Pennsylvania 68th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
8/1/62
Organized - Pennsylvania 68th Volunteer Infantry - Pennsylvania
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 - Brigade - Brigadier General Charles K. Graham, and Colonel Thomas W. Egan
Brigadier GeneralCharles K. Graham
ColonelThomas W. Egan
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 - Colonel Andrew H. Tippin, Captain Milton S. Davis, Lieutenant Colonel Anthony H. Reynolds, and Major Robert E. Winslow
ColonelAndrew H. Tippin
CaptainMilton S. Davis
Lieutenant ColonelAnthony H. Reynolds
MajorRobert E. Winslow
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Charles K. Graham, Colonel Andrew H. Tippin, and Colonel Henry J. Madill
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward, and Major General David B. Birney
Brigadier GeneralJ. H. Hobart Ward
Major GeneralDavid B. Birney
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Anthony H. Reynolds
Lieutenant ColonelAnthony H. Reynolds
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Robert E. Winslow
MajorRobert E. Winslow
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Charles K. Graham
Brigadier GeneralCharles K. Graham
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward
Brigadier GeneralJ. H. Hobart Ward
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
11/27/63
Battle - Mine Run - Orange County, Virginia
After the inconclusive Bristoe Campaign in the fall of 1863, Maj. Gen. George G. Meade planned one more offensive against Gen. Robert E. Lee in northern Virginia before winter weather ended military operations. In late November, Meade attempted to steal a march southeast from Culpeper Courthouse, turn south through the Wilderness and strike the right flank of the Confederate army south of the Rapidan River. On November 27th, Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early, in command of Ewell's Corps, marched east on the Orange…READ MORE
4/2/65
Battle - Third Petersburg - Dinwiddie County, Virginia; Petersburg, Virginia
With the Confederate defeat at Five Forks on April 1st, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Maj. Gen. George Meade ordered a general assault against the Petersburg lines by the Second, Ninth, Sixth and Twenty-Fourth Corps to take place April 2nd. In the pre-dawn darkness, the Union infantry gained a successful breakthrough where Maj. Gen. Horatio G. Wright's advancing Sixth Corps met the Confederate lines held by Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill near the Boydton Plank Road. Hill was killed trying to reach his troops in t…READ MORE
6/9/65
Mustered Out - Pennsylvania 68th Volunteer Infantry - Pennsylvania
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