4th United States Colored Cavalry Regiment

4th United States Colored Cavalry
1st Cavalry, Corps d'Afrique
Colored troops at Port Hudson, Louisiana
ActiveSep. 12, 1863 – Mar. 20, 1866
Country United States
AllegianceUnited States Union
BranchCavalry
TypeRegiment
Engagements
Commanders
ColonelJames Grant Wilson
Lieutenant colonelJulius Alexander
Nathaniel Mitchell

The 4th United States Colored Cavalry Regiment was an African American cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment mustered in as the 1st Cavalry (Corps d'Afrique) at New Orleans on September 12, 1863 and was stationed for the entirety of its existence at various bases throughout Louisiana, mustering out at New Orleans on March 20, 1866.