New York 54th Infantry (Union)
1861-09-05
Organized - New York 54th Infantry - New York
1862-06-08
Battle - Cross Keys - Rockingham County, Virginia
Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont's and his 11,000-man Mountain Department army were tasked with keeping Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's two-division force engaged in the Shenandoah Valley and unable to join with Robert E. Lee's army defending Richmond during the Peninsula Campaign against the Confederate capital. In early June, Jackson's men under Maj. Gen. Richard S. Ewell were encamped in the vicinity of Cross Keys on the South Fork of the Shenandoah River. Union screening cavalry approached Jackson f…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
1862-09-13
Battle - Charleston (1862) - Charleston, West Virginia
1862-12-13
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Leopold Von Gilsa
ColonelLeopold Von Gilsa
1862-12-13
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Nathaniel C. McLean
Brigadier GeneralNathaniel C. McLean
1862-12-13
Battle - Fredericksburg - Fredericksburg, Virginia
In early November, Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside took command of the Army of the Potomac, and made immediate plans to move the army once again toward Richmond.READ MORE
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Leopold von Gilsa
ColonelLeopold von Gilsa
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Charles Devens Jr., and Brigadier General Nathaniel C. McLean
Brigadier GeneralCharles Devens Jr.
Brigadier GeneralNathaniel C. McLean
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Charles Ashby
Lieutenant ColonelCharles Ashby
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Charles Devens Jr.
Brigadier GeneralCharles Devens Jr.
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 - Division - Brigadier General Adelbert Ames, and Brigadier General Francis C. Barlow
Brigadier GeneralAdelbert Ames
Brigadier GeneralFrancis C. Barlow
1863-07-01
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Stephen Kovacs
MajorStephen Kovacs
1863-07-01
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Francis C. Barlow
Brigadier GeneralFrancis C. Barlow
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
1863-08-17
Battle - Second Charleston Harbor - Charleston, South Carolina
1864-07-02
Battle - Fort Johnson - James Island, South Carolina
1864-07-05
Battle - James Island, South Carolina
1865-02-10
Battle - James Island (1865) - James Island, South Carolina
A minor skirmish knows as the "Last fight for Charleston"READ MORE
1865-02-10
Battle - James Island, South Carolina
1866-04-14
Mustered Out - New York 54th Infantry - New York
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