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New York 8th Infantry (Union)

Muster
  • Muster In Date:23 Apr 1861
  • Muster Out Date:23 Apr 1863
Other
  • Aliases:
    • 1st German Rifles, New York
  • Leaders:
    • Bvt BG John C. Tidball
    • Salm
    • Brigadier General Alfred Pleasonton
    • Brigadier General Charles Devens Jr.
    • Brigadier General John Buford
    • Brigadier General Julius Stahel
    • Brigadier General Louis Blenker
    • Brigadier General Nathaniel C. McLean
    • Brigadier General Silas Casey
    • Captain Butler Fitch
    • Captain Peter C. Regan
    • Colonel Andrew Porter
    • Colonel Benjamin F. Davis
    • Colonel David Hunter
    • Colonel Felix Salm-
    • Colonel George Lyons
    • Colonel Guilford D. Bailey
    • Colonel Leopold Von Gilsa
    • Colonel Thomas C. Devin
    • Lieutenant Herman Rosenkranz
    • Major D. H. Van Valkenburgh
    • Major Edmund M. Pope
    • Major Theodore Miller Inspector of Artillery
    • Major William S. McClure
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
New Market15 May 186415 May 1864< 1 dayShenandoah County, Virginia
Fort Stedman25 Mar 186525 Mar 1865< 1 dayPetersburg, Virginia
Brandy Station9 June 18639 June 1863< 1 dayCulpeper County, Virginia
Gettysburg1 July 18633 July 18632 day(s)Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Antietam17 Sept 186217 Sept 1862< 1 daySharpsburg, Maryland
Sailor's Creek6 Apr 18656 Apr 1865< 1 dayAmelia County, Virginia; Prince Edward County, Virginia; Nottoway County, Virginia
Fredericksburg13 Dec 186213 Dec 1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Cold Harbor31 May 186412 June 186412 day(s)Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
First Bull Run21 July 186121 July 1861< 1 dayFairfax County, Virginia; Prince William County, Virginia
North Anna23 May 186426 May 18643 day(s)Caroline County, Virginia; Hanover County, Virginia
First Rappahannock Station22 Aug 186225 Aug 18623 day(s)Culpeper County, Virginia; Fauquier County, Virginia
Spotsylvania Court House8 May 186421 May 186413 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Cross Keys8 June 18628 June 1862< 1 dayRockingham County, Virginia
Appomattox Court House9 Apr 18659 Apr 1865< 1 dayAppomattox Court House, Virginia
Second Deep Bottom14 Aug 186420 Aug 18646 day(s)Henrico County, Virginia
Second Bull Run28 Aug 186230 Aug 18622 day(s)Prince William County, Virginia
First Deep Bottom27 July 186429 July 18642 day(s)Henrico County, Virginia
Williamsburg5 May 18625 May 1862< 1 dayYork County, Virginia; James City County, Virginia; Williamsburg, Virginia
Chancellorsville30 Apr 18636 May 18636 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Second Ream's Station25 Aug 186425 Aug 1864< 1 dayDinwiddie County, Virginia
Gainesville17 Aug 186417 Aug 1864< 1 dayGainesville, Florida

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