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Georgia 9th Infantry (Confederate)

11/6/61

Organized - Georgia 9th Infantry - Georgia

21/10/61

Battle - Ball's Bluff - Loudoun County, Virginia

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Ball's Bluff

On the evening of October 20, 1861, Union army commander George B. McClellan ordered Gen. Charles Stone to send a scouting party across the Potomac River to identify the positions of Confederate Col. Nathan Evans's troops near Leesburg. In the darkness the party's inexperienced leader, Capt. Chase Philbrick, mistook a line of trees for a line of tents, and reported that he had stumbled across an unguarded Confederate camp. Early the next day, Col. Charles Devens was sent across the river to attack the ca…READ MORE

5/4/62

Battle - Siege of Yorktown (1862) - York County, Virginia; Newport News, Virginia

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Siege of Yorktown (1862)

Most of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's army was not on the peninsula on April 4th when Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan departed Fortress Monroe on his Peninsula Campaign. The only force opposing the Yankee advance up the peninsula toward the Confederate capital at Richmond was Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder's small force of two divisions at Yorktown behind the Warwick River. Magruder's deceptive theatrics, conspicuously parading his men back and forth behind his defenses, convinced the Federals that his works were s…READ MORE

31/5/62

Battle - Seven Pines - Henrico County, Virginia

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Seven Pines

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

18/6/62

Battle - Fair Oaks, Virginia

1/7/62

Battle - Malvern Hill - Henrico County, Virginia

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Malvern Hill

On June 30th, the retreating Federal Army of the Potomac finally stopped at the James River at the end of seven days of fighting outside of Richmond.READ MORE

28/8/62

Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Benjamin Beck

28/8/62

Battle - Thoroughfare Gap - Fauquier County, Virginia; Prince William County, Virginia

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Thoroughfare Gap

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. His trusted and highly capable "wing" commanders, Maj. Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson and Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet, brought Lee's army within 35 miles of the Union capital by the end of August. Jackson waited for the arriving Union army near Manassas. Longstreet, trailing Jackson by a day, met the Union divisi…READ MORE

28/8/62

Battle - Second Bull Run - Prince William County, Virginia

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Second Bull Run

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

17/9/62

Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel John C. L. Mounger

Lieutenant ColonelJohn C. L. Mounger

17/9/62

Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel John C. L. Mounger

Lieutenant ColonelJohn C. L. Mounger

17/9/62

Battle - Antietam - Sharpsburg, Maryland

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Antietam

The Army of the Potomac, under the command of Maj. Gen. George McClellan, mounted a series of powerful assaults against General Robert E. Lee's forces along Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17th, 1862.READ MORE

8/11/62

Battle - Rappahannock Bridge, Virginia

13/12/62

Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel John C. Mounger

Lieutenant ColonelJohn C. Mounger

13/12/62

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General George T. Anderson

Brigadier GeneralGeorge T. Anderson

13/12/62

Leadership Change - Division - Major General John B. Hood

Major GeneralJohn B. Hood

13/12/62

Battle - Fredericksburg - Fredericksburg, Virginia

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Fredericksburg

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

11/4/63

Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel John C. Mounger

11/4/63

Battle - Siege of Suffolk - Suffolk, Virginia

21/6/63

Battle - Upperville - Loudoun County, Virginia

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Upperville

On June 21st, Union cavalry made a another determined effort to pierce Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry screen of Robert E. Lee's invading army as it moved north. Two days after skirmishing with the Union cavalry brigade of Col. J. Irvin Gregg in and around Middleburg, Brig. Gens. Wade Hampton and Beverly Robertson's brigades made a stand and beat back Brig. Gen. David McM. Gregg's division near a stone bridge over Goose Creek, four miles east of Upperville. Gregg called for infantry support, and received…READ MORE

1/7/63

Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain George Hillyer, Lieutenant Colonel John C. Mounger, and Major William M. Jones

CaptainGeorge Hillyer

Lieutenant ColonelJohn C. Mounger

MajorWilliam M. Jones

1/7/63

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General George T. Anderson, and Lieutenant Colonel William Luffman

Brigadier GeneralGeorge T. Anderson

Lieutenant ColonelWilliam Luffman

1/7/63

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Evander M. Law, and Major General John Bell Hood

