Maine 10th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
04/06/1861
Organized - Maine 10th Volunteer Infantry - Maine
24/05/1862
Battle - Winchester, Virginia
25/05/1862
Battle - First Winchester - Winchester, Virginia
Part of Jackson's Valley Campaign, the First Battle of Winchester took place May 24, 1862. The battle was huge victory for Jackson's troops and disrupted the Union's plans to take Richmond.READ MORE
09/08/1862
Battle - Cedar Mountain - Culpeper County, Virginia
Maj. Gen. John Pope was placed in command of the newly-constituted Army of Virginia on June 26th. Pope's orders were to defend Washington DC and Union-held northern Virginia while the Army of the Potomac under Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan battled Robert E. Lee outside of Richmond. When McClellan was defeated at the end of the Seven Days battles less than a week later, Lee turned his attention north toward Pope while McClellan regrouped his army. Pope's three army corps were arrayed in a line from the Blu…READ MORE
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Samuel W. Crawford, and Colonel Joseph F. Knipe
Brigadier GeneralSamuel W. Crawford
ColonelJoseph F. Knipe
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Alpheus S. Williams, Brigadier General George H. Gordon, and Brigadier General Samuel W. Crawford
Brigadier GeneralAlpheus S. Williams
Brigadier GeneralGeorge H. Gordon
Brigadier GeneralSamuel W. Crawford
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel George L. Beal
ColonelGeorge L. Beal
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Samuel W. Crawford
Brigadier GeneralSamuel W. Crawford
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
08/05/1863
Mustered Out - Maine 10th Volunteer Infantry - Maine
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
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