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4th Michigan Cavalry ~ the regiment that captured Jefferson Davis (fuller account of his capture on B D Pritchard's entry)
Commander
Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Dudley Pritchard Allegan, Allegan County, MI
Casualties
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.
Mustered in
- 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.
Final Deployment
- 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.