4th Mississippi Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• 1861 - Organized
• February 6, 1862 - Fort Henry
• February 12-16, 1862 - Fort Donelson
  • February 16, 1862 - Surrendered
  • August 27, 1862 - Declared exchanged
• December 27-29, 1862 - Chickasaw Bayou
• May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
  • May 1, 1863 - Port Gibson
  • May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
    • July 4, 1863 - Surrendered at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
      • July 1863 - Paroled at Vicksburg
      • September 12, 1863 - Declared exchanged
• May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • May 19-22, 1864 - Cassville
  • May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
  • June 20, 1864 - Lattimer's Mills
  • June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
  • July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
    • July 4, 1864 - Smyrna Campground
    • July 15-17, 1864 - Chattahoochie River
    • July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
    • July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
    • July 28, 1864 - Ezra Church
    • August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
    • September 2-5, 1864 - Lovejoy's Station
• October 5, 1864 - Allatoona
• November 30, 1864 - Franklin
• December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
• March 17-April 12, 1865 - Mobile
• May 4, 1865 - Surrendered by Citronelle, Mobile County, Alabama by Lieutenant Richard Taylor (commanding the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana)

DESIGNATIONS

• February 1862 - Department #2 / Fort Henry / Drake's Brigade
• February 1862 - Department #2 / Fort Henry / Johnson's Division / Drake's Brigade
• October 1862 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
• October-December 1862 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District
• December 1862-January 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Lee's/Maury's Provisional Division / Thomas' Brigade
• January 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Lee's Command
• January-February 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Lee's Brigade
• April 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Smith's Division / Baldwin's Brigade
• April-July 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Smith's Division / Baldwin's Brigade
• December 1863-January 1864 - Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Walker's Division / Baldwin's Brigade
• January-March 1864 - Department of the Gulf / Baldwin's Brigade
• March-May 1864 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Baldwin's [old]/Sears' Brigade
• May 1864 - Army of Mississippi / Sears' Brigade
• May-July 1864 - Army of Mississippi / French's Division / Sears' Brigade
• July-December 1864 - Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / French's Division / Sears' Brigade
• March-April 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Department of the Gulf / French's Division / Sears' Brigade
• April-May 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / French's Division / Sears' Brigade

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Joseph Drake (Colonel)
• Thomas N. Adaire (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Joseph J. Gee (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Pierre S. Layton (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Thomas P. Nelson (Major)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Mississippi. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 77-78)