4th Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
- 4th Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 4th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry
caption=Wisconsin flag
dates= August 22, 1863 to May 2, 1866
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Cavalry
equipment=
battles= Mobile Campaign
The 4th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 4th Wisconsin Cavalry was originally organized as the 4th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Racine, Wisconsin on July 2, 1862. The regiment was redesignated the 4th Wisconsins Cavalry on August 22, 1863.
The regiment was mustered out of Federal service at Brownsville, Texas on May 2, 1866 and disbanded at Madison, Wisconsin on June 19, 1866.
Total strength and casualties
The 4th Wisconsin Cavalry initially recruited 1,047 officers and men. An additional 998 men were recruited as replacements, for a total of 2,045 men. [http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~wirockbios/Blue1907/1907-5-WICW.html The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Compiled and Published Under the Direction of J. D. Beck, Commissioner of Labor and Industrial Statistics, 1907 Democratic Printing Company, State Printer, Madison, WI 1907
The regiment suffered 11 officers and 106 enlisted men killed or died from wounds in action, and 3 officers and 311 enlisted men men who died of disease, for a total of 431 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unwicav.htm#4thcav The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.]
ee also
*List of Wisconsin Civil War Units
*4th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Notes
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionwi.htm The Civil War Archive]
* [http://www.4thwisconsin.com The Official 4th Wisconsin Website]
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