Connecticut 1st Light Artillery (Union)
26/10/1861
Organized - Connecticut 1st Light Artillery - Connecticut
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
16/06/1862
Battle - Secessionville - Charleston, South Carolina
In early June 1862, the Union divisions of Brig. Gens. Horatio G. Wright and Isaac I. Stevens, under the overall command of Brig. Gen. Henry Benham, landed on James Island just southwest of Charleston, South Carolina. Benham entrenched at Grimball's Landing near the southern end of the Confederate defensive line around the city. On June 16th, Benham's 6,500 men from the 3rd New Hampshire, 8th Michigan, 7th Connecticut, 28th Massachusetts, and 79th New York "Highlanders" infantry regiments advanced toward C…READ MORE
01/10/1862
Battle - Saint John's Bluff - Duval County, Florida
The Battle of Saint John's Bluff in Duval County, Florida fought between October 1st and 3rd 1862 was an important part of the Union's effort to take and control Florida.READ MORE
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Albert F. Brooker
LieutenantAlbert F. Brooker
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Robert O. Tyler, and Captain William M. Graham
Brigadier GeneralRobert O. Tyler
CaptainWilliam M. Graham
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain Elijah D. Taft
CaptainElijah D. Taft
16/07/1863
Battle - Grimball's Landing - James Island, South Carolina
16/07/1863
Battle - James Island, South Carolina
10/05/1864
Battle - Chester Station - Chester, Virginia
12/05/1864
Battle - Proctor's Creek - Chesterfield County, Virginia
14/08/1864
Battle - Second Deep Bottom - Henrico County, Virginia
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
20/09/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Richard H. Jackson
ColonelRichard H. Jackson
20/09/1864
Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia
13/01/1865
Leadership Change - Regiment - undefined Cpt. William G. Pride
13/01/1865
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Charles J. Paine
Brigadier GeneralCharles J. Paine
25/03/1865
Leadership Change - Division - undefined Bvt BG John C. Tidball, and Major Theodore Miller
11/06/1865
Mustered Out - Connecticut 1st Light Artillery - Connecticut
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