United States 4th Mounted Light Artillery (Union)
1820-12-31
Organized - United States 4th Mounted Light Artillery - United States
1861-07-02
Battle - Hoke's Run - Berkeley County, West Virginia
1861-07-11
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Albion P. Howe
CaptainAlbion P. Howe
1861-07-11
Battle - Rich Mountain - Randolph County, Virginia
Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan assumed command of Union forces in western Virginia in June 1861. After their defeat by McClellan at Philippi, Confederate troops under the command of Brig. Gen. Robert S. Garnett had fortified two key mountain passes. The one furthest south, Camp Garnett, consisted of earth and log entrenchments overlooking the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike at Rich Mountain, just west of Beverly. On June 27th, McClellan moved his brigades of Ohio and Indiana soldiers from Clarksburg south aga…READ MORE
1861-09-12
Battle - Cheat Mountain - Pochahontas County, West Virginia; Randolph County, West Virginia
1862-03-23
Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Philip Daum
Lieutenant ColonelPhilip Daum
1862-03-23
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General James Shields, and Colonel Nathan Kimball
Brigadier GeneralJames Shields
ColonelNathan Kimball
1862-03-23
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General James Shields
Brigadier GeneralJames Shields
1862-03-23
Battle - First Kernstown - Frederick County, Virginia, Winchester, Virginia
In the spring of 1862, relying on faulty intelligence that under-reported the strength of the Union garrison at Winchester in the lower Shenandoah Valley, Confederate Maj. Gen. 'Stonewall' Jackson marched aggressively north with his 3,800-man division. In Winchester, the 8,500 Federals were a detachment from the Army of the Potomac's Fifth Corps, and were commanded by Col. Nathan Kimball, who outnumbered Jackson more than two to one. Kimball established a defensive position on the Valley Turnpike and Midd…READ MORE
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Regiment - undefined Batteries H and M 4th U.S. Artillery, and Captain John Mendenhall
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas L. Crittenden
Brigadier GeneralThomas L. Crittenden
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Regiment - undefined Batteries H and M 4th U.S. Artillery
1862-04-06
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
1862-04-29
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain John Mendenhall
CaptainJohn Mendenhall
1862-04-29
Leadership Change - Division - Major General William "Bull" Nelson
Major GeneralWilliam "Bull" Nelson
1862-04-29
Battle - Siege of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Union forces had captured the railroad junction and important transportation center at Corinth, Mississippi in the spring of 1862 after their victory at Shiloh. After the Battle of Iuka in September, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate Army of the West marched to Ripley, Mississippi where it joined Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn's Army of West Tennessee. Van Dorn took command of the combined force numbering about 22,000 men. The Rebels marched southeast toward Corinth, hoping to recapture it and then sweep int…READ MORE
1862-05-25
Battle - First Winchester - Winchester, Virginia
Part of Jackson's Valley Campaign, the First Battle of Winchester took place May 24, 1862. The battle was huge victory for Jackson's troops and disrupted the Union's plans to take Richmond.READ MORE
1862-05-31
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain George W. Hazzard
CaptainGeorge W. Hazzard
1862-05-31
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain George W. Hazzard
CaptainGeorge W. Hazzard
1862-05-31
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Israel B. Richardson
Brigadier GeneralIsrael B. Richardson
1862-05-31
Battle - Seven Pines - Henrico County, Virginia
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston withdrew his army from the Virginia Peninsula toward the Confederate capital of Richmond as Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's army pursued him. By the end of May, Johnston held a defensive position seven miles east of the city on the Richmond and York River Railroad. McClellan's army facing Johnston straddled the Chickahominy River and stretched south. Capturing the initiative from his Union foe, Johnston attempted to overwhelm two Federal corps isolated south of the river. The Confed…READ MORE
1862-06-09
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General James Shields
Brigadier GeneralJames Shields
1862-06-09
Battle - Port Republic - Rockingham County, Virginia
One day after the battle at Cross Keys, Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson concentrated his division east of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River near Port Republic against the isolated brigades of Brig. Gen. Erastus Tyler and Col. Samuel S. Carroll. Confederate assaults across the bottomland of the Lewis family farm, along the River Road, spearheaded by the Stonewall Brigade, were repulsed with heavy casualties. A Confederate flank attack, including a brigade of the Louisiana Tigers, overtook an ar…READ MORE
1862-08-09
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Edward D, and undefined Muhlenberg
