Pennsylvania 28th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
1861-06-28
Organized - Pennsylvania 28th Volunteer Infantry - Pennsylvania
1862-05-15
Battle - Linden, Virginia
1862-09-17
Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Hector Tyndale
Lieutenant ColonelHector Tyndale
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Conrad U. Meyer, and Major Lansford F. Chapman
CaptainConrad U. Meyer
MajorLansford F. Chapman
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Charles Candy
ColonelCharles Candy
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John W. Geary
Brigadier GeneralJohn W. Geary
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Lansford F. Chapman
MajorLansford F. Chapman
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 - Captain John H. Flynn
CaptainJohn H. Flynn
1863-07-01
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain John H. Flynn
CaptainJohn H. Flynn
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
1864-06-06
Battle - Marietta - Cobb County, Georgia
1864-06-27
Battle - Kennesaw Mountain - Cobb County, Georgia
Fearing envelopment northwest of Atlanta, Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston withdrew his army to a new defensive position astride Kennesaw Mountain near Marietta. Johnston selected this position in order to protect the Western & Atlantic Railroad, his supply link to Atlanta. Prior to taking up this new line on June 19th, Johnston had pioneers working through the night digging trenches and erecting fortifications, turning Kennesaw into a formidable earthen fortress. Having defeated Lieut. Gen. John…READ MORE
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
1865-07-18
Mustered Out - Pennsylvania 28th Volunteer Infantry - Pennsylvania
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