United States 5th Infantry (Union)
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Major J. Watts de Peyster Jr.
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Albion P. Howe
Brigadier GeneralAlbion P. Howe
15/05/1864
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Henry A. du Pont
CaptainHenry A. du Pont
31/05/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain Samuel S. Elder
CaptainSamuel S. Elder
20/09/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Alonzo G. Draper
ColonelAlonzo G. Draper
20/09/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Charles J. Paine
Brigadier GeneralCharles J. Paine
20/09/1864
Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia
13/01/1865
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major William R. Brazie
MajorWilliam R. Brazie
13/01/1865
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Elias Wright
ColonelElias Wright
13/01/1865
Battle - Second Fort Fisher - New Hanover County, North Carolina
By January 1865, Fort Fisher on the North Carolina shore was the last coastal stronghold of the Confederacy. The fort protected blockade running vessels entering and departing Wilmington, the South's last open seaport on the Atlantic coast. Maj. Gen. Alfred Terry was placed in command of a Provisional Corps from the Army of the James, and was supported by a Navy and Marine Corps force of nearly 60 vessels under Rear Adm. David D. Porter. Terry's orders were to renew operations against the fort that had fai…READ MORE
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