Department of North Carolina / District of the Cape Fear / Harrison's Brigade (January-February 1863)
Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia / Taliaferro's Brigade (February-April 1863)
Department of the West / Walker's Brigade (May-June 1863)
Department of the West / Walker's Division / Wilson's Brigade (June-July 1863)
Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Walker's Division / Wilson's Brigade (July-August 1863)
Army of Tennessee / Walker's Reserve Corps / Walker's Division / Wilson's Brigade (September 1863)
Army of Tennessee / Longstreet's Corps / Walker's Division / Wilson's Brigade (September-November 1863)
Army of Tennessee / Stewart's/Clayton's Division / D.W. Adams'/Gibson's Brigade (November 1863-January 1865)
Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / Gibson's Brigade (March-April 1865)

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Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 72-73)