United States 12th Infantry (Union)
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 Matthew M. Blunt
CaptainMatthew M. Blunt
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Robert C. Buchanan
Lieutenant ColonelRobert C. Buchanan
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Richard S. Smith
MajorRichard S. Smith
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Romeyn B. Ayres
Brigadier GeneralRomeyn B. Ayres
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Division - Major General George Sykes
Major GeneralGeorge Sykes
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 Thomas S. Dunn
CaptainThomas S. Dunn
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
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
4/1/65
Leadership Change - Brigade - undefined Bvt BG Frederick Winthrop, and Colonel James G. Grindlay
4/1/65
Leadership Change - Division - undefined Bvt MG Romeyn B. Ayres
4/1/65
Leadership Change - Brigade - undefined Bvt BG Frederick Winthrop
4/1/65
Battle - Five Forks - Five Forks, Virginia
The Union victory along the White Oak Road on March 31st threatened to destabilize the entire Confederate line west of Petersburg. General Robert E. Lee ordered Maj. Gen. George Pickett with his infantry division and the cavalry divisions of Col. Thomas Munford, Maj. Gen. W.H.F. Lee, and Maj. Gen Thomas Rosser to hold the vital crossroads of Five Forks, along the White Oak Road five miles west of the previous fighting there. Pickett's defensive line was not well constructed, and much of his cavalry force w…READ MORE
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