Pennsylvania 74th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
9/14/61
Organized - Pennsylvania 74th Volunteer Infantry - Pennsylvania
6/8/62
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
12/13/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Alexander Schimmelfennig
ColonelAlexander Schimmelfennig
12/13/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Carl Schurz
Brigadier GeneralCarl Schurz
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
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Alexander Schimmelfennig
Brigadier GeneralAlexander Schimmelfennig
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Carl Schurz
Major GeneralCarl Schurz
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
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Alexander Schimmelfennig, and Colonel George von Amsberg
Brigadier GeneralAlexander Schimmelfennig
ColonelGeorge von Amsberg
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Alexander Schimmelfennig, and Major General Carl Schurz
Brigadier GeneralAlexander Schimmelfennig
Major GeneralCarl Schurz
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Adolph von Hartung
ColonelAdolph von Hartung
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Alexander von Mitzel
Lieutenant ColonelAlexander von Mitzel
7/1/63
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
8/29/65
Mustered Out - Pennsylvania 74th Volunteer Infantry - Pennsylvania
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