4TH INFANTRY REGIMENT VETERANS ASSOCIATION

08/30/2026

1808
The Regiment was organized during the months of May and June, 1808, with the following commissioned officers:
Colonel - John P. Boyd
Lieutenant Colonel - John Whiting
Major - James Miller
Surgeon - Josiah D. Foster
Captains - W.C. Baen, John Binney, David Byers, George W. Prescott, Stephen Ranney, Paul Wentworth
First Lieutenants - Nathaniel Adams, R.C. Barton, O.G. Barton, Alden G. Cushman, Nocoll Fosdick, Charles Fuller, Samuel Haines, Samuel Page, Josiah Snelling, Jr, William Welsh
Second Lieutenants - Samuel Borden, J.L. Eastman, Lewis Harrington, Benjamin Hill, Minor Huntington, Ebenezer Way
Ensigns - Fredrick Conklin, Timothy Gerrish, George Gooding, Abraham Hawkins, Milo Mason, Lewis Peckham, George B. Peters, Jonathan Simonds

Under this act the Regiment is reported to have been raised in and around the States of New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts, and is supposed to have been employed during the years 1808-09-10 in protecting the frontiersmen in the territories north of the Ohio river and south of the Great Lakes, as the first official notice taken of the Regiment is during the campaign of General Harrison against the Indians in the northwest.

08/30/2026

1808-09-10
The Fourth Infantry was organized in 1808, in accordance with the following act of Congress:
Act of April12, 1808
Providing for the raising, in addition to the organization at that time existing,
Five regiments of infantry, each to consist of ten companies; each of the regiments to have one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, one major, one adjutant, one quartermaster, one paymaster, (each of the three last from the subordinates of the line), one surgeon, one surgeon's mate, one sergeant major, one quartermaster sergeant, two principal musicians.
Each company of infantry to have one captain, one first lieutenant, one ensign, two cadets, four sergeants, four corporals, two musicians, and sixty-eight privates.

08/30/2026

1802
In this year the Regiment was broken up, or disbanded, to meet the requirements of the act of Congress, approved March 16, 1802, fixing the military peace establishment of the United States, which act only allowed two regiments of infantry to the army. A number of the officers were retained in other regiments, a number resigned, and the remained were discharged from the service. This act was made take affect from June 1, 1802.

1803-04-05-06-07
During these years the Regiment had no existence.

08/29/2026

1796-97-98-99-1800-01-02
The Regiment organized by the Act of May 30, 1796 was officered, in 1796, as follows:
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant - Thomas Butler
Majors - William Peters and R.B. Roberts
Surgeon - John F. Carmichael
Surgeon's Mates - Joseph Andrews and David Davies
Captains - Joseph Brock, Edward Butler, Henry De Butts, Joseph Dockerson, William Eaton, Alexander Gibson, William Freston, Robert Thomson
Lieutenants - Richard Chandler, William Clark, Peter Grayson, Robert Purdy, Campbell Smith, Benjamin Strother, Jonathan Taylor, Samuel Tinsley
Ensigns - Henry Bowyer, L.J. Dickinson, Francis Johnston, George Salmon, Thomas Swaine, John Wallington

The Regiment, during the greater part of these years served in the State of Virginia, which then required protection for its inhabitants on the frontier against Indians.

08/29/2026

It has been 231 years since this regiment was first formed as part of the United States Army under an Act of Congress.
1796 - The Fourth Regiment of Infantry, United States Army, was organized in accordance with the following act of Congress, approved May 30, 1796, but the exact date of all the companies was completed is unknown.
Act of May 30, 1796 - Fixing the military of establishment of the United States, so as to be composed, after the last of October, 1796, of:
Four regiments of infantry, each to consist one lieutenant colonel commandment, two majors, one adjutant, one paymaster, one surgeon, two surgeon's mates, two sergeant majors, two quartermasters sergeants, two musicians, and eight companies. Each company of infantry to consist of one captain, one lieutenant, one ensign, four sergeants, four corporals, two musicians, and fifty-two privates.

08/24/2026

ATTENTION Warriors
We are 59 days until the 2026 4th Infantry Regiment Reunion.
If you have not responded to the evite please do so immediately so we can have a headcount.
Dates: October 22-24, 2026.
Location Fairfax County, VA.
If you have not received an evite, please let us know, we will get one out to you immediately. Send name (first/last) and email to [email protected] or pm us here.
We have limited seating for the banquet so the earlier you respond the better chances are of getting a table. Tickets are required. Purchase your tickets at www.fouthinfantryregiment.us at the webstore (Quartermaster)
Do you want to sponsor the Reunion, we are in need of sponsors for the Reunion. Let us know if you or someone you know is willing or able to sponsor an event at the Reunion. We appreciate the support.
Also purchase our coffee/tea and 4th Infantry Regiment merchandise at https://fourthinfantryregimentquartermaster.com/
to support the Reunion. All proceeds go to support the Reunion.
Thank you.

4th Infantry Regiment Quartermaster

07/27/2026

ATTENTION Warriors:

We are less than 90 days until the 2026 4th Infantry Regiment Reunion.
If you have not responded to the evite please do so immeditely so we can have a headcount.
If you have not received an evite, please let us know, we will get one out to you immediately. Send name (first/last) and email to [email protected] or pm us here.
We have limited seating for the banquet so the earlier you respond the better chances are of getting a table. Tickets are required. Purchase your tickets at www.fouthinfantryregiment.us at the webstore (Quartermaster)
Do you want to sponsor the Reunion, we are in need of sponsors for the Reunion. Let us know if you or someone you know is willing or able to sponsor an event at the Reunion. We appreciate the support.
Also purchase our coffee/tea and 4th Infantry Regiment merchandise at https://fourthinfantryregimentquartermaster.com/
to support the Reunion. All proceeds go to support the Reunion.

Thank you.

4th Infantry Regiment Quartermaster