New York 28th Infantry (Union)
1861-05-22
Organized - New York 28th Infantry - New York
1862-05-23
Battle - Front Royal - Warren County, Virginia
The Battle of Front Royal occurred on May 23, 1862, as Gen. Stonewall Jackson and 16,000 Confederate troops liberated Front Royal from Union forces. The Confederate First Maryland engaged the Union First Maryland in a decisive battle that completely surprised the Union general Nathaniel Banks, whose forces were camped just 10 miles to the west in Strasburg. The battle so startled President Lincoln and the Union military that they withdrew a large contingent of troops headed for McClellan's planned attack o…READ MORE
1862-05-24
Battle - Winchester, 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
1862-06-06
Battle - Good's Farm - Harrisonburg, Virginia
1862-08-09
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Dudley Donnelly
ColonelDudley Donnelly
1862-08-09
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Edwin F. Brown
Lieutenant ColonelEdwin F. Brown
1862-08-09
Battle - Cedar Mountain - Culpeper County, Virginia
Maj. Gen. John Pope was placed in command of the newly-constituted Army of Virginia on June 26th. Pope's orders were to defend Washington DC and Union-held northern Virginia while the Army of the Potomac under Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan battled Robert E. Lee outside of Richmond. When McClellan was defeated at the end of the Seven Days battles less than a week later, Lee turned his attention north toward Pope while McClellan regrouped his army. Pope's three army corps were arrayed in a line from the Blu…READ MORE
1862-08-23
Battle - First Rappahannock Station - Fauquier White Sulphur Springs, Virginia
1862-08-28
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
1862-09-06
Battle - Frederick, Maryland
1862-09-17
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain William H. H. Mapes
CaptainWilliam H. H. Mapes
1862-09-17
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Samuel W. Crawford, and Colonel Joseph F. Knipe
Brigadier GeneralSamuel W. Crawford
ColonelJoseph F. Knipe
1862-09-17
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Alpheus S. Williams, Brigadier General George H. Gordon, and Brigadier General Samuel W. Crawford
Brigadier GeneralAlpheus S. Williams
Brigadier GeneralGeorge H. Gordon
Brigadier GeneralSamuel W. Crawford
1862-09-17
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Samuel W. Crawford
Brigadier GeneralSamuel W. Crawford
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Elliott W. Cook, and Major Theophilus Fitzgerald
Lieutenant ColonelElliott W. Cook
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Joseph F. Knipe
Brigadier GeneralJoseph F. Knipe
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Alpheus S. Williams
Brigadier GeneralAlpheus S. Williams
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Elliott W. Cook
Lieutenant ColonelElliott W. Cook
1863-04-30
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
1863-06-02
Mustered Out - New York 28th Infantry - New York
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