New Jersey 13th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
1862-08-25
Organized - New Jersey 13th Volunteer Infantry - New Jersey
1862-09-17
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Thomas H. Ruger
ColonelThomas H. Ruger
1862-09-17
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Samuel W. Crawford
Brigadier GeneralSamuel W. Crawford
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Ezra A. Carman, Captain George A. Beardsley, and Major John Grimes
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas H. Ruger
Brigadier GeneralThomas H. Ruger
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Alpheus S. Williams
Brigadier GeneralAlpheus S. Williams
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major John Grimes
MajorJohn Grimes
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
1863-07-01
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Ezra A. Carman
ColonelEzra A. Carman
1863-07-01
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas H. Ruger, and Colonel Silas Colgrove
Brigadier GeneralThomas H. Ruger
ColonelSilas Colgrove
1863-07-01
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Alpheus S. Williams, and Brigadier General Thomas H. Ruger
Brigadier GeneralAlpheus S. Williams
Brigadier GeneralThomas H. Ruger
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
1864-07-20
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas H. Ruger
Brigadier GeneralThomas H. Ruger
1864-07-20
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Alpheus S. Williams
Brigadier GeneralAlpheus S. Williams
1864-07-20
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
1865-06-08
Mustered Out - New Jersey 13th Volunteer Infantry - New Jersey
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