LieutenantEdward D
1862-08-09
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain Clermont L. Best
CaptainClermont L. Best
1862-08-09
Battle - Cedar Mountain - Culpeper County, Virginia
Maj. Gen. John Pope was placed in command of the newly-constituted Army of Virginia on June 26th. Pope's orders were to defend Washington DC and Union-held northern Virginia while the Army of the Potomac under Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan battled Robert E. Lee outside of Richmond. When McClellan was defeated at the end of the Seven Days battles less than a week later, Lee turned his attention north toward Pope while McClellan regrouped his army. Pope's three army corps were arrayed in a line from the Blu…READ MORE
1862-09-17
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Joseph B. Campbell, and Lieutenant James Stewart
CaptainJoseph B. Campbell
LieutenantJames Stewart
1862-09-17
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain J. Albert Monroe
CaptainJ. Albert Monroe
1862-09-17
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Abner Doubleday
Brigadier GeneralAbner Doubleday
1862-09-17
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Joseph B. Campbell
CaptainJoseph B. Campbell
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Regiment - undefined Bvt, and Lieutenant Samuel Canby
LieutenantSamuel Canby
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William Grose
ColonelWilliam Grose
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Division - undefined 27 guns k-0 w-0 m-0 = 0, undefined 2nd Kentucky Cavalry : Ltc Thomas Cochran, Brigadier General William Sooy Smith, and undefined Escort:
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Division - undefined 2nd Kentucky Cavalry : Ltc Thomas Cochran
1862-10-08
Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky
On October 7, 1862, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio, in pursuit of Gen Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi, approached the crossroads town of Perryville, Kentucky. Union forces skirmished with Confederates on the Springfield Pike before heavy fighting began on Peters Hill. The next day, fighting continued as a Union division advanced up the pike. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flank and forced it to fall back. When more Confederates joined the fray, the Union line ma…READ MORE
1862-12-13
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Evan Thomas
LieutenantEvan Thomas
1862-12-13
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Winfield Scott Hancock
Major GeneralWinfield Scott Hancock
1862-12-13
Battle - Fredericksburg - Fredericksburg, Virginia
In early November, Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside took command of the Army of the Potomac, and made immediate plans to move the army once again toward Richmond.READ MORE
1862-12-31
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Charles C. Parsons
LieutenantCharles C. Parsons
1862-12-31
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain William E. Standart
CaptainWilliam E. Standart
1862-12-31
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John M. Palmer
Brigadier GeneralJohn M. Palmer
1862-12-31
Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
After his October 1862 defeat at Perryville in Kentucky, Gen. Braxton Bragg withdrew his army into middle Tennessee and resupplied his men near Murfreesboro.READ MORE
1863-04-11
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Frederick M. Follet
CaptainFrederick M. Follet
1863-04-11
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain Frederick M. Follet
CaptainFrederick M. Follet
1863-04-11
Battle - Siege of Suffolk - Suffolk, Virginia
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant James Stewart
LieutenantJames Stewart
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain John A. Reynolds
CaptainJohn A. Reynolds
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General James S. Wadsworth
Brigadier GeneralJames S. Wadsworth
1863-04-30
Battle - Chancellorsville - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
On April 27, 1863, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker launched a turning movement designed to pry Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia out of its lines at Fredericksburg.READ MORE
1863-06-09
Battle - Brandy Station - Culpeper County, Virginia
> *As we emerged from the woods into an open space or field where our mounted skirmishers were deployed, it was clearly discovered that our troops were confronted with a heavy line of infantry, who, with weapons of a longer range than that of our carbines, were dismounting our men at a fearful rate, whilst they were unable to inflict any punishment upon the enemy. As Colonel Devin approached the skirmish line, he at once became the target for the Rebel sharp shooters and, the way the minnie balls were whiz…READ MORE
1863-07-01
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant James Davison, and Lieutenant James Stewart
LieutenantJames Davison
LieutenantJames Stewart
1863-07-01
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Charles S. Wainwright
ColonelCharles S. Wainwright
1863-07-01
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant James Stewart
LieutenantJames Stewart
1863-07-01
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant James Davison
