United States 3rd Infantry (Union)
12/04/1861
Organized - United States 3rd Infantry - United States
27/05/1862
Battle - Hanover Court House - Hanover County, Virginia
31/05/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Robert C. Buchanan
ColonelRobert C. Buchanan
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
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain John D. Wilkins
CaptainJohn D. Wilkins
13/12/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant John G. Turnbull
LieutenantJohn G. Turnbull
13/12/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain George E. Randolph
CaptainGeorge E. Randolph
13/12/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General David B. Birney
Brigadier GeneralDavid B. Birney
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 - Brigade - Captain A. Judson Clark
CaptainA. Judson Clark
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 - Captain Henry W. Freedley, and Captain Richard G. Lay
CaptainHenry W. Freedley
CaptainRichard G. Lay
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Hannibal Day
ColonelHannibal Day
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Romeyn B. Ayres
Brigadier GeneralRomeyn B. Ayres
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Henry W. Freedley
CaptainHenry W. Freedley
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
26/08/1863
Battle - Fort Wagner, South Carolina
05/05/1864
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Edmund Pendleton
LieutenantEdmund Pendleton
05/05/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain John Edwards Jr.
CaptainJohn Edwards Jr.
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
07/10/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Richard H. Jackson
Lieutenant ColonelRichard H. Jackson
07/10/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Alfred H. Terry
Major GeneralAlfred H. Terry
07/10/1864
Battle - Darbytown and New Market Roads - Henrico County, Virginia
15/12/1864
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Josiah V. Meigs
CaptainJosiah V. Meigs
15/12/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Major John J. Ely
MajorJohn J. Ely
15/12/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John F. Miller
Brigadier GeneralJohn F. Miller
15/12/1864
Battle - Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee
Despite a series of defeats in the closing days of November, 1864, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood continued to drag his bloodied Army of Tennessee, approximately 30,000 strong, north towards Nashville. The city was protected by 55,000 Union soldiers, which should have precluded further offensive operations, but Hood was determined and his situation was dire. Hood reached Nashville on December 2nd and staked out a position south of the city, hoping to draw the Union forces into a costly attack. Ulys…READ MORE
26/05/1865
Mustered Out - United States 3rd Infantry - United States
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