New York 16th Infantry (Union)
5/15/61
Organized - New York 16th Infantry - New York
6/1/61
Battle - Fairfax Court House (1861) - Fairfax Court House, Virginia
7/21/61
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
5/31/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Joseph J. Bartlett
ColonelJoseph J. Bartlett
5/31/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Henry W. Slocum
Brigadier GeneralHenry W. Slocum
5/31/62
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
6/27/62
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
9/14/62
Battle - Crampton's Gap - Frederick County, Maryland; Washington County, Maryland
Only about one thousand Confederates defended Crampton's Gap, the southernmost of the South Mountain passes. At around 4:00 p.m., Maj. Gen. Henry Slocum's division charged into the gap and dislodged the Confederates from the protection of a stone fence. The arrival of four regiments under Gen. Howell Cobb did little to stem the Union tide. Reinforced by a brigade of Vermonters, the Federals made a second attack and drove the remaining Confederates down the western slope of South Mountain, leaving the VI Co…READ MORE
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Joel J. Seaver
Lieutenant ColonelJoel J. Seaver
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Henry W. Slocum
Major GeneralHenry W. Slocum
12/13/62
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
4/11/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Frederick L. Hiller
CaptainFrederick L. Hiller
4/11/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain Frederick M. Follet
CaptainFrederick M. Follet
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Joel J. Seaver
ColonelJoel J. Seaver
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Joseph J. Bartlett
Brigadier GeneralJoseph J. Bartlett
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General William T. H. Brooks
Brigadier GeneralWilliam T. H. Brooks
4/30/63
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
5/3/63
Battle - Salem Church - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
The Battle of Salem Church was part of Chancellorsville Campaign and was fought in Spotsylvania County, Virginia on May 4rd and 4th, 1863.READ MORE
9/20/64
Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia
10/7/64
Battle - Darbytown and New Market Roads - Henrico County, Virginia
10/13/64
Battle - Darbytown Road - Sandston, Virginia
10/27/64
Battle - Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road - Henrico County, Virginia
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fair_Oaks_%26_Darbytown_RoadREAD MORE
1/13/65
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
2/22/65
Battle - Wilmington - Wilmington, North Carolina
4/16/65
Battle - West Point - West Point, Georgia
8/21/65
Mustered Out - New York 16th Infantry - New York
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