New York 58th Infantry (Union)
1861-08-01
Organized - New York 58th 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
1862-06-09
Battle - Port Republic - Rockingham County, Virginia
One day after the battle at Cross Keys, Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson concentrated his division east of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River near Port Republic against the isolated brigades of Brig. Gen. Erastus Tyler and Col. Samuel S. Carroll. Confederate assaults across the bottomland of the Lewis family farm, along the River Road, spearheaded by the Stonewall Brigade, were repulsed with heavy casualties. A Confederate flank attack, including a brigade of the Louisiana Tigers, overtook an ar…READ MORE
1862-08-22
Battle - First Rappahannock Station - Culpeper County, Virginia; Fauquier County, 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
1862-09-02
Battle - Fairfax Court House, Virginia
1862-09-14
Battle - South Mountain - Frederick County, Maryland; Washington County, Maryland; Boonsboro, Maryland
After his success at Second Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia north across the Potomac River on an invasion of Maryland in September of 1862. Lee divided his army, sending a portion of it into western Maryland while Lieut. Gen. Stonewall Jackson's wing attempted to capture the Federal garrison at Harper's Ferry. The bold plan was jeopardized on September 13th when a mislaid copy of Lee's orders revealing the Confederates' plans was given to Union commander Maj. Gen. George B. M…READ MORE
1862-12-13
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski
ColonelWłodzimierz Krzyżanowski
1862-12-13
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Carl Schurz
Brigadier GeneralCarl Schurz
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 Wlodzimierz Krzyzanowski
ColonelWlodzimierz Krzyzanowski
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Carl Schurz
Major GeneralCarl Schurz
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Frederick Braun
CaptainFrederick Braun
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 - Brigade - Colonel Wladimir Krzyzanowski
ColonelWladimir Krzyzanowski
1863-07-01
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Alexander Schimmelfennig, and Major General Carl Schurz
Brigadier GeneralAlexander Schimmelfennig
Major GeneralCarl Schurz
1863-07-01
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel August Otto
Lieutenant ColonelAugust Otto
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
1863-10-28
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Wlodzimierz Krzyzanowski
ColonelWlodzimierz Krzyzanowski
1863-10-28
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Carl Schurz
Major GeneralCarl Schurz
1863-10-28
Battle - Wauhatchie - Hamilton County, Tennessee
Wary of troops marching to the aid of the Federal army besieged at Chattanooga, General Braxton Bragg ordered General James Longstreet to take action against the force massing in Lookout Valley. In a rare nighttime attack, a division of Longstreet's corps attacked the Union rearguard near the crossroads of Wauhatchie. The brief fight was a bloody repulse for the Confederates, who were forced to withdraw. The Confederates had missed their last best chance to prevent supplies from reaching the Union Army of…READ MORE
1863-11-23
Battle - Orchard Knob - Chattanooga Valley, Georgia
1863-11-25
Battle - Missionary Ridge - Chattanooga, Tennessee
From the last days of September through October 1863, Gen. Braxton Bragg's army laid siege to the Union army under Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans at Chattanooga, cutting off its supplies. On October 17, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant received command of the Western armies; he moved to reinforce Chattanooga and replaced Rosecrans with Maj. Gen. George Thomas. A new supply line was soon established. Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman arrived with his four divisions in mid-November, and the Federals began offensive operat…READ MORE
1865-10-01
Mustered Out - New York 58th Infantry - New York
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