The 4th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment was a
cavalryregiment that served in the
Union Army during the
American Civil War. It was originally recruited as the 4th East Tennessee Cavalry.
Greenpoint and Ten Island Ford, Coosa River, July 14
Opetika, Chehaw Station, and near Auburn, July 18
Siege of Atlanta to August 5
Scouts to England Cove, TN, July 7–9 and July 12–18 (detachments)
McCook's Raid on Atlanta & West Point Railroad, July 27–31
Near Campbellton, July 28
Lovejoy's Station, July 29
Clear Creek and near Newnan, July 31
Chattahoochie River, July 31
Ordered to Decatur, AL, August 5
Near Pond Springs, AL, August 9 (detachment)
Expedition from Decatur to Moulton, August 17–20
Near Pond Springs August 18–19 (detachment)
Rousseau's pursuit of Wheeler, September 1–8
Operations against Forrest in eastern Tennessee, September 16–October 10
Action at Pulaski, September 26–27
At Nashville to December
Action at Owen's Cross Roads, December 1
Demonstration on Murfreesboro, December 5–7
Wilkinson's Cross Roads near Murfreesboro, December 7
Battle of Nashville, December 15–16
Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River, December 17–28
Hollow Tree Gap, Franklin and West Harpeth River, December 17
Franklin, December 18
Rutherford Creek, December 19
Lynnville, December 23
Anthony's Hill, December 25
Sugar Creek, December 25–26
Hillsboro, December 29
Near Leighton, December 30
Narrows, January 2, 1865
Thorn Hill, January 3
At Gravelly Springs to February
Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., thence to New Orleans, Louisiana (LA) and Mobile Bay, AL, February 11–March 23
Campaign against Mobile and its defenses, March 26-April 9
Occupation of Mobile, April 12
March to Montgomery, LA April, 13–25
Ordered to Mobile April 27
Expedition from Spring Hill, AL to Baton Rouge, LA, May 8–22
Ordered to Nashville, May 27
Garrison duty at Johnsonville to July
Casualties
The regiment lost a total of 234 men during service; 1 officer and 24 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 4 officers and 205 enlisted men died of disease or accident.[1]
^Fox, William F., Lt.-Col., 'Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865', Albany, N.Y., 1889, p. 520.
Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
Eckel, Alexander. History of the Fourth Tennessee Cavalry, U.S.A., War of the Rebellion, 1861-65 (Johnson City, TN: Overmountain Press), 2001.
ISBN1-57072-223-4 [reprint of 1929 edition]
Wiefering, Edna. Tennessee Union Soldiers Vol. 1 (Cleveland, TN: Cleveland Public Library), 1996.
Attribution
This article contains text from a text now in the
public domain:
Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.
The 4th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment was a
cavalryregiment that served in the
Union Army during the
American Civil War. It was originally recruited as the 4th East Tennessee Cavalry.
Greenpoint and Ten Island Ford, Coosa River, July 14
Opetika, Chehaw Station, and near Auburn, July 18
Siege of Atlanta to August 5
Scouts to England Cove, TN, July 7–9 and July 12–18 (detachments)
McCook's Raid on Atlanta & West Point Railroad, July 27–31
Near Campbellton, July 28
Lovejoy's Station, July 29
Clear Creek and near Newnan, July 31
Chattahoochie River, July 31
Ordered to Decatur, AL, August 5
Near Pond Springs, AL, August 9 (detachment)
Expedition from Decatur to Moulton, August 17–20
Near Pond Springs August 18–19 (detachment)
Rousseau's pursuit of Wheeler, September 1–8
Operations against Forrest in eastern Tennessee, September 16–October 10
Action at Pulaski, September 26–27
At Nashville to December
Action at Owen's Cross Roads, December 1
Demonstration on Murfreesboro, December 5–7
Wilkinson's Cross Roads near Murfreesboro, December 7
Battle of Nashville, December 15–16
Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River, December 17–28
Hollow Tree Gap, Franklin and West Harpeth River, December 17
Franklin, December 18
Rutherford Creek, December 19
Lynnville, December 23
Anthony's Hill, December 25
Sugar Creek, December 25–26
Hillsboro, December 29
Near Leighton, December 30
Narrows, January 2, 1865
Thorn Hill, January 3
At Gravelly Springs to February
Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., thence to New Orleans, Louisiana (LA) and Mobile Bay, AL, February 11–March 23
Campaign against Mobile and its defenses, March 26-April 9
Occupation of Mobile, April 12
March to Montgomery, LA April, 13–25
Ordered to Mobile April 27
Expedition from Spring Hill, AL to Baton Rouge, LA, May 8–22
Ordered to Nashville, May 27
Garrison duty at Johnsonville to July
Casualties
The regiment lost a total of 234 men during service; 1 officer and 24 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 4 officers and 205 enlisted men died of disease or accident.[1]
^Fox, William F., Lt.-Col., 'Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865', Albany, N.Y., 1889, p. 520.
Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
Eckel, Alexander. History of the Fourth Tennessee Cavalry, U.S.A., War of the Rebellion, 1861-65 (Johnson City, TN: Overmountain Press), 2001.
ISBN1-57072-223-4 [reprint of 1929 edition]
Wiefering, Edna. Tennessee Union Soldiers Vol. 1 (Cleveland, TN: Cleveland Public Library), 1996.
Attribution
This article contains text from a text now in the
public domain:
Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.