LieutenantJames Davison
1863-07-01
Battle - Gettysburg - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
In the summer of 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee launched his second invasion of the Northern states. Lee sought to capitalize on recent Confederate victories and defeat the Union army on Northern soil, which he hoped would force the Lincoln administration to negotiate for peace. Lee also sought to take the war out of the ravaged Virginia farmland and gather supplies for his Army of Northern Virginia. Using the Shenandoah Valley as cover for his army, Lee was pursued first by Union Maj. Gen. Joseph Ho…READ MORE
1863-09-19
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Harry C. Cushing
LieutenantHarry C. Cushing
1863-09-19
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain William E. Standart
CaptainWilliam E. Standart
1863-09-19
Leadership Change - Division - Major General John M. Palmer
Major GeneralJohn M. Palmer
1863-09-19
Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia
After the successful Tullahoma Campaign, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans continued the Union offensive, aiming to force Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate army out of Chattanooga. Through a series of skillful marches towards the Confederate-held city, Rosecrans forced Bragg out of Chattanooga and into Georgia. Determined to reoccupy the city, Bragg followed the Federals north, brushing with Rosecrans' army at Davis' Cross Roads. While they marched on September 18th, his cavalry and infantry skirmished with Un…READ MORE
1864-05-31
Battle - Cold Harbor - Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
After two days of inconclusive fighting along Totopotomoy Creek northeast of Richmond, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee turned their sights on the crossroads of Cold Harbor. Roads emanating through this critical junction led to Richmond as well as supply and reinforcement sources for the Union army. On May 31, 1864, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan's cavalry captured Cold Harbor. The next day, Sheridan held the crossroads against a Confederate attack. With reinforcements from both armies arriving…READ MORE
1864-07-11
Leadership Change - Regiment - undefined Jr., and Lieutenant Rufus King
LieutenantRufus King
1864-07-11
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel James M. Warner
ColonelJames M. Warner
1864-07-11
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Martin D. Hardin
Brigadier GeneralMartin D. Hardin
1864-07-11
Battle - Fort Stevens - District of Columbia, DC
After his victory over Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace at the Battle of Monocacy in central Maryland on July 9th, Confederate Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early pressed his advantage and moved south toward the Union capital in Washington, DC. On July 11th, Early's exhausted Confederates reached the outskirts of Washington near Silver Spring. Skirmishers advanced to feel the fortifications that encircled the city, which at the time were manned only by Home Guards, clerks, and convalescent troops. During the night, Union reinfo…READ MORE
1864-09-20
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Richard H. Jackson
ColonelRichard H. Jackson
1864-09-20
Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia
1864-10-07
Battle - Darbytown and New Market Roads - Henrico County, Virginia
1864-10-27
Leadership Change - Division - undefined Bvt MG Gershom Mott
1864-10-27
Battle - Boydton Plank Road - Dinwiddie County, Virginia
1864-11-30
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Samuel Canby
LieutenantSamuel Canby
1864-11-30
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain Lyman Bridges
CaptainLyman Bridges
1864-11-30
Battle - Franklin (1864) - Franklin, Tennessee
After allowing Maj. Gen. John Schofield's Army of the Ohio to pass him near Spring Hill, Tennessee, the previous morning, Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood led his 30,000-man Army of Tennessee to the outskirts of Franklin on November 30th. Schofield's army had constructed a strong defensive line south of the town. Hood took a position two miles south of Schofield, with open, rolling farm land between them, and prepared to attack. At 4:00 p.m., over 20,000 Confederates moved forward east and west of the Columbia Pike…READ MORE
1864-12-15
Leadership Change - Division - Major Wilbur F. Goodspeed
MajorWilbur F. Goodspeed
1864-12-15
Battle - Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee
Despite a series of defeats in the closing days of November, 1864, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood continued to drag his bloodied Army of Tennessee, approximately 30,000 strong, north towards Nashville. The city was protected by 55,000 Union soldiers, which should have precluded further offensive operations, but Hood was determined and his situation was dire. Hood reached Nashville on December 2nd and staked out a position south of the city, hoping to draw the Union forces into a costly attack. Ulys…READ MORE
1865-04-09
Battle - Appomattox Court House - Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Between 26,000 and 28,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered and were paroled.READ MORE
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