Pennsylvania 110th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
1/11/61
Organized - Pennsylvania 110th Volunteer Infantry - Pennsylvania
23/3/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General James Shields
Brigadier GeneralJames Shields
23/3/62
Battle - First Kernstown - Frederick County, Virginia, Winchester, Virginia
In the spring of 1862, relying on faulty intelligence that under-reported the strength of the Union garrison at Winchester in the lower Shenandoah Valley, Confederate Maj. Gen. 'Stonewall' Jackson marched aggressively north with his 3,800-man division. In Winchester, the 8,500 Federals were a detachment from the Army of the Potomac's Fifth Corps, and were commanded by Col. Nathan Kimball, who outnumbered Jackson more than two to one. Kimball established a defensive position on the Valley Turnpike and Midd…READ MORE
9/6/62
Leadership Change - Regiment or Other - Colonel William D. Lewis
ColonelWilliam D. Lewis
9/6/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Erastus B. Tyler
Brigadier GeneralErastus B. Tyler
9/6/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General James Shields
Brigadier GeneralJames Shields
9/6/62
Battle - Port Republic - Rockingham County, Virginia
One day after the battle at Cross Keys, Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson concentrated his division east of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River near Port Republic against the isolated brigades of Brig. Gen. Erastus Tyler and Col. Samuel S. Carroll. Confederate assaults across the bottomland of the Lewis family farm, along the River Road, spearheaded by the Stonewall Brigade, were repulsed with heavy casualties. A Confederate flank attack, including a brigade of the Louisiana Tigers, overtook an ar…READ MORE
9/8/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Samuel S. Carroll
ColonelSamuel S. Carroll
9/8/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General James B. Ricketts
Brigadier GeneralJames B. Ricketts
9/8/62
Battle - Cedar Mountain - Culpeper County, Virginia
Maj. Gen. John Pope was placed in command of the newly-constituted Army of Virginia on June 26th. Pope's orders were to defend Washington DC and Union-held northern Virginia while the Army of the Potomac under Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan battled Robert E. Lee outside of Richmond. When McClellan was defeated at the end of the Seven Days battles less than a week later, Lee turned his attention north toward Pope while McClellan regrouped his army. Pope's three army corps were arrayed in a line from the Blu…READ MORE
13/12/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Amiel W. Whipple
Brigadier GeneralAmiel W. Whipple
13/12/62
Battle - Fredericksburg - Fredericksburg, Virginia
In early November, Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside took command of the Army of the Potomac, and made immediate plans to move the army once again toward Richmond.READ MORE
30/4/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Samuel M. Bowman
ColonelSamuel M. Bowman
30/4/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Amiel W. Whipple, and Brigadier General Charles K. Graham
Brigadier GeneralAmiel W. Whipple
Brigadier GeneralCharles K. Graham
30/4/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel James Crowther
ColonelJames Crowther
30/4/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major David M. Jones
MajorDavid M. Jones
30/4/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Amiel W. Whipple
Brigadier GeneralAmiel W. Whipple
30/4/63
Battle - Chancellorsville - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
On April 27, 1863, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker launched a turning movement designed to pry Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia out of its lines at Fredericksburg.READ MORE
1/7/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel P. Régis de Trobriand
ColonelP. Régis de Trobriand
1/7/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward, and Major General David B. Birney
Brigadier GeneralJ. H. Hobart Ward
Major GeneralDavid B. Birney
1/7/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel David M. Jones
Lieutenant ColonelDavid M. Jones
1/7/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward
Brigadier GeneralJ. H. Hobart Ward
1/7/63
Battle - Gettysburg - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
In the summer of 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee launched his second invasion of the Northern states. Lee sought to capitalize on recent Confederate victories and defeat the Union army on Northern soil, which he hoped would force the Lincoln administration to negotiate for peace. Lee also sought to take the war out of the ravaged Virginia farmland and gather supplies for his Army of Northern Virginia. Using the Shenandoah Valley as cover for his army, Lee was pursued first by Union Maj. Gen. Joseph Ho…READ MORE
5/5/64
Battle - Wilderness - Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
The first battle between Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee erupted late in the morning of May 5, 1864, as Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren's Union V Corps attacked Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell's Second Corps on the Orange Turnpike southwest of the old Chancellorsville battlefield. Although Federal infantry managed to break through at several points, the Confederate line held. Fighting shifted to the south as Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill's Third Corps engaged Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock's II Corps and ele…READ MORE
8/5/64
Battle - Spotsylvania Court House - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Following the Battle of the Wilderness, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant marched the Union army south with the hope of capturing Spotsylvania Court House and preventing Robert E. Lee's army from retreating further. Lee's Confederates, however, managed to get ahead of the Federals and block the road. Fighting began on May 8th, when the Union Fifth Corps under Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren and the Sixth Corps under Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick engaged Confederate Maj. Gen. Richard Anderson's First Corps at Laurel Hi…READ MORE
31/5/64
Battle - Cold Harbor - Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
After two days of inconclusive fighting along Totopotomoy Creek northeast of Richmond, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee turned their sights on the crossroads of Cold Harbor. Roads emanating through this critical junction led to Richmond as well as supply and reinforcement sources for the Union army. On May 31, 1864, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan's cavalry captured Cold Harbor. The next day, Sheridan held the crossroads against a Confederate attack. With reinforcements from both armies arriving…READ MORE
15/6/64
Battle - Second Petersburg - Petersburg, Virginia
As the Overland Campaign concluded, the strategic goals of Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant shifted from the defeat of Robert E. Lee's army in the field to eliminating the supply and communication routes to the Confederate capital at Richmond. The city of Petersburg, 24 miles south of Richmond, was the junction point of five railroads that supplied the entire upper James River region. Grant knew Petersburg was the key to the capture of Richmond and that Lee would be forced to defend it. Marching south from Co…READ MORE
27/10/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General P. Regis De Trobriand
Brigadier GeneralP. Regis De Trobriand
27/10/64
Leadership Change - Division - undefined Bvt MG Gershom Mott
27/10/64
Battle - Boydton Plank Road - Dinwiddie County, Virginia
25/3/65
Battle - Fort Stedman - Petersburg, Virginia
By March of 1865, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's grip on the Confederate lines around Petersburg was having its desired effect. Outnumbered and weakened by disease, desertion and shortage of food and supplies, Gen. Robert E. Lee had few options. After careful study of the Union troops in his sector of the line, Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon suggested to Lee the possibility of a successful offensive strike against Grant. In front of Gordon's men, Union-held Fort Stedman seemed the best target for a Confederate a…READ MORE
6/4/65
Battle - Sailor's Creek - Amelia County, Virginia; Prince Edward County, Virginia; Nottoway County, Virginia
Five days after Robert E. Lee's men retreated from the trenches of Petersburg, cavalry under Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan effectively cut off three separate corps of Lee's army near Sailor's Creek, a tributary of the Appomattox River, while the Union Second and Sixth Corps approached from the east. On April 6th, two brigades of Andrew H. Humphrey's Second Corps overwhelmed two brigades of Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon's division as the Confederates struggled to move their supply and artillery trains across the creek…READ MORE
9/4/65
Battle - Appomattox Court House - Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Between 26,000 and 28,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered and were paroled.READ MORE
28/6/65
Mustered Out - Pennsylvania 110th Volunteer Infantry - Pennsylvania
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