Massachusetts 7th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
15/06/1861
Organized - Massachusetts 7th Volunteer Infantry - Massachusetts
05/05/1862
Battle - Williamsburg - York County, Virginia; James City County, Virginia; Williamsburg, Virginia
Following the Confederate withdrawal from their Yorktown position, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan was not prepared to mount an immediate pursuit with his entire force from the siege lines he had occupied for nearly a month. Initially, he was able to send forward only a portion of his army, led by the Third Corps of Samuel P. Heitzelman, to follow Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Confederates. Heitzelman's divisions, led by Brig. Gens. Joseph Hooker and Phil Kearny, made contact with Johnston's army four miles sout…READ MORE
31/05/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Charles Devens
Brigadier GeneralCharles Devens
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
01/06/1862
Battle - Fair Oaks, Virginia
01/07/1862
Battle - Malvern Hill - Henrico County, Virginia
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
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Charles Devens
Brigadier GeneralCharles Devens
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Darius N. Couch
Major GeneralDarius N. Couch
13/12/1862
Battle - Fredericksburg - Fredericksburg, Virginia
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
11/04/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Phineas A. Davis
CaptainPhineas A. Davis
11/04/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain Frederick M. Follet
CaptainFrederick M. Follet
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Thomas D. Johns, and Lieutenant Colonel Franklin P. Harlow
ColonelThomas D. Johns
Lieutenant ColonelFranklin P. Harlow
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Henry L. Eustis, and Colonel William H. Browne
ColonelHenry L. Eustis
ColonelWilliam H. Browne
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Major General John Newton
Major GeneralJohn Newton
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Thomas D. Johns
ColonelThomas D. Johns
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William H. Browne
ColonelWilliam H. Browne
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
03/05/1863
Battle - Second Fredericksburg - Fredericksburg, Virginia
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Franklin P. Harlow
Lieutenant ColonelFranklin P. Harlow
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Henry L. Eustis
ColonelHenry L. Eustis
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Frank Wheaton, and Major General John Newton
Brigadier GeneralFrank Wheaton
Major GeneralJohn Newton
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
05/05/1864
Battle - Wilderness - Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
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
08/05/1864
Battle - Spotsylvania Court House - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
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
31/05/1864
Battle - Cold Harbor - Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
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
05/07/1864
Mustered Out - Massachusetts 7th Volunteer Infantry - Massachusetts
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