United States 4th Infantry (Union)
1862-05-27
Battle - Hanover Court House - Hanover County, Virginia
1862-05-31
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Robert C. Buchanan
ColonelRobert C. Buchanan
1862-05-31
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
1862-09-17
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Hiram Dryer
CaptainHiram Dryer
1862-09-17
Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Robert C. Buchanan
Lieutenant ColonelRobert C. Buchanan
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Romeyn B. Ayres
Brigadier GeneralRomeyn B. Ayres
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Division - Major General George Sykes
Major GeneralGeorge Sykes
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
1863-06-09
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Samuel S. Elder
LieutenantSamuel S. Elder
1863-06-09
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain James M. Robertson
CaptainJames M. Robertson
1863-07-01
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Julius W. Adams, and undefined Jr.
CaptainJulius W. Adams
1863-07-01
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Hannibal Day
ColonelHannibal Day
1863-07-01
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Romeyn B. Ayres
Brigadier GeneralRomeyn B. Ayres
1863-07-01
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
1864-05-05
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Charles H. Brightly
CaptainCharles H. Brightly
1864-05-05
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Jacob P. Gould, and Colonel Sumner Carruth
ColonelJacob P. Gould
ColonelSumner Carruth
1864-05-05
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas G. Stevenson
Brigadier GeneralThomas G. Stevenson
1864-05-05
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Charles H. Brightly
CaptainCharles H. Brightly
1864-05-05
Battle - Wilderness - Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
The first battle between Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee erupted late in the morning of May 5, 1864, as Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren's Union V Corps attacked Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell's Second Corps on the Orange Turnpike southwest of the old Chancellorsville battlefield. Although Federal infantry managed to break through at several points, the Confederate line held. Fighting shifted to the south as Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill's Third Corps engaged Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock's II Corps and ele…READ MORE
1864-05-08
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General James Ledlie, Colonel Jacob P. Gould, and Lieutenant Colonel Stephen M. Weld Jr.
1864-05-08
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas G. Stevenson, Colonel Daniel Leasure, and Major General Thomas L. Crittenden
1864-05-08
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas G. Stevenson
Brigadier GeneralThomas G. Stevenson
1864-05-08
Battle - Spotsylvania Court House - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Following the Battle of the Wilderness, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant marched the Union army south with the hope of capturing Spotsylvania Court House and preventing Robert E. Lee's army from retreating further. Lee's Confederates, however, managed to get ahead of the Federals and block the road. Fighting began on May 8th, when the Union Fifth Corps under Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren and the Sixth Corps under Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick engaged Confederate Maj. Gen. Richard Anderson's First Corps at Laurel Hi…READ MORE
1864-05-31
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain Samuel S. Elder
CaptainSamuel S. Elder
1864-09-20
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Samuel A. Duncan Col John W. Ames
1864-09-20
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Charles J. Paine
Brigadier GeneralCharles J. Paine
1864-09-20
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Samuel A. Duncan Col John W. Ames
1864-09-20
Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia
1864-10-07
Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Richard H. Jackson
Lieutenant ColonelRichard H. Jackson
1864-10-07
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Alfred H. Terry
Major GeneralAlfred H. Terry
1865-01-13
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel George Rogers
Lieutenant ColonelGeorge Rogers
1865-01-13
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John W. Ames
ColonelJohn W. Ames
1865-01-13
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Charles J. Paine
Brigadier GeneralCharles J. Paine
1865-01-13
Battle - Second Fort Fisher - New Hanover County, North Carolina
By January 1865, Fort Fisher on the North Carolina shore was the last coastal stronghold of the Confederacy. The fort protected blockade running vessels entering and departing Wilmington, the South's last open seaport on the Atlantic coast. Maj. Gen. Alfred Terry was placed in command of a Provisional Corps from the Army of the James, and was supported by a Navy and Marine Corps force of nearly 60 vessels under Rear Adm. David D. Porter. Terry's orders were to renew operations against the fort that had fai…READ MORE
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