Georgia 28th Infantry (Confederate)
13/11/1861
Organized - Georgia 28th Infantry - Georgia
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
26/06/1862
Battle - Mechanicsville - Hanover Couunty, Virginia
Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac remained northeast of Richmond for three weeks after the Battle of Seven Pines. The new commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, Gen. Robert E. Lee, took that time to reorganize his defenses of the capital city and receive the reinforcements of Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's division from the Shenandoah Valley. After attacking Lee inconclusively at Oak Grove on June 25th, McClellan remained in place, with four of his five army corps south of…READ MORE
26/06/1862
Battle - Mechanicsville, Virginia
27/06/1862
Battle - Mechanicsville, 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
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain George W. Warthen, Captain Nehemiah J. Garrison, and Major Tully Graybill
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Alfred H. Colquitt
ColonelAlfred H. Colquitt
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Daniel H. Hill
Major GeneralDaniel H. Hill
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Tully Graybill
MajorTully Graybill
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Nehemiah J. Garrison
CaptainNehemiah J. Garrison
13/12/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Tully Graybill
MajorTully Graybill
13/12/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Alfred H. Colquitt
Brigadier GeneralAlfred H. Colquitt
13/12/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Major General D.H. Hill
Major GeneralD.H. Hill
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 Tully Graybill
ColonelTully Graybill
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Robert E. Rodes, and Brigadier General Stephen D. Ramseur
Brigadier GeneralRobert E. Rodes
Brigadier GeneralStephen D. Ramseur
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
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
17/08/1863
Battle - Second Fort Sumter - Charleston, South Carolina
20/02/1864
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain William P. Crawford
CaptainWilliam P. Crawford
20/02/1864
Battle - Olustee - Baker County, Florida
In February 1864, the commander of the Union Department of the South, Maj. Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore, launched an expedition into Florida to secure Union enclaves, sever Rebel supply routes, and recruit black soldiers. Brig. Gen. Truman Seymour moved his 5,500-man force from Jacksonville deep into the state, meeting little resistance. On February 20th, as he advanced toward Lake City, he approached Brig. Gen. Joseph Finegan's 5,000 Confederates entrenched in an open pine woods near Olustee. Finegan send forw…READ MORE
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
31/05/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Robert F. Hoke
Major GeneralRobert F. Hoke
31/05/1864
Battle - Cold Harbor - Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
After two days of inconclusive fighting along Totopotomoy Creek northeast of Richmond, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee turned their sights on the crossroads of Cold Harbor. Roads emanating through this critical junction led to Richmond as well as supply and reinforcement sources for the Union army. On May 31, 1864, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan's cavalry captured Cold Harbor. The next day, Sheridan held the crossroads against a Confederate attack. With reinforcements from both armies arriving…READ MORE
09/06/1864
Battle - First Petersburg - Petersburg, Virginia
15/06/1864
Battle - Second Petersburg - Petersburg, Virginia
As the Overland Campaign concluded, the strategic goals of Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant shifted from the defeat of Robert E. Lee's army in the field to eliminating the supply and communication routes to the Confederate capital at Richmond. The city of Petersburg, 24 miles south of Richmond, was the junction point of five railroads that supplied the entire upper James River region. Grant knew Petersburg was the key to the capture of Richmond and that Lee would be forced to defend it. Marching south from Co…READ MORE
09/07/1864
Battle - Monocacy - Frederick County, Maryland
After marching north down the Shenandoah Valley from Lynchburg, the Confederate army of Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early side-stepped the Federal garrison at Harpers Ferry and crossed the Potomac River at Shepherdstown into Maryland on July 5-6th, 1864. On July 9th, a makeshift Union force under Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace attempted to stop Early's invading Confederate divisions along the Monocacy River, just east of Frederick. The strategic area was near the junction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Georgetown…READ MORE
30/07/1864
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain John A. Johnson
CaptainJohn A. Johnson
30/07/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Alfred H. Colquitt
Brigadier GeneralAlfred H. Colquitt
30/07/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Robert Hoke
Major GeneralRobert Hoke
30/07/1864
Battle - Crater - Petersburg, Virginia
Two weeks after Union forces arrived to invest the Confederate defenders of Petersburg, the battle lines of both sides had settled into a stalemate. Since Cold Harbor, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was reluctant to mount a frontal attack against well-entrenched Confederates. By late June, Grant's lines covered most of the eastern approaches to Petersburg, but neither side seemed ready to risk an offensive move. Part of the Union line was held by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's Ninth Corps. Some of Burnside'…READ MORE
18/08/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Major General William Mahone
Major GeneralWilliam Mahone
18/08/1864
Battle - Globe Tavern - Petersburg, Virginia
20/09/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Alfred H. Colquitt
Brigadier GeneralAlfred H. Colquitt
20/09/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Robert F. Hoke
Major GeneralRobert F. Hoke
20/09/1864
Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia
30/09/1864
Battle - Fort Harrison, Virginia
07/10/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General A.H. Colquitt
Brigadier GeneralA.H. Colquitt
07/10/1864
Battle - Darbytown and New Market Roads - Henrico County, Virginia
13/01/1865
Leadership Change - Regiment - undefined 28th Georgia - Cpt. John A. Johnson
13/01/1865
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Alfred H. Colquitt
Brigadier GeneralAlfred H. Colquitt
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
22/02/1865
Battle - Wilmington - Wilmington, North Carolina
07/03/1865
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Charles Zachry
ColonelCharles Zachry
07/03/1865
Battle - Wyse Fork - Kinston, North Carolina
By the end of February 1865, the North Carolina port city of Wilmington, defended by Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, had fallen to the army of Union Maj. Gen. John Schofield. The port city became a supply base for Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's army in North Carolina, then beginning to close in on Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's army. To consolidate forces against Johnston, Sherman ordered Schofield's Army of the Ohio to advance inland from Wilmington, at the same time assigning Maj. Gen. Jacob Cox to move the U…READ MORE
19/03/1865
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Charles T. Zachry
ColonelCharles T. Zachry
19/03/1865
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Robert F. Hoke
Major GeneralRobert F. Hoke
19/03/1865
Battle - Bentonville - Bentonville, North Carolina
After his march to the sea, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman headed north in early 1865 to unite with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's army in Virginia. Only Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston's army stood between Sherman and Grant. After briefly blocking Sherman's advance at Averasboro, North Carolina on March 16, Johnston struck Maj. Gen. Henry Slocum's wing of Sherman's army near Bentonville on March 19. The Confederates ran into stiff resistance, as Slocum established a defensive position. Johnston's assaults con…READ MORE
12/04/1865
Battle - Salisbury, North Carolina
26/04/1865
Mustered Out - Georgia 28th Infantry - Georgia
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