Unit Name: | 4th Regiment of Riflemen |
Dates: | 1814–1815 |
Type: | Riflemen |
Role: | Light infantry |
Size: | Regiment |
Equipment: | U.S. Model 1814 scalping knife tomahawk, |
Equipment Label: | Weapons |
Battle Honours: | War of 1812 |
Battle Honours Label: | Campaigns |
Disbanded: | March 3, 1815 |
Commander1: | James Gibson James McDonald |
Commander1 Label: | Commanders |
The 4th Regiment of Riflemen was a unit of the U.S. Army in the early nineteenth century. It was first activated in 1814 during the War of 1812 when the War Department created three additional rifle regiments based on the success of the Regiment of Riflemen. The regiment was deactivated in May 1815.
The regiment was activated on February 10, 1814. It was consolidated with the other regiments of riflemen on May 17, 1815.[1]
Regimental depots were placed in Utica, New York and western Pennsylvania.[2] Elements of the regiment participated with the 1st Regiment of Riflemen in relieving the Siege of Fort Erie[3]