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'''4th Michigan Cavalry Regiment''' was a ] of ] in the ] during the ] fighting in the western front as part of the Army of the Cumberland. It was noted as being the regiment that captured the fleeing ], ], as the Confederacy collapsed in the spring of 1865.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865 v.34|last=Turner|first=George H.|publisher=Ihling Bros. & Everard|year=1900|location=Kalamazoo, Michigan|pages=5}}</ref>


⚫ ==Service==
Organized at Detroit, Mich., and mustered in August 28, 1862. Left State for Louisville, Ky., September 26. Attached to 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to November, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to July, 1865.
The regiment was organized at ], ], and mustered in on August 29, 1862, under the command of Colonel Robert Horatio George Minty of Jackson, Michigan, Lieutenant Colonel of the 3rd Michigan Cavalry Division.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.migenweb.org/michiganinthewar/cavalry/4thcav.htm|title=4th Regiment Michigan Cavalry}}</ref>


Regimental staff included ] ] of ], Major Josiah B. Park of Ovid, Major William H. Dickinson of Grand Rapids, Major Horace Gray of Grosse Ile,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FtIeAABNh-MC&q=horace+gray+1846&pg=PT57|title=Grosse Ile|date=15 August 2007|isbn=9781439618684}}</ref> Surgeon George W. Fish of Flint, Assistant Surgeon John H. Bacon of Lansing, Adjutant Joseph W. Huston of Paw Paw, Quartermaster Walter C. Arthur of Detroit, Quartermaster Chauncey C. Douglass of Grand Rapids and Commissary Edwin H. Porter of Kalamazoo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.migenweb.org/michiganinthewar/cavalry/4cava.htm|title=4th Michigan Cavalry}}</ref>
==Commander==
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Allegan, Allegan County, MI


Among the men who served in the 4th Michigan Cavalry was ], who after the war became a well known pharmacist and the developer of ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suvcw.org/mollus/pcinc/jvernor.htm|title=MOLLUS--Commander-in-Chief Mr. James Vernor Jr.}}</ref> Another early recruit was future Michigan politician ].
⚫ ==Service==

Advance on Stanford, Ky., October 10-14, 1862. Action at Stanford October 14. March to Gallatin, Tenn., November 1-8. Cumberland River, near Gallatin, November 8. Lebanon November 11. Franklin Pike, near Hollow Tree Gap, December 4. Reconnaissance from Nashville to Trenton December 11-12. Wilson's Creek Pike December 11. Franklin December 12. Near Murfreesboro December 15. Reconnaissance from Rural Hill December 20. Wilson's Creek Pike December 21 (Cos. "A" and "B"). Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Lavergne December 26-27. Stewart's Creek Bridge, Jefferson Pike, December 27 (Cos. "B," "E," "H" and "L"). Battle of Stone River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Overall's Creek December 31. Lavergne and Stewart's Creek January 1 (Cos. "A," "D." "E" and "G"). Lytle's Creek January 5, 1863. Reconnaissance to Harpeth River and Cumberland Shoals January 13-19. Woodbury January 24. Unionville and Rover January 31. Expedition to Franklin January 31-February 13. Rover February 13. Manchester Pike February 22 (Detachment). Unionville and Rover March 4. Expedition toward Columbia March 4-14. Thompson's Station March 9. Rutherford Creek March 10-11. Expedition from Murfreesboro to Auburn, Liberty, Snow Hill, etc., April 2-6. Snow Hill, Woodbury and Liberty April 3. Franklin April 10. Expedition to McMinnville April 20-30. Hickory Creek April 21. Expedition to Middleton May 21-22. Middleton May 22. Near Murfreesboro June 3. Scout on Middleton and Eaglesville Pike June 10. Scout on Salem Pike June 12. Expedition to Lebanon June 15-17. Lebanon June 16. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Fosterville and Guy's Gap June 27. Shelbyville June 27. Reconnaissance to Rock Island Ferry August 4-5. Sparta August 9. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Calf Killer River August 17. Pea Vine Bridge and Reed's Bridge September 18. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Rossville Gap September 21. Operations against Wheeler and Roddy September 30-October 17. McMinnville October 4. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Raid on East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad November 24-27. Charleston and Cleveland November 26. March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8. On courier duty between Headquarters of General Grant and General Burnside during December. Cleveland December 22 (Detachment). Scout from Rossville toward Dalton, Ga., January 21-23, 1864. Near Dalton January 22. Ringgold, Ga., February 18. Demonstrations on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27. Tunnel Hill and near Dalton February 23. Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Stone Church, near Catoosa Platform, February 27. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Tanner's Bridge May 15. Near Rome May 15. Arundel Creek and Floyd's Springs May 16. Near Ringston May 18. Near Dallas May 24. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Big Shanty June 9. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. McAffee's Cross Roads June 11. Noonday Creek June 20. Powder Springs or Lattimer's Mills June 20. Noonday creek June 27. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Tunnel Hill June 28. On line of Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Rottenwood Creek July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Flint Hill Church July 20. Garrard's Raid to Covington July 22-24. Garrard's Raid to South River July 27-31. Flat Rock Bridge July 28. Siege of Atlanta August 1-16. Kilpatrick's Raid around Atlanta August 18-22. Red Oak August 19. Flint River and Jonesboro August 19. Lovejoy Station August 20. Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2. Sandtown August 29. Rosswell September 28. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Lost Mountain October 4-7. New Hope Church October 5. Dallas October 7. Near Rome October 10-11. Narrows October 11. Coosaville Road, near Rome, October 13. Little River October 20. Blue Pond and Leesburg October 21. Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., October 26; thence to Louisville, Ky., to refit. At Louisville until December 28. March from Louisville, Ky., to Gravelly Springs, Ala., December 28, 1864, to January 25, 1865, and duty there until March --. Wilson's Raid from Chickasaw, Ala., to Macon, Ga., March 22-April 24. Selma, Ala., April 2. Montgomery April 12, Pleasant Hill and Double Bridges April 18. Capture of Macon April 20. Pursuit and capture of Jeff Davis at Irwinsville, Ga., May 10 (Detachment). Duty at Macon and Nashville until July. Mustered out July 1, 1865.
After training and drilling, it left the state with an enrolment of 1,233 officers and men on September 26, 1862, for duty in ]. It saw its first engagement at Stanford Kentucky, fighting the forces of Confederate General John Morgan,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Record of service of Michigan volunteers in the civil war, 1861-1865. v.34|last=Turner|first=George H.|publisher=Ihling Bros. & Everard|year=1900|location=Kalamazoo, Michigan|pages=1, 2}}</ref> attached to the 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, ] until November 1862. Other assignments during the war included:
*1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, ], to January, 1863.
*1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863.
*2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to November, 1863.
*1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to November 1864.
*1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, ], to November 1864.
*2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division of Mississippi, to July 1865.

