1775

The 4th Connecticut was first raised in 1775, in Litchfield and Hartford counties. consisting of 10 companies containing 114 members, who had all signed up for a 1 year terms. its first commander was Colonel Benjamin Hinman, and it was fairly quickly adopted into the Continental Army.
In Autumn of this year the regiment was split, 2 companies were to remain garrisoned at Fort Ticonderoga, with the remainder sent to assist Benedict Arnold in the Invasion of Quebec.

1777

The 4th was then re-organized to consist of 8 companies from New London, Hartford, and Windham Counties. Colonel John Durkee was assigned as the next commander of the regiment.
That same year it saw service in the Philadelphia Campaign (including the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Whitemarsh) ending the year in Valley Forge in Varnum’s Brigade, where it was taught the new Manual of Arms created by Baron De Steuben.

1778

The 4th Connecticut regiment would take part in the battle of Monmouth Courthouse, where their commander would be wounded in battle, along with approximately 500 of their comrades.

This Period is what the 4th Connecticut Regiment of Michigan portrays.

1779-1783

The Following Year it was re-organized again to consist of 9 companies, and. with the 2nd Company consisting of all black men. This 2nd company served until November 1782. In 1781, the regiment was again re-organized and merged with the 3rd Connecticut to form the Connecticut Brigade, which Colonel Zebulon Butler was placed in charge of. 20 of the 4th Connecticut were assigned at Yorktown to take Redoubt #10, under the command of Alexander Hamilton – a battle which took a total of 10 minutes. In 1783 it was yet again re-organized and re-designated as the Connecticut regiment, consisting of 8 companies. it was later disbanded in November of that same year, after the surrender of the British forces and the birth of the United States of America.