United States 3rd Infantry (Union)
4/12/61
Organized - United States 3rd Infantry - United States
5/27/62
Battle - Hanover Court House - Hanover County, Virginia
5/31/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Robert C. Buchanan
ColonelRobert C. Buchanan
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
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain John D. Wilkins
CaptainJohn D. Wilkins
12/13/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant John G. Turnbull
LieutenantJohn G. Turnbull
12/13/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain George E. Randolph
CaptainGeorge E. Randolph
12/13/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General David B. Birney
Brigadier GeneralDavid B. Birney
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 - Captain A. Judson Clark
CaptainA. Judson Clark
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 - Regiment - Captain Henry W. Freedley, and Captain Richard G. Lay
CaptainHenry W. Freedley
CaptainRichard G. Lay
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Hannibal Day
ColonelHannibal Day
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Romeyn B. Ayres
Brigadier GeneralRomeyn B. Ayres
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Henry W. Freedley
CaptainHenry W. Freedley
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
8/26/63
Battle - Fort Wagner, South Carolina
5/5/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Edmund Pendleton
LieutenantEdmund Pendleton
5/5/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain John Edwards Jr.
CaptainJohn Edwards Jr.
5/5/64
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
5/8/64
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
10/7/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Richard H. Jackson
Lieutenant ColonelRichard H. Jackson
10/7/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Alfred H. Terry
Major GeneralAlfred H. Terry
10/7/64
Battle - Darbytown and New Market Roads - Henrico County, Virginia
12/15/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Josiah V. Meigs
CaptainJosiah V. Meigs
12/15/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Major John J. Ely
MajorJohn J. Ely
12/15/64
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John F. Miller
Brigadier GeneralJohn F. Miller
12/15/64
Battle - Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee
Despite a series of defeats in the closing days of November, 1864, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood continued to drag his bloodied Army of Tennessee, approximately 30,000 strong, north towards Nashville. The city was protected by 55,000 Union soldiers, which should have precluded further offensive operations, but Hood was determined and his situation was dire. Hood reached Nashville on December 2nd and staked out a position south of the city, hoping to draw the Union forces into a costly attack. Ulys…READ MORE
5/26/65
Mustered Out - United States 3rd Infantry - United States
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