Louisiana 15th Infantry (Confederate)
6/26/62
Battle - Mechanicsville - Hanover Couunty, Virginia
Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac remained northeast of Richmond for three weeks after the Battle of Seven Pines. The new commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, Gen. Robert E. Lee, took that time to reorganize his defenses of the capital city and receive the reinforcements of Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's division from the Shenandoah Valley. After attacking Lee inconclusively at Oak Grove on June 25th, McClellan remained in place, with four of his five army corps south of…READ MORE
6/26/62
Battle - Mechanicsville, Virginia
7/24/62
Organized - Louisiana 15th Infantry - Louisiana
8/9/62
Battle - Cedar Mountain - Culpeper County, Virginia
Maj. Gen. John Pope was placed in command of the newly-constituted Army of Virginia on June 26th. Pope's orders were to defend Washington DC and Union-held northern Virginia while the Army of the Potomac under Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan battled Robert E. Lee outside of Richmond. When McClellan was defeated at the end of the Seven Days battles less than a week later, Lee turned his attention north toward Pope while McClellan regrouped his army. Pope's three army corps were arrayed in a line from the Blu…READ MORE
8/28/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Edmund Pendleton
ColonelEdmund Pendleton
8/28/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William E. Starke, and Colonel Leroy A. Stafford
Brigadier GeneralWilliam E. Starke
ColonelLeroy A. Stafford
8/28/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General William B. Taliaferro, and Brigadier General William E. Starke
Brigadier GeneralWilliam B. Taliaferro
Brigadier GeneralWilliam E. Starke
8/28/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General William B. Taliaferro
Brigadier GeneralWilliam B. Taliaferro
8/28/62
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
9/1/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Leroy A. Stafford
ColonelLeroy A. Stafford
9/1/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General William E. Starke
Brigadier GeneralWilliam E. Starke
9/1/62
Battle - Chantilly - Fairfax County, Virginia
Confederate Maj. Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson hoped to cut off the Union retreat from Manassas the day after the Confederate victory at the second battle fought there. Jackson's wing of Lee's army made a wide, flanking march, screened by Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry, north and then east, to take the strategically important village of Germantown. There, Maj. Gen. John Pope's only two retreat routes to Washington - the Warrenton Pike and the Little River Turnpike - converged. On September 1st, beyond Chanti…READ MORE
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William E. Starke, Colonel Edmund Pendleton, Colonel Jesse M. Williams, and Colonel Leroy A. Stafford
Brigadier GeneralWilliam E. Starke
ColonelEdmund Pendleton
ColonelJesse M. Williams
ColonelLeroy A. Stafford
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John R. Jones, Brigadier General William E. Starke, and Colonel Andrew J. Grigsby
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Jesse M. Williams
ColonelJesse M. Williams
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Leroy A. Stafford
ColonelLeroy A. Stafford
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John R. Jones
Brigadier GeneralJohn R. Jones
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General William E. Starke
Brigadier GeneralWilliam E. Starke
12/13/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel McG. Goodwyn
Lieutenant ColonelMcG. Goodwyn
12/13/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Edmund Pendleton
ColonelEdmund Pendleton
12/13/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General William B. Taliaferro
Brigadier GeneralWilliam B. Taliaferro
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 - Regiment - Captain William C. Michie
CaptainWilliam C. Michie
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Francis T. Nicholls, and Colonel Jesse M. Williams
Brigadier GeneralFrancis T. Nicholls
ColonelJesse M. Williams
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Raleigh E. Colston
Brigadier GeneralRaleigh E. Colston
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Francis T. Nicholls
Brigadier GeneralFrancis T. Nicholls
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
6/13/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Andrew Brady
MajorAndrew Brady
6/13/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Jesse M. Williams
ColonelJesse M. Williams
6/13/63
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Edward "Allegheny" Johnson
Major GeneralEdward "Allegheny" Johnson
6/13/63
Battle - Second Winchester - Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester County, Virginia
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Edward Johnson
Major GeneralEdward Johnson
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
5/5/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Leroy A. Stafford, and Colonel Zebulon York
Brigadier GeneralLeroy A. Stafford
ColonelZebulon York
5/5/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Leroy A. Stafford
Brigadier GeneralLeroy A. Stafford
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
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Harry T. Hays, Colonel Jesse M. Williams, Colonel William Monaghan, and Colonel Zebulon York
5/8/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Harry T. Hays
Brigadier GeneralHarry T. Hays
5/8/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Jesse M. Williams
ColonelJesse M. Williams
5/8/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Edward Johnson
Major GeneralEdward Johnson
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
5/31/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Zebulon York
ColonelZebulon York
5/31/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General John B. Gordon
Major GeneralJohn B. Gordon
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
7/9/64
Battle - Monocacy - Frederick County, Maryland
After marching north down the Shenandoah Valley from Lynchburg, the Confederate army of Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early side-stepped the Federal garrison at Harpers Ferry and crossed the Potomac River at Shepherdstown into Maryland on July 5-6th, 1864. On July 9th, a makeshift Union force under Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace attempted to stop Early's invading Confederate divisions along the Monocacy River, just east of Frederick. The strategic area was near the junction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Georgetown…READ MORE
7/11/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - undefined Capt. Henry J. Egan
7/11/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Zebulon York
Brigadier GeneralZebulon York
7/11/64
Battle - Fort Stevens - District of Columbia, DC
After his victory over Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace at the Battle of Monocacy in central Maryland on July 9th, Confederate Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early pressed his advantage and moved south toward the Union capital in Washington, DC. On July 11th, Early's exhausted Confederates reached the outskirts of Washington near Silver Spring. Skirmishers advanced to feel the fortifications that encircled the city, which at the time were manned only by Home Guards, clerks, and convalescent troops. During the night, Union reinfo…READ MORE
3/25/65
Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Eugene Waggaman
Lieutenant ColonelEugene Waggaman
3/25/65
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Clement A. Evans
Brigadier GeneralClement A. Evans
3/25/65
Battle - Fort Stedman - Petersburg, Virginia
By March of 1865, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's grip on the Confederate lines around Petersburg was having its desired effect. Outnumbered and weakened by disease, desertion and shortage of food and supplies, Gen. Robert E. Lee had few options. After careful study of the Union troops in his sector of the line, Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon suggested to Lee the possibility of a successful offensive strike against Grant. In front of Gordon's men, Union-held Fort Stedman seemed the best target for a Confederate a…READ 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
4/9/65
Mustered Out - Louisiana 15th Infantry - Louisiana
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