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Wisconsin 4th Infantry (Union)

2/07/61

Organized - Wisconsin 4th Infantry - Wisconsin

21/05/63

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Halbert E. Paine

Brigadier GeneralHalbert E. Paine

21/05/63

Battle - Port Hudson - East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

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Port Hudson

In cooperation with Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's final offensive against Vicksburg, Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks's army moved against the Confederate stronghold at Port Hudson on the Mississippi River. Like Vicksburg, Port Hudson was located atop high bluffs at the river bank that commanded the river. On May 11th, Banks learned that some Confederates had been moved from Port Hudson to support the forces defending Vicksburg, so he sought to move upon the garrison before those troops could be replaced. Banks…READ MORE

7/10/64

Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Dorman L. Noggle

7/10/64

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General August V. Kautz

Brigadier GeneralAugust V. Kautz

19/06/66

Mustered Out - Wisconsin 4th Infantry - Wisconsin

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