United States 2nd Infantry (Union)

MajorFrederick Steele

Lieutenant ColonelGeorge L. Andrews

Wilson's Creek

In the summer of 1861, the Union and the Confederacy struggled for control of Missouri. Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Lyon Army of the West was camped at Springfield, Missouri, with Confederate troops under the command of Brig. Gen. Ben McCulloch and Maj. Gen. Sterling Price approaching.READ MORE

Lieutenant ColonelWilliam Chapman

Brigadier GeneralGeorge Sykes

Seven Pines

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

CaptainJohn S. Poland

MajorCharles S. Lovell

Antietam

The Army of the Potomac, under the command of Maj. Gen. George McClellan, mounted a series of powerful assaults against General Robert E. Lee's forces along Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17th, 1862.READ MORE

CaptainThomas D. Maurice

ColonelJohn W. Fuller

Brigadier GeneralDavid S. Stanley

Iuka

Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Army of the West main column marched into Iuka, Mississippi, on September 14th. Price's superior, Gen. Braxton Bragg, had ordered Price to prevent Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Mississippi from moving into Tennessee and reinforcing Nashville. Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, commanding the Army of the Tennessee, feared that Price intended to go north to join Bragg. Grant devised a plan for his left wing commander, Maj. Gen. E.O.C. Ord, to advance on Iuka from the west;…READ MORE

Battle of Corinth

Not to be confused with Siege of Corinth. Also known as Second Battle of Corinth.READ MORE

CaptainSalem S. Marsh

CaptainSamuel A. McKee

ColonelSidney Burbank

Major GeneralGeorge Sykes

CaptainSalem S. Marsh

Chancellorsville

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

LieutenantSamuel N. Benjamin

LieutenantEdward Heaton

CaptainJames M. Robertson

CaptainSamuel A. McKee

MajorArthur T. Lee

ColonelSidney Burbank

Brigadier GeneralRomeyn B. Ayres

MajorArthur T. Lee

Gettysburg

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

LieutenantJames S. Dudley

CaptainJohn Edwards Jr.

LieutenantEdward Heaton

CaptainJames M. Robertson

CaptainJerome B. Burrows

Brigadier GeneralJohn W. Fuller

CaptainCharles H. Pierce

CaptainLa Rhett L. Livingston

Bvt BG Frederick Winthrop

ColonelJames G. Grindlay

Bvt MG Romeyn B. Ayres

Bvt BG Frederick Winthrop

Five Forks

The Union victory along the White Oak Road on March 31st threatened to destabilize the entire Confederate line west of Petersburg. General Robert E. Lee ordered Maj. Gen. George Pickett with his infantry division and the cavalry divisions of Col. Thomas Munford, Maj. Gen. W.H.F. Lee, and Maj. Gen Thomas Rosser to hold the vital crossroads of Five Forks, along the White Oak Road five miles west of the previous fighting there. Pickett's defensive line was not well constructed, and much of his cavalry force w…READ MORE