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Wisconsin 4th Infantry (Union)

02/07/1861

Organized - Wisconsin 4th Infantry - Wisconsin

21/05/1863

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Halbert E. Paine

Brigadier GeneralHalbert E. Paine

21/05/1863

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

Port Hudson
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

07/10/1864

Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Dorman L. Noggle

07/10/1864

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General August V. Kautz

Brigadier GeneralAugust V. Kautz

19/06/1866

Mustered Out - Wisconsin 4th Infantry - Wisconsin

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