New York 54th Infantry (Union)
05/09/1861
Organized - New York 54th Infantry - New York
08/06/1862
Battle - Cross Keys - Rockingham County, Virginia
Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont's and his 11,000-man Mountain Department army were tasked with keeping Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's two-division force engaged in the Shenandoah Valley and unable to join with Robert E. Lee's army defending Richmond during the Peninsula Campaign against the Confederate capital. In early June, Jackson's men under Maj. Gen. Richard S. Ewell were encamped in the vicinity of Cross Keys on the South Fork of the Shenandoah River. Union screening cavalry approached Jackson f…READ MORE
23/08/1862
Battle - First Rappahannock Station - Fauquier White Sulphur Springs, Virginia
28/08/1862
Battle - Second Bull Run - Prince William County, Virginia
After the early summer collapse of the Union Peninsula Campaign offensive to capture Richmond, Robert E. Lee sought to move his army north and threaten Washington DC before Union forces could regroup.READ MORE
13/09/1862
Battle - Charleston (1862) - Charleston, West Virginia
13/12/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Leopold Von Gilsa
ColonelLeopold Von Gilsa
13/12/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Nathaniel C. McLean
Brigadier GeneralNathaniel C. McLean
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 - Colonel Leopold von Gilsa
ColonelLeopold von Gilsa
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Charles Devens Jr., and Brigadier General Nathaniel C. McLean
Brigadier GeneralCharles Devens Jr.
Brigadier GeneralNathaniel C. McLean
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Charles Ashby
Lieutenant ColonelCharles Ashby
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Charles Devens Jr.
Brigadier GeneralCharles Devens Jr.
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 - Division - Brigadier General Adelbert Ames, and Brigadier General Francis C. Barlow
Brigadier GeneralAdelbert Ames
Brigadier GeneralFrancis C. Barlow
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Stephen Kovacs
MajorStephen Kovacs
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Francis C. Barlow
Brigadier GeneralFrancis C. Barlow
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 Charleston Harbor - Charleston, South Carolina
02/07/1864
Battle - Fort Johnson - James Island, South Carolina
05/07/1864
Battle - James Island, South Carolina
10/02/1865
Battle - James Island (1865) - James Island, South Carolina
A minor skirmish knows as the "Last fight for Charleston"READ MORE
10/02/1865
Battle - James Island, South Carolina
14/04/1866
Mustered Out - New York 54th Infantry - New York
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