Texas 4th Infantry (Confederate)
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
8/28/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin F. Carter
Lieutenant ColonelBenjamin F. Carter
8/28/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John B. Hood
Brigadier GeneralJohn B. Hood
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
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William T. Wofford
ColonelWilliam T. Wofford
12/13/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel John C.G. Key
ColonelJohn C.G. Key
12/13/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Jerome B. Robertson
Brigadier GeneralJerome B. Robertson
12/13/62
Leadership Change - Division - Major General John B. Hood
Major GeneralJohn B. Hood
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 - Colonel John C. G. Key
ColonelJohn C. G. Key
4/11/63
Battle - Siege of Suffolk - Suffolk, Virginia
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel John C. G. Key, Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin F. Carter, and Major John P. Bane
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Jerome B. Robertson, and Lieutenant Colonel Philip A. Work
Brigadier GeneralJerome B. Robertson
Lieutenant ColonelPhilip A. Work
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Evander M. Law, and Major General John Bell Hood
Brigadier GeneralEvander M. Law
Major GeneralJohn Bell Hood
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel John C. G. Key
ColonelJohn C. G. Key
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin F. Carter
Lieutenant ColonelBenjamin F. Carter
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Jerome B. Robertson
Brigadier GeneralJerome B. Robertson
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Division - Major General John Bell Hood
Major GeneralJohn Bell Hood
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
9/19/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain R. H. Bassett, and Lieutenant Colonel John P. Bane
CaptainR. H. Bassett
Lieutenant ColonelJohn P. Bane
9/19/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Jerome B. Robertson
Brigadier GeneralJerome B. Robertson
9/19/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Evander M. Law
Brigadier GeneralEvander M. Law
9/19/63
Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia
After the successful Tullahoma Campaign, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans continued the Union offensive, aiming to force Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate army out of Chattanooga. Through a series of skillful marches towards the Confederate-held city, Rosecrans forced Bragg out of Chattanooga and into Georgia. Determined to reoccupy the city, Bragg followed the Federals north, brushing with Rosecrans' army at Davis' Cross Roads. While they marched on September 18th, his cavalry and infantry skirmished with Un…READ MORE
10/28/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Micah Jenkins
Brigadier GeneralMicah Jenkins
10/28/63
Battle - Wauhatchie - Hamilton County, Tennessee
Wary of troops marching to the aid of the Federal army besieged at Chattanooga, General Braxton Bragg ordered General James Longstreet to take action against the force massing in Lookout Valley. In a rare nighttime attack, a division of Longstreet's corps attacked the Union rearguard near the crossroads of Wauhatchie. The brief fight was a bloody repulse for the Confederates, who were forced to withdraw. The Confederates had missed their last best chance to prevent supplies from reaching the Union Army of…READ MORE
5/5/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John Gregg
Brigadier GeneralJohn Gregg
5/5/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Charles W. Field
Major GeneralCharles W. Field
5/5/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John Gregg
Brigadier GeneralJohn Gregg
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
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
6/9/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John Gregg, Colonel Frederick S. Bass, and Lieutenant Colonel Clinton McK. Winkler
8/14/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Frederick S. Bass
ColonelFrederick S. Bass
8/14/64
Battle - Second Deep Bottom - Henrico County, Virginia
As he had done in late July during the Battle of the Crater, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant called upon Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock and his Second Corps to attack Gen. Robert E. Lee's forces around Richmond to exploit suspected weaknesses in Lee's lines. In early August, Grant had detached the Sixth Corps from the Union lines around Richmond and Petersburg and sent them to the Shenandoah Valley under Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan. Sheridan's new army there was to counter Gen. Jubal Early, then operating in the v…READ MORE
9/20/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John Gregg
Brigadier GeneralJohn Gregg
9/20/64
Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia
10/7/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John Gregg, and Colonel F.S. Bass
Brigadier GeneralJohn Gregg
ColonelF.S. Bass
10/7/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John Gregg
Brigadier GeneralJohn Gregg
10/7/64
Battle - Darbytown and New Market Roads - Henrico County, Virginia
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
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