The 4th Michigan Cavalry fought alongside the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, the 4th United States Cavalry and the Chicago Board of Trade Battery as part of Colonel Minty's Sabre Brigade for much of the war.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x4YpAgAAQBAJ&q=minty+sabre+brigade&pg=PA151|title=Father Abraham's Children|isbn=9780814339589|last1=Woodford|first1=Frank B.|date=15 February 2014}}</ref> These units fought at Murfreesboro, Stones River, Shelbyville, Reed's Bridge, Chickamauga, Noonday Creek, Atlanta, Kilpatrick Raid and Selma.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmicav.htm|title=History - Michigan Cavalry}}</ref>

The 4th Michigan Cavalry was involved in the capture of ], on April 20, 1865, along with Col. ] and the ]. Subsequently, a detachment of the regiment participated in the pursuit and capture of Jefferson Davis at ], on May 10. Among the troopers credited with playing a key role in identifying and capturing Davis were ] and ] and ] ] who secured possession of Jeff Davis (Jefferson Davis) spurs. The spurs were kept in his possession for many years until a family member donated them to a museum in Michigan, which transferred the spurs to the Jefferson Davis collection. Also involved in the capture of Davis was Corporal John William Bowles of Company M.

The 4th was assigned to routine duty at Macon and then at ], until the end of June. The regiment mustered out on July 1, 1865.


==Casualties== ==Casualties==
The initial strength of the regiment was 1,233. During its term of service the regiment gained 984 troops, for a total of 2,217 men.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.civilwarindex.com/armymi/4th_mi_cavalry.html|title=Civil War Index - 4th Michigan Cavalry in the American Civil War}}</ref> Of that number, 3 officers and 48 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded in battle, and 2 officers and 341 enlisted men perished from disease.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 48 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 341 Enlisted men by disease. Total 394.

George Hiscock was a member of Company B, and the oldest man to enlist at the age of 36. He died on June 23, 1864, from disease, and is buried in Chattanooga, TN.

