Michigan 1st Volunteer Infantry (Union)
21/07/1861
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Orlando B. Willcox
ColonelOrlando B. Willcox
21/07/1861
Leadership Change - Division - Colonel Samuel P. Heintzelman
ColonelSamuel P. Heintzelman
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
16/09/1861
Organized - Michigan 1st Volunteer Infantry - Michigan
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
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
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
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Emory W. Belton
CaptainEmory W. Belton
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel James Barnes
ColonelJames Barnes
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Major General George W. Morell
Major GeneralGeorge W. Morell
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 Ira C. Abbott
ColonelIra C. Abbott
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General James Barnes
Brigadier GeneralJames Barnes
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Charles Griffin
Brigadier GeneralCharles Griffin
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 - Regiment - Colonel Ira C. Abbott, and Lieutenant Colonel William A. Throop
ColonelIra C. Abbott
Lieutenant ColonelWilliam A. Throop
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William S. Tilton
ColonelWilliam S. Tilton
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General James Barnes
Brigadier GeneralJames Barnes
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Ira C. Abbott
ColonelIra C. Abbott
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel William A. Throop
Lieutenant ColonelWilliam A. Throop
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General James Barnes
Brigadier GeneralJames Barnes
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
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
08/05/1864
Battle - Spotsylvania Court House - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Following the Battle of the Wilderness, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant marched the Union army south with the hope of capturing Spotsylvania Court House and preventing Robert E. Lee's army from retreating further. Lee's Confederates, however, managed to get ahead of the Federals and block the road. Fighting began on May 8th, when the Union Fifth Corps under Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren and the Sixth Corps under Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick engaged Confederate Maj. Gen. Richard Anderson's First Corps at Laurel Hi…READ MORE
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
21/06/1864
Battle - Jerusalem Plank Road - Petersburg, Virginia
10/09/1864
Battle - Baldwin Florida - Baldwin, Florida
On August 10, 1864 during the Civil War a skirmish occurred between a Confederate cavalry and the 102nd Regiment United States Colored Troops. A section of railroad track was destroyed by the Federal troops. Two days later the Federals dispatched cavalry troops from Baldwin to drive Confederate forces back. One Federal soldier was killed and four were captured in the process. Baldwin was then burned down by the FederalsREAD MORE
30/09/1864
Battle - Peebles' Farm - Dinwiddie County, Virginia
In combination with Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler's offensive north of the James River at New Market Heights, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant extended his left flank to cut Confederate lines of communication southwest of Petersburg. Two divisions of the Ninth Corps under Maj. Gen. John G. Parke, two divisions of the Fifth Corps under Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren, and Brig. Gen. David M. Gregg's cavalry division were assigned to the operation. On September 30th, the Federals departed Fort Wadsworth and marched via…READ MORE
01/04/1865
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel George Lockley
Lieutenant ColonelGeorge Lockley
01/04/1865
Leadership Change - Brigade - undefined Bvt BG Alfred L. Pearson, and undefined Bvt MG Joseph J. Bartlett
01/04/1865
Leadership Change - Division - undefined 104th New York, undefined 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry :, undefined Bvt MG Charles Griffin, undefined Bvt MG Joseph J. Bartlett, and undefined Escort:
01/04/1865
Battle - Five Forks - Five Forks, Virginia
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
09/04/1865
Battle - Appomattox Court House - Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Between 26,000 and 28,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered and were paroled.READ MORE
19/07/1865
Mustered Out - Michigan 1st Volunteer Infantry - Michigan
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