New York 1st Infantry (Union)
4/22/61
Organized - New York 1st Infantry - New York
6/10/61
Battle - Big Bethel - Tabb and Hampton, Virginia
Considered by many to be the first land battle of the Civil War near the village of Big Bethel, Virginia resulting in a Confederate victory.READ MORE
5/5/62
Battle - Williamsburg - York County, Virginia; James City County, Virginia; Williamsburg, Virginia
Following the Confederate withdrawal from their Yorktown position, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan was not prepared to mount an immediate pursuit with his entire force from the siege lines he had occupied for nearly a month. Initially, he was able to send forward only a portion of his army, led by the Third Corps of Samuel P. Heitzelman, to follow Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Confederates. Heitzelman's divisions, led by Brig. Gens. Joseph Hooker and Phil Kearny, made contact with Johnston's army four miles sout…READ MORE
5/31/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain Romeyn B. Ayres
CaptainRomeyn B. Ayres
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
6/27/62
Battle - Fair Oaks, Virginia
6/30/62
Battle - Glendale - Henrico County, Virginia
Following the rear guard action at Savage's Station on June 29th, Maj. Gen. George McClellan's Army of the Potomac continued its retreat toward the safety of Harrison's Landing on the James River. On June 30th, after five days of constant fighting, the Confederate divisions of Maj. Gens. Benjamin Huger, James Longstreet, and A.P. Hill converged on the retreating Union army in the vicinity of Glendale. Longstreet's and Hill's attacks penetrated the Union defense near Willis Church, routing Brig. Gen. George…READ MORE
6/30/62
Battle - White Oak Swamp - Henrico County, Virginia
7/1/62
Battle - Malvern Hill - Henrico County, Virginia
On June 30th, the retreating Federal Army of the Potomac finally stopped at the James River at the end of seven days of fighting outside of Richmond.READ MORE
8/28/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Joseph Yeamans, and Major Edwin Burt
CaptainJoseph Yeamans
MajorEdwin Burt
8/28/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General David B. Birney
Brigadier GeneralDavid B. Birney
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 - Division - Major General Philip Kearny
Major GeneralPhilip Kearny
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 - Regiment - Captain Andrew Cowan
CaptainAndrew Cowan
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain Romeyn B. Ayres
CaptainRomeyn B. Ayres
12/13/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel J. Frederick Pierson
ColonelJ. Frederick Pierson
12/13/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Hiram G. Berry
Brigadier GeneralHiram G. Berry
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 - Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin F. Onderdonk
Lieutenant ColonelBenjamin F. Onderdonk
4/11/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Samuel P. Spear
ColonelSamuel P. Spear
4/11/63
Battle - Siege of Suffolk - Suffolk, Virginia
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Francis L. Leland
Lieutenant ColonelFrancis L. Leland
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Samuel B. Hayman
ColonelSamuel B. Hayman
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
5/25/63
Mustered Out - New York 1st Infantry - New York
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain George B. Winslow
CaptainGeorge B. Winslow
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain A. Judson Clark, and Captain George E. Randolph
CaptainA. Judson Clark
CaptainGeorge E. Randolph
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain George E. Randolph
CaptainGeorge E. Randolph
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
2/20/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - undefined 5 killed and 2 wounded, and Major James Place -
2/20/64
Battle - Olustee - Baker County, Florida
In February 1864, the commander of the Union Department of the South, Maj. Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore, launched an expedition into Florida to secure Union enclaves, sever Rebel supply routes, and recruit black soldiers. Brig. Gen. Truman Seymour moved his 5,500-man force from Jacksonville deep into the state, meeting little resistance. On February 20th, as he advanced toward Lake City, he approached Brig. Gen. Joseph Finegan's 5,000 Confederates entrenched in an open pine woods near Olustee. Finegan send forw…READ MORE
5/15/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Robert F. Taylor
ColonelRobert F. Taylor
5/15/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William B. Tibbits
ColonelWilliam B. Tibbits
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
7/20/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain John D. Woodbury
CaptainJohn D. Woodbury
7/20/64
Battle - Peachtree Creek - Fulton County, Georgia
Weary of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's pattern of retreat through northwest Georgia in the face of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's advancing armies, President Jefferson Davis removed him from command of the Army of Tennessee, replacing him with Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood. On July 20th, Hood determined to take the fight to the enemy by setting upon an isolated portion of Sherman's forces in front of Atlanta. Hood's target would be the Union corps of Maj. Gens. Oliver O. Howard and Joseph Hooker from Maj. Gen. Geo…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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