== See also ==
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==References==
*''The Life and Times of General B. D. Pritchard'' by James J. Green (Allegan: Allegan County Historical Society, 1979)
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<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=19R2AAAAMAAJ|title=Minty and the Cavalry|last1=Vale|first1=Joseph G.|year=1886}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mruddy/Chicka.htm|title=CAPTAIN HENRY ALBERT POTTER}}</ref>

==Notes==
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4th Michigan Cavalry Regiment
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ActiveAugust 29, 1862, to July 1, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchCavalry
Military unit

4th Michigan Cavalry Regiment was a regiment of cavalry in the Union Army during the American Civil War fighting in the western front as part of the Army of the Cumberland. It was noted as being the regiment that captured the fleeing President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, as the Confederacy collapsed in the spring of 1865.

Service

The regiment was organized at Detroit, Michigan, and mustered in on August 29, 1862, under the command of Colonel Robert Horatio George Minty of Jackson, Michigan, Lieutenant Colonel of the 3rd Michigan Cavalry Division.

Regimental staff included Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Dudley Pritchard of Allegan, Michigan, Major Josiah B. Park of Ovid, Major William H. Dickinson of Grand Rapids, Major Horace Gray of Grosse Ile, Surgeon George W. Fish of Flint, Assistant Surgeon John H. Bacon of Lansing, Adjutant Joseph W. Huston of Paw Paw, Quartermaster Walter C. Arthur of Detroit, Quartermaster Chauncey C. Douglass of Grand Rapids and Commissary Edwin H. Porter of Kalamazoo.

Among the men who served in the 4th Michigan Cavalry was James Vernor, Sr., who after the war became a well known pharmacist and the developer of Vernor's Ginger Ale. Another early recruit was future Michigan politician Levi T. Griffin.

After training and drilling, it left the state with an enrolment of 1,233 officers and men on September 26, 1862, for duty in Louisville, Kentucky. It saw its first engagement at Stanford Kentucky, fighting the forces of Confederate General John Morgan, attached to the 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Ohio until November 1862. Other assignments during the war included:

  • 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863.
  • 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863.
  • 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to November, 1863.
  • 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to November 1864.
  • 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, Military Division of Mississippi, to November 1864.
  • 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division of Mississippi, to July 1865.

The 4th Michigan Cavalry fought alongside the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, the 4th United States Cavalry and the Chicago Board of Trade Battery as part of Colonel Minty's Sabre Brigade for much of the war. These units fought at Murfreesboro, Stones River, Shelbyville, Reed's Bridge, Chickamauga, Noonday Creek, Atlanta, Kilpatrick Raid and Selma.

The 4th Michigan Cavalry was involved in the capture of Macon, Georgia, on April 20, 1865, along with Col. Henry Harnden and the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry. Subsequently, a detachment of the regiment participated in the pursuit and capture of Jefferson Davis at Irwinville, Georgia, on May 10. Among the troopers credited with playing a key role in identifying and capturing Davis were George Munger and Andrew Bee and Corporal Baxter B. Bennett who secured possession of Jeff Davis (Jefferson Davis) spurs. The spurs were kept in his possession for many years until a family member donated them to a museum in Michigan, which transferred the spurs to the Jefferson Davis collection. Also involved in the capture of Davis was Corporal John William Bowles of Company M.

The 4th was assigned to routine duty at Macon and then at Nashville, Tennessee, until the end of June. The regiment mustered out on July 1, 1865.

Casualties

The initial strength of the regiment was 1,233. During its term of service the regiment gained 984 troops, for a total of 2,217 men. Of that number, 3 officers and 48 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded in battle, and 2 officers and 341 enlisted men perished from disease.

George Hiscock was a member of Company B, and the oldest man to enlist at the age of 36. He died on June 23, 1864, from disease, and is buried in Chattanooga, TN.

See also

References

Notes

  1. Turner, George H. (1900). Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865 v.34. Kalamazoo, Michigan: Ihling Bros. & Everard. p. 5.
  2. "4th Regiment Michigan Cavalry".
  3. Grosse Ile. 15 August 2007. ISBN 9781439618684.
  4. "4th Michigan Cavalry".
  5. "MOLLUS--Commander-in-Chief Mr. James Vernor Jr".
  6. Turner, George H. (1900). Record of service of Michigan volunteers in the civil war, 1861-1865. v.34. Kalamazoo, Michigan: Ihling Bros. & Everard. pp. 1, 2.
  7. Woodford, Frank B. (15 February 2014). Father Abraham's Children. ISBN 9780814339589.
  8. "History - Michigan Cavalry".
  9. "Civil War Index - 4th Michigan Cavalry in the American Civil War".
  10. "Fourth Michigan Cavalry (Regimental) Battle Flag".
  11. Vale, Joseph G. (1886). Minty and the Cavalry.
  12. "CAPTAIN HENRY ALBERT POTTER".
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