United States 6th Infantry (Union)
27/05/1862
Battle - Hanover Court House - Hanover County, Virginia
31/05/1862
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
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Levi C. Bootes
CaptainLevi C. Bootes
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Sidney Burbank
ColonelSidney Burbank
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Major General George Sykes
Major GeneralGeorge Sykes
30/04/1863
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
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Hannibal Day
ColonelHannibal Day
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Romeyn B. Ayres
Brigadier GeneralRomeyn B. Ayres
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Levi C. Bootes
CaptainLevi C. Bootes
01/07/1863
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
20/09/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Samuel A. Duncan Col John W. Ames
20/09/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Charles J. Paine
Brigadier GeneralCharles J. Paine
20/09/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Samuel A. Duncan Col John W. Ames
20/09/1864
Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia
13/01/1865
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Augutus S. Boernstein
13/01/1865
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John W. Ames
ColonelJohn W. Ames
13/01/1865
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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