Louisiana 1st Nelligan's Volunteer Infantry (Confederate)
25/4/61
Organized - Louisiana 1st Nelligan's Volunteer Infantry - Louisiana
6/4/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Adley H. Gladden
Brigadier GeneralAdley H. Gladden
6/4/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Daniel W. Adams
ColonelDaniel W. Adams
6/4/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Zach C. Deas
ColonelZach C. Deas
6/4/62
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
31/5/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Albert G. Blanchard
Brigadier GeneralAlbert G. Blanchard
31/5/62
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Benjamin Huger
Major GeneralBenjamin Huger
31/5/62
Battle - Seven Pines - Henrico County, Virginia
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston withdrew his army from the Virginia Peninsula toward the Confederate capital of Richmond as Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's army pursued him. By the end of May, Johnston held a defensive position seven miles east of the city on the Richmond and York River Railroad. McClellan's army facing Johnston straddled the Chickahominy River and stretched south. Capturing the initiative from his Union foe, Johnston attempted to overwhelm two Federal corps isolated south of the river. The Confed…READ MORE
9/8/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William E. Starke
Brigadier GeneralWilliam E. Starke
9/8/62
Leadership Change - Division - Major General A.P. Hill
Major GeneralA.P. Hill
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
28/8/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William E. Starke, and Colonel Leroy A. Stafford
Brigadier GeneralWilliam E. Starke
ColonelLeroy A. Stafford
28/8/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General William B. Taliaferro, and Brigadier General William E. Starke
Brigadier GeneralWilliam B. Taliaferro
Brigadier GeneralWilliam E. Starke
28/8/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General William B. Taliaferro
Brigadier GeneralWilliam B. Taliaferro
28/8/62
Battle - Second Bull Run - Prince William County, Virginia
After the early summer collapse of the Union Peninsula Campaign offensive to capture Richmond, Robert E. Lee sought to move his army north and threaten Washington DC before Union forces could regroup.READ MORE
1/9/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Leroy A. Stafford
ColonelLeroy A. Stafford
1/9/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General William E. Starke
Brigadier GeneralWilliam E. Starke
1/9/62
Battle - Chantilly - Fairfax County, Virginia
Confederate Maj. Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson hoped to cut off the Union retreat from Manassas the day after the Confederate victory at the second battle fought there. Jackson's wing of Lee's army made a wide, flanking march, screened by Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry, north and then east, to take the strategically important village of Germantown. There, Maj. Gen. John Pope's only two retreat routes to Washington - the Warrenton Pike and the Little River Turnpike - converged. On September 1st, beyond Chanti…READ MORE
17/9/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain William E. Moore, and Lieutenant Colonel Michael Nolan
CaptainWilliam E. Moore
Lieutenant ColonelMichael Nolan
17/9/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William E. Starke, Colonel Edmund Pendleton, Colonel Jesse M. Williams, and Colonel Leroy A. Stafford
Brigadier GeneralWilliam E. Starke
ColonelEdmund Pendleton
ColonelJesse M. Williams
ColonelLeroy A. Stafford
17/9/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John R. Jones, Brigadier General William E. Starke, and Colonel Andrew J. Grigsby
17/9/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Michael Nolan
Lieutenant ColonelMichael Nolan
17/9/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Jesse M. Williams
ColonelJesse M. Williams
17/9/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Leroy A. Stafford
ColonelLeroy A. Stafford
17/9/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John R. Jones
Brigadier GeneralJohn R. Jones
17/9/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General William E. Starke
Brigadier GeneralWilliam E. Starke
13/12/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Michael Nolan
Lieutenant ColonelMichael Nolan
13/12/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Edmund Pendleton
ColonelEdmund Pendleton
13/12/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General William B. Taliaferro
Brigadier GeneralWilliam B. Taliaferro
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
26/12/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Samuel R. Harrison
ColonelSamuel R. Harrison
26/12/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Stephen Dill Lee, and Major General Dabney Herndon Maury
Brigadier GeneralStephen Dill Lee
Major GeneralDabney Herndon Maury
26/12/62
Battle - Chickasaw Bayou - Warren County, Mississippi
31/12/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - undefined Jr., and Lieutenant Colonel Frederick H. Farrar
Lieutenant ColonelFrederick H. Farrar
31/12/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John G. Coltart, and Colonel John Q. Loomis
ColonelJohn G. Coltart
ColonelJohn Q. Loomis
31/12/62
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Jones M. Withers
Major GeneralJones M. Withers
31/12/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - undefined Jr.
