Ohio 62nd Volunteer Infantry (Union)
1861-09-17
Organized - Ohio 62nd Volunteer Infantry - Ohio
1862-03-23
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General James Shields
Brigadier GeneralJames Shields
1862-03-23
Battle - First Kernstown - Frederick County, Virginia, Winchester, Virginia
In the spring of 1862, relying on faulty intelligence that under-reported the strength of the Union garrison at Winchester in the lower Shenandoah Valley, Confederate Maj. Gen. 'Stonewall' Jackson marched aggressively north with his 3,800-man division. In Winchester, the 8,500 Federals were a detachment from the Army of the Potomac's Fifth Corps, and were commanded by Col. Nathan Kimball, who outnumbered Jackson more than two to one. Kimball established a defensive position on the Valley Turnpike and Midd…READ MORE
1862-05-15
Battle - Drewry's Bluff - Chesterfield County, Virginia
1862-05-24
Battle - Strasburg, Virginia
1862-05-25
Battle - First Winchester - Winchester, Virginia
Part of Jackson's Valley Campaign, the First Battle of Winchester took place May 24, 1862. The battle was huge victory for Jackson's troops and disrupted the Union's plans to take Richmond.READ MORE
1862-06-09
Battle - Port Republic - Rockingham County, Virginia
One day after the battle at Cross Keys, Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson concentrated his division east of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River near Port Republic against the isolated brigades of Brig. Gen. Erastus Tyler and Col. Samuel S. Carroll. Confederate assaults across the bottomland of the Lewis family farm, along the River Road, spearheaded by the Stonewall Brigade, were repulsed with heavy casualties. A Confederate flank attack, including a brigade of the Louisiana Tigers, overtook an ar…READ MORE
1863-07-18
Battle - Second Fort Wagner - Morris Island, Charleston County, South Carolina
1863-08-17
Battle - Second Charleston Harbor - Charleston, South Carolina
1864-08-16
Battle - Malvern Hill, Virginia
1864-09-20
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Francis B. Pond & Col Thomas Mulcahy & Ltc Alvin C. Voris
1864-09-20
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Alfred H. Terry
Brigadier GeneralAlfred H. Terry
1864-09-20
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Francis B. Pond & Col Thomas Mulcahy & Ltc Alvin C. Voris
1864-09-20
Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia
1864-10-07
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Francis B. Pond
ColonelFrancis B. Pond
1864-10-07
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Alfred H. Terry
Major GeneralAlfred H. Terry
1864-10-07
Battle - Darbytown and New Market Roads - Henrico County, Virginia
1864-10-13
Battle - Darbytown Road - Sandston, Virginia
1865-04-09
Battle - Appomattox Court House - Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Between 26,000 and 28,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered and were paroled.READ MORE
1865-09-01
Mustered Out - Ohio 62nd Volunteer Infantry - Ohio
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