New York 31st Infantry (Union)
14/05/1861
Organized - New York 31st Infantry - New York
01/06/1861
Battle - Fairfax Court House (1861) - Fairfax Court House, Virginia
21/07/1861
Battle - First Bull Run - Fairfax County, Virginia; Prince William County, Virginia
One of earliest battles of the Civil War, it introduced Americans to the idea that this would likely not be a short conflict and blood would be shed:READ MORE
31/05/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John Newton
Brigadier GeneralJohn Newton
31/05/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Henry W. Slocum
Brigadier GeneralHenry W. Slocum
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
27/06/1862
Battle - Gaines' Mill - Hanover County, Virginia
Despite his victory over the Confederates at Beaver Dam Creek on June 26th, Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter's Fifth Corps abandoned its position early on June 27th and established a new defensive line along Boatswain's Creek, just north of the Chickahominy River.READ MORE
30/06/1862
Battle - White Oak Swamp - Henrico County, Virginia
14/09/1862
Battle - South Mountain - Frederick County, Maryland; Washington County, Maryland; Boonsboro, Maryland
After his success at Second Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia north across the Potomac River on an invasion of Maryland in September of 1862. Lee divided his army, sending a portion of it into western Maryland while Lieut. Gen. Stonewall Jackson's wing attempted to capture the Federal garrison at Harper's Ferry. The bold plan was jeopardized on September 13th when a mislaid copy of Lee's orders revealing the Confederates' plans was given to Union commander Maj. Gen. George B. M…READ MORE
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Francis H. Pinto
Lieutenant ColonelFrancis H. Pinto
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Henry W. Slocum
Major GeneralHenry W. Slocum
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 Frank Jones
ColonelFrank Jones
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Calvin E. Pratt, and Colonel Hiram Burnham
Brigadier GeneralCalvin E. Pratt
ColonelHiram Burnham
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
03/05/1863
Battle - Second Fredericksburg - Fredericksburg, Virginia
04/06/1863
Mustered Out - New York 31st Infantry - New York
16/04/1865
Battle - West Point - West Point, Georgia
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