4th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry

Brief History
The 4th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry was organized at Baltimore, Maryland, July 15 to September 1, 1863. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty in the Dept. of North Carolina till May, 1866. Mustered out May 4, 1866. Designation change to 76th U.S. Colored Troops, April 4, 1864. For additional history, see the Wikipedia article, 4th United States Colored Infantry Regiment.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Company A Company B Company C Company D Company E Company F Company G Company H Company I Company K

"4th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry". Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/rich/historyculture/4thusct.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-17.

National Archives

 * Approved Pension File for Sergeant Major Christian A. Fleetwood, Company G, 4th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment (SC-481187) NAID 74188045
 * Approved Pension File for Private Nelson Caliman, Company K, 4th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment (SC-925350) NAID 77826247
 * Disapproved Pension Application File for Sergeant Charles Veale, Company D, 4th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment (SO-176588) NAID 74787425

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'Union Volunteers in the Civil War' and 'United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865' (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Union Volunteers in the Civil War describes many Union sources, specifically for the Union Volunteers, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * Brigham, Alfred. Letters from Alfred Brigham to his wife, Caroline, 1860-1864. (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964),.


 * FamilySearch Wiki: Maryland in the Civil War and North Carolina in the Civil War