Pennsylvania 97th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
01/10/1861
Organized - Pennsylvania 97th Volunteer Infantry - Pennsylvania
08/06/1862
Battle - James Island, South Carolina
10/06/1862
Battle - James Island, South Carolina
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
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
21/06/1864
Battle - Jerusalem Plank Road - Petersburg, Virginia
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
20/09/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Galusha Pennypacker
ColonelGalusha Pennypacker
20/09/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Robert Sanford Foster
Brigadier GeneralRobert Sanford Foster
20/09/1864
Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia
13/01/1865
Leadership Change - Regiment - undefined Lt. John Wainwright
13/01/1865
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Galusha Pennypacker 15 Jan, and Major Oliver P. Harding
ColonelGalusha Pennypacker 15 Jan
MajorOliver P. Harding
13/01/1865
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Adelbert Ames
Brigadier GeneralAdelbert Ames
13/01/1865
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Galusha Pennypacker 15 Jan
ColonelGalusha Pennypacker 15 Jan
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
28/08/1865
Mustered Out - Pennsylvania 97th Volunteer Infantry - Pennsylvania
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