New York 18th Infantry (Union)
13/05/1861
Organized - New York 18th Infantry - New York
01/06/1861
Battle - Fairfax Court House (1861) - Fairfax Court House, Virginia
17/07/1861
Battle - Fairfax Court House, Virginia
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
31/05/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John Newton
Brigadier GeneralJohn Newton
31/05/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Henry W. Slocum
Brigadier GeneralHenry W. Slocum
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
27/06/1862
Battle - Gaines' Mill - Hanover County, Virginia
Despite his victory over the Confederates at Beaver Dam Creek on June 26th, Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter's Fifth Corps abandoned its position early on June 27th and established a new defensive line along Boatswain's Creek, just north of the Chickahominy River.READ MORE
30/06/1862
Battle - White Oak Swamp - Henrico County, 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
14/09/1862
Battle - South Mountain - Frederick County, Maryland; Washington County, Maryland; Boonsboro, Maryland
After his success at Second Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia north across the Potomac River on an invasion of Maryland in September of 1862. Lee divided his army, sending a portion of it into western Maryland while Lieut. Gen. Stonewall Jackson's wing attempted to capture the Federal garrison at Harper's Ferry. The bold plan was jeopardized on September 13th when a mislaid copy of Lee's orders revealing the Confederates' plans was given to Union commander Maj. Gen. George B. M…READ MORE
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel George R. Myers
Lieutenant ColonelGeorge R. Myers
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Henry W. Slocum
Major GeneralHenry W. Slocum
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 George R. Myers
ColonelGeorge R. Myers
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General David A. Russell
Brigadier GeneralDavid A. Russell
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General William T. H. Brooks
Brigadier GeneralWilliam T. H. Brooks
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
28/05/1863
Mustered Out - New York 18th Infantry - New York
16/04/1865
Battle - West Point - West Point, Georgia
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