4th Maine Infantry Regiment

4th Maine Infantry Regiment
A monument to the unit at Gettysburg
Active	June 15, 1861, to July 19, 1864
Country	United States of America
Allegiance	Union
Branch	United States Army
Type	Infantry
Size	1,440
Engagements	American Civil War First Battle of Bull Run Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Battle of Cold Harbor
Commanders
Colonel	Hiram G. Berry
Insignia
1st Division, III Corps

The 4th Maine Infantry Regiment was assembled in Rockland, Maine, on By May 20, 1861, with Colonel Hiram G. Berry as its commanding officer. He received four Knox County companies, one from Searsport, Winterport, Wiscasset, and Damariscotta, and two from Belfast. In all, 1,085 men, including a regimental band, were mustered. The regiment was mustered out of service July 19, 1864, with the expiration of their term. The veteran volunteers and recruits were transferred to 19th Maine Infantry. Of the 1440 men that served in the regiment during the war 170 men were killed in action or died of wounds received in battle. An additional 443 were wounded, 137 men perished of disease, and 40 men expired in Confederate prisons.