Connecticut 5th Volunteer Infantry, Company K (Union)
26/7/61
Organized - Connecticut 5th Volunteer Infantry, Company K - Connecticut
25/5/62
Battle - First Winchester - Winchester, Virginia
First Winchester
Part of Jackson's Valley Campaign, the First Battle of Winchester took place May 24, 1862. The battle was huge victory for Jackson's troops and disrupted the Union's plans to take Richmond.READ MORE
13/5/64
Battle - Resaca - Gordon County, Georgia; Whitfield County, Georgia
Resaca
Following his withdrawal from Rocky Face Ridge, the first battle in Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's campaign against Atlanta, Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston established a four-mile defensive position protecting the Western & Atlantic Railroad west and north of Resaca, where the railroad crossed the Oostanaula River. On May 13th, Sherman tested the Rebel lines, sending forward divisions to skirmish with the Confederates, with little substantive result. On the 14th, the fighting erupted into a full-…READ MORE