4th Infantry Regiment | |
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Coat of arms
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Active | 1781–1947 1948–present |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Army |
Type | Infantry |
Size | Three battalions |
Garrison/HQ | 1st Battalion – Hohenfels, Germany 2nd Battalion – Fort Polk, LA 3rd Battalion – Baumholder, Germany (July 2009) |
Nickname(s) | Warriors |
Motto(s) | "Noli Me Tangere" (Don't Tread on Me) |
Colors | Blue and white |
Engagements |
Black Hawk War
Filipino War World War II |
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Distinctive unit insignia |
U.S. Infantry Regiments | |
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Black Hawk War
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Yakima War
Puget Sound War
Filipino War
World War I
World War II
Iraq War
The U.S. 4th Infantry Regiment ("Warriors") is an infantry regiment in the United States Army. It has served the United States for approximately two hundred years.
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 4 September 1792, only four years after the adoption of the Constitution. The infantry of the Fourth Sub-Legion fought at Miami Rapids in 1794. In 1796, it was re-designated the Fourth Regiment of the Infantry. After ten years, due to a reduction in the army, the regiment was disbanded in 1802. However, according to the United States Army Center of Military History, this Fourth Infantry was a temporary unit with no lineal connection to either the original permanent 4th Infantry Regiment, or the modern 4th Infantry Regiment. See the lineage of the first 4th US Infantry below.
In 1808 Regular Army was reorganized to meet the growing threat posed by the Indian nations living on the western boundaries of the United States. The first permanent Regular Army unit to bear the designation of 4th Infantry Regiment was constituted on 12 April 1808 in the Regular Army, and organized during May–June 1808 in New England.