United States 10th Infantry (Union)
27/5/62
Battle - Hanover Court House - Hanover County, Virginia
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
30/4/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Edward G. Bush
LieutenantEdward G. Bush
30/4/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Sidney Burbank
ColonelSidney Burbank
30/4/63
Leadership Change - Division - Major General George Sykes
Major GeneralGeorge Sykes
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 - Regiment - Captain William Clinton
CaptainWilliam Clinton
1/7/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Romeyn B. Ayres
Brigadier GeneralRomeyn B. Ayres
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 - Regiment - Major Samuel B. Hayman
MajorSamuel B. Hayman
5/5/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Jacob P. Gould, and Colonel Sumner Carruth
ColonelJacob P. Gould
ColonelSumner Carruth
5/5/64
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas G. Stevenson
Brigadier GeneralThomas G. Stevenson
5/5/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Samuel B. Hayman
MajorSamuel B. Hayman
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 James Ledlie, Colonel Jacob P. Gould, and Lieutenant Colonel Stephen M. Weld Jr.
8/5/64
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas G. Stevenson, Colonel Daniel Leasure, and Major General Thomas L. Crittenden
8/5/64
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas G. Stevenson
Brigadier GeneralThomas G. Stevenson
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
13/1/65
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Edward H. Powell
Lieutenant ColonelEdward H. Powell
13/1/65
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Elias Wright
ColonelElias Wright
13/1/65
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Charles J. Paine
Brigadier GeneralCharles J. Paine
13/1/65
Battle - Second Fort Fisher - New Hanover County, North Carolina
By January 1865, Fort Fisher on the North Carolina shore was the last coastal stronghold of the Confederacy. The fort protected blockade running vessels entering and departing Wilmington, the South's last open seaport on the Atlantic coast. Maj. Gen. Alfred Terry was placed in command of a Provisional Corps from the Army of the James, and was supported by a Navy and Marine Corps force of nearly 60 vessels under Rear Adm. David D. Porter. Terry's orders were to renew operations against the fort that had fai…READ MORE
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