Massachusetts 40th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
8/22/62
Organized - Massachusetts 40th Volunteer Infantry - Massachusetts
4/11/63
Battle - Siege of Suffolk - Suffolk, Virginia
8/17/63
Battle - Second Charleston Harbor - Charleston, South Carolina
2/20/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Guy V. Henry
ColonelGuy V. Henry
2/20/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Guy V. Henry
ColonelGuy V. Henry
2/20/64
Battle - Olustee - Baker County, Florida
In February 1864, the commander of the Union Department of the South, Maj. Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore, launched an expedition into Florida to secure Union enclaves, sever Rebel supply routes, and recruit black soldiers. Brig. Gen. Truman Seymour moved his 5,500-man force from Jacksonville deep into the state, meeting little resistance. On February 20th, as he advanced toward Lake City, he approached Brig. Gen. Joseph Finegan's 5,000 Confederates entrenched in an open pine woods near Olustee. Finegan send forw…READ MORE
5/12/64
Battle - Proctor's Creek - Chesterfield County, Virginia
5/31/64
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General William T. H. Brooks
Brigadier GeneralWilliam T. H. Brooks
5/31/64
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
6/15/64
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
6/21/64
Battle - Jerusalem Plank Road - Petersburg, Virginia
7/30/64
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
8/18/64
Battle - Globe Tavern - Petersburg, Virginia
10/19/64
Battle - Cedar Creek - Frederick County, Virginia; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Warren County, Virginia
Also known as: Cedar Creek, Belle GroveREAD MORE
4/9/65
Battle - Appomattox Court House - Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Between 26,000 and 28,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered and were paroled.READ MORE
6/30/65
Mustered Out - Massachusetts 40th Volunteer Infantry - Massachusetts
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