4th Infantry Regiment (United States)
4th Infantry Regiment
4th Infantry coat of arms
Active
March, 1812-January 31,
1947; October 1, 1948-
Present.
Country
USA
Branch
Regular Army
Type
Regiment
Role
Infantry
Size
Two battalions
Garrison/HQ
1st Battalion: Hohenfels,
Germany
2nd Battalion: Fort Polk, LA
3rd Battalion: Baumholder,
Germany (July 2009)
Motto
Noli Me Tangere (Don’t Tread
on Me)
Colors
Blue and White
Engagements
Indian Wars
*Battle of Fallen Timbers
*Battle of Tippecanoe
*Creek War
*Seminole Wars
*Black Hawk War
*Rogue River Wars
*Yakima War
*Puget Sound War
War of 1812
*Siege of Detroit
*Battle of Plattsburg
Mexican War
Pig War
American Civil War
War with Spain
Philippine Insurrection
World War I
World War II
Iraq Campaign
Commanders
Notable
commanders
General William Henry
Harrison
Andrew Jackson
U.S. Grant
George Crook
George Wright
Lt. Adam J. Slemmer
2nd Lt. Allan G. Greer
Ensign William Clark
Insignia
Distinctive
Unit Insignia
U.S. Infantry Regiments
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The U.S. 4th Infantry Regiment is an in-
fantry regiment in the United States Army. It
has served in the defense of the United
States for approximately two hundred years.
History
Origins
It has been alleged that The regiment traces
its lineage to the original Fourth United
States Infantry, which was organized as the
Infantry of the Fourth Sub-Legion on Septem-
ber 4, 1792, only four years after the adop-
tion of the Federal Constitution (the Constitu-
tion became the law of the land on June 21,
1788). The Infantry of the Fourth Sub-Legion
fought at Miami Rapids in 1794. In 1796, it
was redesignated the Fourth Regiment of the
Infantry. The regiment existed for ten years,
as a youthful country experimented to obtain
a military force to its needs. Due to a reduc-
tion in the Army, the regiment was disbanded
in 1802. However, according the US Army
Center for Military History, this Fourth In-
fantry was a temporary unit with no lineal
connection to either the original permanent
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