4th New Jersey Infantry Regiment

ActiveApril 27, 1861 to July 31, 1861
August 19, 1861 to July 9, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsFirst Battle of Bull Run (reserve)
Siege of Yorktown
Seven Days Battles
Battle of Gaines's Mill
Battle of Glendale
Battle of Malvern Hill
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of South Mountain
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
Bristoe Campaign
Mine Run Campaign
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
Battle of Fort Stevens
Battle of Fisher's Hill
Third Battle of Winchester
Battle of Cedar Creek
Third Battle of Petersburg
Appomattox Campaign
Battle of Appomattox Court House

The 4th New Jersey Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Overall, the regiment lost 5 officers and 156 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 103 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. The regiment's first commander, Colonel James H. Simpson, helped lead the 4th N.J through the hardships of the first year of campaigning.