4th United States Infantry
Posted to the Project on 04 Apr 08
The 4th United States Infantry was represented by four companies (C, F, H, and K) at Gettysburg. The regiment was recruited from New York City and Washington D.C. and was organized in 1815. In 1861, it was headquartered at Fort Dalles on the Columbia River in Oregon.
The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Capt. Julius W. Adams, Jr. (1840-1865), an 1861 graduate of West Point. Born in Massachusetts, he entered West Point from Lexington, Kentucky. Adams died shortly after the end of the War.
The 4th U.S. monument is located along Ayres Avenue.
4th United States Infantry
5th Corps, 2nd Division, 1st Brigade
Engaged: 179; 10 killed, 30 wounded
Monument: Ayres Avenue