Brigadier GeneralEvander M. Law

Major GeneralJohn Bell Hood

1/7/63

Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel John C. Mounger

Lieutenant ColonelJohn C. Mounger

1/7/63

Leadership Change - Regiment - Major William M. Jones

1/7/63

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General George T. Anderson

Brigadier GeneralGeorge T. Anderson

1/7/63

Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel William Luffman

Lieutenant ColonelWilliam Luffman

1/7/63

Leadership Change - Division - Major General John Bell Hood

Major GeneralJohn Bell Hood

1/7/63

Battle - Gettysburg - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

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Gettysburg

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

12/7/63

Battle - Funkstown, Maryland

15/11/63

Battle - Loudon, Tennessee

5/5/64

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General George T. Anderson

Brigadier GeneralGeorge T. Anderson

5/5/64

Leadership Change - Division - Major General Charles W. Field

Major GeneralCharles W. Field

5/5/64

Battle - Wilderness - Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia

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Wilderness

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

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Spotsylvania Court House

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

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Cold Harbor

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

9/6/64

Battle - First Petersburg - Petersburg, Virginia

15/6/64

Battle - Second Petersburg - Petersburg, Virginia

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Second Petersburg

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

21/6/64

Battle - Jerusalem Plank Road - Petersburg, Virginia

22/7/64

Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel J. M. Hill

ColonelJ. M. Hill

22/7/64

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Charles D. Anderson

Brigadier GeneralCharles D. Anderson

22/7/64

Leadership Change - Division - Major General Gustavus W. Smith

Major GeneralGustavus W. Smith

22/7/64

Battle - Atlanta - Fulton County, Georgia; DeKalb County, Georgia

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Atlanta

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

30/7/64

Battle - Crater - Petersburg, Virginia

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Crater

Two weeks after Union forces arrived to invest the Confederate defenders of Petersburg, the battle lines of both sides had settled into a stalemate. Since Cold Harbor, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was reluctant to mount a frontal attack against well-entrenched Confederates. By late June, Grant's lines covered most of the eastern approaches to Petersburg, but neither side seemed ready to risk an offensive move. Part of the Union line was held by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's Ninth Corps. Some of Burnside'…READ MORE

14/8/64

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General George T. Anderson

Brigadier GeneralGeorge T. Anderson

14/8/64

Leadership Change - Division - Major General Charles W. Field

Major GeneralCharles W. Field

14/8/64

Battle - Second Deep Bottom - Henrico County, Virginia

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Second Deep Bottom

As he had done in late July during the Battle of the Crater, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant called upon Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock and his Second Corps to attack Gen. Robert E. Lee's forces around Richmond to exploit suspected weaknesses in Lee's lines. In early August, Grant had detached the Sixth Corps from the Union lines around Richmond and Petersburg and sent them to the Shenandoah Valley under Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan. Sheridan's new army there was to counter Gen. Jubal Early, then operating in the v…READ MORE

20/9/64

Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia

30/9/64

Battle - Richmond, Virginia

30/9/64

Battle - Fort Harrison, Virginia

7/10/64

Battle - Darbytown and New Market Roads - Henrico County, Virginia

13/12/64

Battle - Bermuda Hundred, Virginia

2/4/65

Battle - Third Petersburg - Dinwiddie County, Virginia; Petersburg, Virginia

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Third Petersburg

With the Confederate defeat at Five Forks on April 1st, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Maj. Gen. George Meade ordered a general assault against the Petersburg lines by the Second, Ninth, Sixth and Twenty-Fourth Corps to take place April 2nd. In the pre-dawn darkness, the Union infantry gained a successful breakthrough where Maj. Gen. Horatio G. Wright's advancing Sixth Corps met the Confederate lines held by Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill near the Boydton Plank Road. Hill was killed trying to reach his troops in t…READ MORE

6/4/65

Battle - High Bridge - Prince Edward County, Virginia; Cumberland County, Virginia

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High Bridge

Harried mercilessly by Federal troops and continually cut off from turning south to reach Gen. Joseph Johnston's army in North Carolina, General Robert E. Lee and his army headed west along the Appomattox River, eventually arriving in Cumberland County on April 6th. Food and supplies that Lee's men desperately needed were waiting at Farmville, across the river. To get there, Lee needed to use the 2,500-foot long, 130-foot tall High Bridge, which carried the South Side Railroad over the Appomattox. A small…READ MORE

6/4/65

Battle - High Bridge, Virginia

9/4/65

Battle - Appomattox Court House - Appomattox Court House, Virginia

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Appomattox Court House

Between 26,000 and 28,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered and were paroled.READ MORE

9/4/65

Mustered Out - Georgia 9th Infantry - Georgia

20/4/65

Battle - Macon, Georgia

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