H 4th Infantry Has Historical Record
(This is the final article in a
series of five telling about the
Fourth Infantry regiment.)
By Cpl. Allen Merritt
(Army Correspondent)
Headquarters, Alaskan De
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sets a member of the regiment
apart from other soldiers. Per
haps this can be attributed to
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the regiment’s great history and
traditions.
The regiment was organized
141 years ago as the Infantry
of the Fourth Sub-Legion, and
has figured prominently in every
war in which the United States
has been involved with the ex
ception of one, the Revolution
ary War.
Out of its ranks have come
some of the most renowned mil
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itary figures and statesmen in
American history. There were
Zachary Taylor and Ulysses S.
Giant, presidents of the United
States. Then there were Phillip
H. Sheridan and George Cook,
famous for their part in the Ci
vil War, and George Wright,
who gained fame during the
Indian wars in the West, and
for whom Fort George Wright,
Wash., was named. There were
many others.
The Fourth Infantry, in 1899,
became the first U S. Army
unit to cross the Atlantic ocean,
except for a small detachment of
artillery serving with the Navy
during the Algerian War. The
jPhillipine Insurrection had
reached serious proportions, and
the regiment sailed aboard the
transport Grant from Brooklyn
to Manila, by way of the Sue*
Canal
Wearing or a red breast cord
'for members of llie regiment's
baud was authorized after an
incident in the- Mexican War.
During the Battle of Monterey,
in 1846, members of the band
threw aside their instruments
and joined in the battle. They
captur. d a Mexican field battery
and turned the guns on the flee
ing enemy.
In 1817 the regiment marched
on the independent. Spanish
controlled town of Pensacola,
Fla. It was claimed that Span
ish citizens and officials of the
town were abetting the Seminole
Indians in their war against the
Americans. After a short but
fierce campaign, the town was
taken.
The regiment played an ac
tive role in the campaign of
1841-42, in which the Seminole
wars were ended with the cap
ture of the Indian chief Halleck
Tustemuggee and occupation of
his most important village.
During the Indian wars, one
party of 100 men of the Fourth,
under command of Maj. Francis
L. Dade, was massacred when it
was sent on an expedition to re
lieve the Army garrison at Fort
King, cut off by roaming bands
of Indians. The entire force died
except for three privates who,
although severely wounded,
reached Fort Brooks, Fla., to
report the massacre
In the thick of the fighting at
many of the major battles of the
Civil War, the regiment suffered
heavy casualties, and in June,
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