Massachusetts 1st Volunteer Infantry (Union)
23/05/1861
Organized - Massachusetts 1st Volunteer Infantry - Massachusetts
18/07/1861
Battle - Blackburn's Ford - Prince William County, Virginia; Fairfax County, Virginia
21/07/1861
Battle - First Bull Run - Fairfax County, Virginia; Prince William County, Virginia
One of earliest battles of the Civil War, it introduced Americans to the idea that this would likely not be a short conflict and blood would be shed:READ MORE
05/04/1862
Battle - Siege of Yorktown (1862) - York County, Virginia; Newport News, Virginia
Most of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's army was not on the peninsula on April 4th when Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan departed Fortress Monroe on his Peninsula Campaign. The only force opposing the Yankee advance up the peninsula toward the Confederate capital at Richmond was Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder's small force of two divisions at Yorktown behind the Warwick River. Magruder's deceptive theatrics, conspicuously parading his men back and forth behind his defenses, convinced the Federals that his works were s…READ MORE
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
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
25/06/1862
Battle - Oak Grove - Henrico County, Virginia
30/06/1862
Battle - White Oak Swamp - Henrico County, Virginia
28/08/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Cuvier Grover
Brigadier GeneralCuvier Grover
28/08/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Joseph Hooker
Major GeneralJoseph Hooker
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
13/12/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Napoleon B. McLaughlen, and Lieutenant Colonel Clark B. Baldwin
ColonelNapoleon B. McLaughlen
Lieutenant ColonelClark B. Baldwin
13/12/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Joseph B. Carr
Brigadier GeneralJoseph B. Carr
13/12/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Daniel Sickles
Brigadier GeneralDaniel Sickles
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
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Napoleon B. McLaughlen
ColonelNapoleon B. McLaughlen
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Joseph B. Carr, and Colonel William E. Blaisdell
Brigadier GeneralJoseph B. Carr
ColonelWilliam E. Blaisdell
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Joseph B. Carr, and Major General Hiram Berry
Brigadier GeneralJoseph B. Carr
Major GeneralHiram Berry
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Hiram Berry
Major GeneralHiram Berry
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 - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Clark B. Baldwin, and Major Gardner Walker
Lieutenant ColonelClark B. Baldwin
MajorGardner Walker
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Joseph B. Carr
Brigadier GeneralJoseph B. Carr
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Andrew A. Humphreys
Brigadier GeneralAndrew A. Humphreys
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Clark B. Baldwin
Lieutenant ColonelClark B. Baldwin
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Gardner Walker
MajorGardner Walker
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Joseph B. Carr
Brigadier GeneralJoseph B. Carr
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
27/11/1863
Battle - Locust Grove, Virginia
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
11/06/1864
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Samuel E. Chamberlain
Lieutenant ColonelSamuel E. Chamberlain
11/06/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Henry E. Davies Jr.
Brigadier GeneralHenry E. Davies Jr.
11/06/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General David McM. Gregg
Brigadier GeneralDavid McM. Gregg
11/06/1864
Battle - Trevilian Station - Louisa County, Virginia
In June of 1864, hoping to draw attention away from Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's movement south, destroy supply lines, and join up with Brig. Gen. David Hunter in Charlottesville, Union cavalry commander Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan embarked on a cavalry raid. Near Trevilian Station, Virginia, he clashed with Confederate cavalry under Maj. Gens. Wade Hampton and Fitzhugh Lee. On June 11th, while Hampton's men struggled against Union forces on one road, Lee's men advancing on a parallel road fell back, allow…READ MORE
11/07/1865
Mustered Out - Massachusetts 1st Volunteer Infantry - Massachusetts
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