31/12/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John Q. Loomis
ColonelJohn Q. Loomis
31/12/62
Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
After his October 1862 defeat at Perryville in Kentucky, Gen. Braxton Bragg withdrew his army into middle Tennessee and resupplied his men near Murfreesboro.READ MORE
30/4/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Edward D. Willett
CaptainEdward D. Willett
30/4/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Francis T. Nicholls, and Colonel Jesse M. Williams
Brigadier GeneralFrancis T. Nicholls
ColonelJesse M. Williams
30/4/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Raleigh E. Colston
Brigadier GeneralRaleigh E. Colston
30/4/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Francis T. Nicholls
Brigadier GeneralFrancis T. Nicholls
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
13/6/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Jesse M. Williams
ColonelJesse M. Williams
13/6/63
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Edward "Allegheny" Johnson
Major GeneralEdward "Allegheny" Johnson
13/6/63
Battle - Second Winchester - Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester County, Virginia
1/7/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Edward D. Willett, and Lieutenant Colonel Michael Nolan
CaptainEdward D. Willett
Lieutenant ColonelMichael Nolan
1/7/63
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Edward Johnson
Major GeneralEdward Johnson
1/7/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Michael Nolan
Lieutenant ColonelMichael Nolan
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
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Leroy A. Stafford, and Colonel Zebulon York
Brigadier GeneralLeroy A. Stafford
ColonelZebulon York
5/5/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Leroy A. Stafford
Brigadier GeneralLeroy A. Stafford
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
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Harry T. Hays, Colonel Jesse M. Williams, Colonel William Monaghan, and Colonel Zebulon York
8/5/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Harry T. Hays
Brigadier GeneralHarry T. Hays
8/5/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Jesse M. Williams
ColonelJesse M. Williams
8/5/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Edward Johnson
Major GeneralEdward Johnson
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
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Zebulon York
ColonelZebulon York
31/5/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General John B. Gordon
Major GeneralJohn B. Gordon
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
9/7/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Joseph Taylor
CaptainJoseph Taylor
9/7/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Zebulon York
Brigadier GeneralZebulon York
9/7/64
Battle - Monocacy - Frederick County, Maryland
After marching north down the Shenandoah Valley from Lynchburg, the Confederate army of Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early side-stepped the Federal garrison at Harpers Ferry and crossed the Potomac River at Shepherdstown into Maryland on July 5-6th, 1864. On July 9th, a makeshift Union force under Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace attempted to stop Early's invading Confederate divisions along the Monocacy River, just east of Frederick. The strategic area was near the junction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Georgetown…READ MORE
11/7/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - undefined Capt. Joseph Taylor
11/7/64
Battle - Fort Stevens - District of Columbia, DC
After his victory over Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace at the Battle of Monocacy in central Maryland on July 9th, Confederate Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early pressed his advantage and moved south toward the Union capital in Washington, DC. On July 11th, Early's exhausted Confederates reached the outskirts of Washington near Silver Spring. Skirmishers advanced to feel the fortifications that encircled the city, which at the time were manned only by Home Guards, clerks, and convalescent troops. During the night, Union reinfo…READ MORE
22/7/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain W. H. Sparks
CaptainW. H. Sparks
22/7/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Randall L. Gibson
Brigadier GeneralRandall L. Gibson
22/7/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Henry D. Clayton
Major GeneralHenry D. Clayton
22/7/64
Battle - Atlanta - Fulton County, Georgia; DeKalb County, Georgia
Despite the defeat at Peach Tree Creek, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood still had hopes of driving Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Yankees from the outskirts of Atlanta with an offensive blow. On the night of July 21, 1864, Hood ordered Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee's corps to make 15-mile night march and assault the Union left flank east of the city, held by Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson's Army of the Tennessee. Joining the attack with Hardee would be the corps of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Cheatham. Hood attac…READ MORE
31/8/64
Battle - Jonesborough - Clayton County, Georgia
By late August 1865, the city of Atlanta was not yet subdued by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's armies. A few supply lines remained open to the city supporting the army of Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood encircled there. Union cavalry raids inflicted only superficial damage, quickly repaired by the Confederates. Sherman determined that if he could destroy the Macon & Western and Atlanta & West Point Railroads to the south the Rebel army would be forced to evacuate the city. On August 25, Union infantry beg…READ MORE
19/9/64
Battle - Third Winchester - Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester, Virginia
To clear the Shenandoah River valley of Confederates, Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan moved on Winchester in mid-September 1864. Sheridan's force of over 39,000 men was more than twice the size of Maj. Gen. Jubal Early's Confederate army defending the valley. After Brig. Gen. Joseph Kershaw's division left Winchester to rejoin Robert E. Lee's army at Petersburg, Early renewed his raids on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Martinsburg in the lower valley, dispersing his four remaining infantry divisions. On Septem…READ MORE
30/11/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Henry D. Clayton Sr.
Major GeneralHenry D. Clayton Sr.
30/11/64
Battle - Franklin (1864) - Franklin, Tennessee
After allowing Maj. Gen. John Schofield's Army of the Ohio to pass him near Spring Hill, Tennessee, the previous morning, Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood led his 30,000-man Army of Tennessee to the outskirts of Franklin on November 30th. Schofield's army had constructed a strong defensive line south of the town. Hood took a position two miles south of Schofield, with open, rolling farm land between them, and prepared to attack. At 4:00 p.m., over 20,000 Confederates moved forward east and west of the Columbia Pike…READ MORE
15/12/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain James C. Stafford
CaptainJames C. Stafford
15/12/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Henry D. Clayton
Major GeneralHenry D. Clayton
15/12/64
Battle - Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee
Despite a series of defeats in the closing days of November, 1864, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood continued to drag his bloodied Army of Tennessee, approximately 30,000 strong, north towards Nashville. The city was protected by 55,000 Union soldiers, which should have precluded further offensive operations, but Hood was determined and his situation was dire. Hood reached Nashville on December 2nd and staked out a position south of the city, hoping to draw the Union forces into a costly attack. Ulys …READ MORE
25/3/65
Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Eugene Waggaman
Lieutenant ColonelEugene Waggaman
25/3/65
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Clement A. Evans
Brigadier GeneralClement A. Evans
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
9/4/65
Mustered Out - Louisiana 1st Nelligan's Volunteer Infantry - Louisiana
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