New York 28th Infantry (Union)
22/05/1861
Organized - New York 28th Infantry - New York
23/05/1862
Battle - Front Royal - Warren County, Virginia
The Battle of Front Royal occurred on May 23, 1862, as Gen. Stonewall Jackson and 16,000 Confederate troops liberated Front Royal from Union forces. The Confederate First Maryland engaged the Union First Maryland in a decisive battle that completely surprised the Union general Nathaniel Banks, whose forces were camped just 10 miles to the west in Strasburg. The battle so startled President Lincoln and the Union military that they withdrew a large contingent of troops headed for McClellan's planned attack o…READ MORE
24/05/1862
Battle - Winchester, Virginia
25/05/1862
Battle - First Winchester - Winchester, Virginia
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
06/06/1862
Battle - Good's Farm - Harrisonburg, Virginia
09/08/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Dudley Donnelly
ColonelDudley Donnelly
09/08/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Edwin F. Brown
Lieutenant ColonelEdwin F. Brown
09/08/1862
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
23/08/1862
Battle - First Rappahannock Station - Fauquier White Sulphur Springs, Virginia
28/08/1862
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
06/09/1862
Battle - Frederick, Maryland
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain William H. H. Mapes
CaptainWilliam H. H. Mapes
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Samuel W. Crawford, and Colonel Joseph F. Knipe
Brigadier GeneralSamuel W. Crawford
ColonelJoseph F. Knipe
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Alpheus S. Williams, Brigadier General George H. Gordon, and Brigadier General Samuel W. Crawford
Brigadier GeneralAlpheus S. Williams
Brigadier GeneralGeorge H. Gordon
Brigadier GeneralSamuel W. Crawford
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Samuel W. Crawford
Brigadier GeneralSamuel W. Crawford
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Elliott W. Cook, and Major Theophilus Fitzgerald
Lieutenant ColonelElliott W. Cook
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Joseph F. Knipe
Brigadier GeneralJoseph F. Knipe
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Alpheus S. Williams
Brigadier GeneralAlpheus S. Williams
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Elliott W. Cook
Lieutenant ColonelElliott W. Cook
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
02/06/1863
Mustered Out - New York 28th Infantry - New York
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