United States 5th Artillery (Union)
7/21/61
Leadership Change - Division - Colonel David Hunter
ColonelDavid Hunter
7/21/61
Battle - First Bull Run - Fairfax County, Virginia; Prince William County, Virginia
One of earliest battles of the Civil War, it introduced Americans to the idea that this would likely not be a short conflict and blood would be shed:READ MORE
4/6/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain William R. Terrill
CaptainWilliam R. Terrill
4/6/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Lovell H. Rousseau
Brigadier GeneralLovell H. Rousseau
4/6/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Alexander M. McCook
Brigadier GeneralAlexander M. McCook
4/6/62
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
4/29/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain William R. Terrill
CaptainWilliam R. Terrill
4/29/62
Battle - Siege of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Union forces had captured the railroad junction and important transportation center at Corinth, Mississippi in the spring of 1862 after their victory at Shiloh. After the Battle of Iuka in September, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate Army of the West marched to Ripley, Mississippi where it joined Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn's Army of West Tennessee. Van Dorn took command of the combined force numbering about 22,000 men. The Rebels marched southeast toward Corinth, hoping to recapture it and then sweep int…READ MORE
5/27/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain Charles Griffin
CaptainCharles Griffin
5/27/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General George W. Morell
Brigadier GeneralGeorge W. Morell
5/27/62
Battle - Hanover Court House - Hanover County, Virginia
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 Dunbar R. Ransom
CaptainDunbar R. Ransom
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General George G. Meade, and Brigadier General Truman Seymour
Brigadier GeneralGeorge G. Meade
Brigadier GeneralTruman Seymour
12/31/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Francis L. Guenther
LieutenantFrancis L. Guenther
12/31/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain Cyrus O. Loomis
CaptainCyrus O. Loomis
12/31/62
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Lovell H. Rousseau
Major GeneralLovell H. Rousseau
12/31/62
Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
After his October 1862 defeat at Perryville in Kentucky, Gen. Braxton Bragg withdrew his army into middle Tennessee and resupplied his men near Murfreesboro.READ MORE
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Dunbar R. Ransom
CaptainDunbar R. Ransom
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain Dunbar R. Ransom
CaptainDunbar R. Ransom
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John C. Robinson
Brigadier GeneralJohn C. Robinson
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
5/21/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Jacob B. Rawles
LieutenantJacob B. Rawles
5/21/63
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Christopher C. Augur
Major GeneralChristopher C. Augur
5/21/63
Battle - Port Hudson - East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
In cooperation with Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's final offensive against Vicksburg, Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks's army moved against the Confederate stronghold at Port Hudson on the Mississippi River. Like Vicksburg, Port Hudson was located atop high bluffs at the river bank that commanded the river. On May 11th, Banks learned that some Confederates had been moved from Port Hudson to support the forces defending Vicksburg, so he sought to move upon the garrison before those troops could be replaced. Banks…READ MORE
6/13/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Wallace F. Randolph
LieutenantWallace F. Randolph
6/13/63
Battle - Second Winchester - Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester County, Virginia
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Benjamin F. Rittenhouse, and Lieutenant Charles E. Hazlett
LieutenantBenjamin F. Rittenhouse
LieutenantCharles E. Hazlett
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain Augustus P. Martin
CaptainAugustus P. Martin
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Charles E. Hazlett
LieutenantCharles E. Hazlett
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
5/15/64
Battle - New Market - Shenandoah County, Virginia
In conjunction with other spring 1864 offensives against strategic points in the Confederacy, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel to move up the Shenandoah Valley along the Valley Turnpike to destroy the railroad and canal complex at Lynchburg. Union control of the strategic and agriculturally rich valley was a crucial part of Grant's plans. Receiving word that the Union Army had entered the valley, Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge pulled together all available troops to repulse the invad…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
6/5/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Charles Holman
LieutenantCharles Holman
6/5/64
Leadership Change - Division - Captain Henry A. du Pont
CaptainHenry A. du Pont
6/5/64
Battle - Piedmont - Augusta County, Virginia
7/11/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain James McKnight
CaptainJames McKnight
7/11/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Charles H. Tompkins
ColonelCharles H. Tompkins
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
9/19/64
Battle - Third Winchester - Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester, Virginia
To clear the Shenandoah River valley of Confederates, Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan moved on Winchester in mid-September 1864. Sheridan's force of over 39,000 men was more than twice the size of Maj. Gen. Jubal Early's Confederate army defending the valley. After Brig. Gen. Joseph Kershaw's division left Winchester to rejoin Robert E. Lee's army at Petersburg, Early renewed his raids on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Martinsburg in the lower valley, dispersing his four remaining infantry divisions. On Septem…READ MORE
9/20/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Major George B. Cook
MajorGeorge B. Cook
9/20/64
Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia
10/19/64
Leadership Change - Division - Colonel Charles H. Tompkins
ColonelCharles H. Tompkins
10/19/64
Battle - Cedar Creek - Frederick County, Virginia; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Warren County, Virginia
Also known as: Cedar Creek, Belle GroveREAD MORE
10/27/64
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas W. Egan
Brigadier GeneralThomas W. Egan
10/27/64
Battle - Boydton Plank Road - Dinwiddie County, Virginia
3/25/65
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Valentine H. Stone
LieutenantValentine H. Stone
3/25/65
Leadership Change - Division - undefined Bvt BG John C. Tidball, and Major Theodore Miller
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
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