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Constituted 11 January 1812 in the Regular Army as the 14th Infantry
Organized in March 1812 in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania Consolidated May-October 1815 with the 18th and 20th Infantry (both constituted 11 January 1812) and the 36th and 38th Infantry (both constituted 29 January 1813) to form the 4th Infantry Consolidated in March 1869 with the 30th Infantry (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit designated as the 4th Infantry Assigned 1 October 1917 to the 3d Division Relieved 15 May 1940 from assignment to the 3d Division Assigned 1 November 1945 to the 25th Infantry Division Inactivated 31 January 1947 in Japan Relieved 1 February 1947 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division Activated 1 October 1948 at Fort Lewis, Washington Assigned 10 October 1954 to the 71st Infantry Division Relieved 15 September 1956 from assignment to the 71st Infantry Division Reorganized 15 February 1958 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System Withdrawn 17 January 1986 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System ANNEX Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 3d Battalion, 12th Infantry Organized 23 December 1865 at Fort Hamilton, New York Redesignated 7 December 1866 as the 30th Infantry Consolidated in March 1869 with the 4th Infantry and consolidated unit designated as the 4th Infantry 4th Infantry Honors Campaign Participation Credit War of 1812: Canada; Bladensburg; McHenry Mexican War: Palo Alto; Resaca de la Palma; Monterey; Vera Cruz; Cerro Gordo; Churubusco; Molino del Rey; Chapultepec; Puebla 1847; Tlaxcala 1847 Civil War: Peninsula; Manassas; Antietam; Fredericksburg; Chancellorsville; Gettysburg; Wilderness; Spotsylvania; Cold Harbor; Petersburg; Appomattox; Virginia 1863 Indian Wars: Tippecanoe; Seminoles; Black Hawk; Little Big Horn; Utes; Oregon 1855; Oregon 1856; Washington 1855; Washington 1856 War with Spain: Santiago Philippine Insurrection: Manila; Malolos; Cavite; Luzon 1899 World War I: Aisne; Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Champagne 1918 World War II: Aleutian Islands Decorations French Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star, World War I for CHAMPAGNE-MARNE AISNE-MARNE Army Superior Unit Award for 1983-1986 |
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1865:
Confederate General Joseph Johnston officially surrenders his army to General William T. Sherman at Durham Station, North Carolina.
1865: John Wilkes Booth is killed when Union soldiers track him down to a Virginia farm 12 days after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. 1865: Joseph E. Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee to Sherman. 1937: The ancient Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain is bombed by German planes. 1952: Armistice negotiations are resumed. 1971: The U.S. command in Saigon announces that the U.S. force level in Vietnam is 281,400 men, the lowest since July 1966. 1972: President Nixon, despite the ongoing communist offensive, announces that another 20,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam in May and June, reducing authorized troop strength to 49,000. |