United States 5th Infantry (Union)
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Brigade - Major J. Watts de Peyster Jr.
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Albion P. Howe
Brigadier GeneralAlbion P. Howe
1864-05-15
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Henry A. du Pont
CaptainHenry A. du Pont
1864-05-31
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain Samuel S. Elder
CaptainSamuel S. Elder
1864-09-20
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Alonzo G. Draper
ColonelAlonzo G. Draper
1864-09-20
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Charles J. Paine
Brigadier GeneralCharles J. Paine
1864-09-20
Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia
1865-01-13
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major William R. Brazie
MajorWilliam R. Brazie
1865-01-13
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Elias Wright
ColonelElias Wright
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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