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New York 8th Infantry (Union)

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Muster
  • Muster In Date:23 Apr 1861
  • Muster Out Date:23 Apr 1863
Other
  • Aliases:
    • 1st German Rifles, New York
  • Leaders:
    • Bvt BG John C. Tidball
    • Salm
    • Brigadier General Alfred Pleasonton
    • Brigadier General Charles Devens Jr.
    • Brigadier General John Buford
    • Brigadier General Julius Stahel
    • Brigadier General Louis Blenker
    • Brigadier General Nathaniel C. McLean
    • Brigadier General Silas Casey
    • Captain Butler Fitch
    • Captain Peter C. Regan
    • Colonel Andrew Porter
    • Colonel Benjamin F. Davis
    • Colonel David Hunter
    • Colonel Felix Salm-
    • Colonel George Lyons
    • Colonel Guilford D. Bailey
    • Colonel Leopold Von Gilsa
    • Colonel Thomas C. Devin
    • Lieutenant Herman Rosenkranz
    • Major D. H. Van Valkenburgh
    • Major Edmund M. Pope
    • Major Theodore Miller Inspector of Artillery
    • Major William S. McClure
Battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
New Market15 May 186415 May 1864< 1 dayShenandoah County, Virginia
Fort Stedman25 Mar 186525 Mar 1865< 1 dayPetersburg, Virginia
Brandy Station09 Jun 186309 Jun 1863< 1 dayCulpeper County, Virginia
Gettysburg01 Jul 186303 Jul 18632 daysGettysburg, Pennsylvania
Antietam17 Sep 186217 Sep 1862< 1 daySharpsburg, Maryland
Sailor's Creek06 Apr 186506 Apr 1865< 1 dayAmelia County, Virginia; Prince Edward County, Virginia; Nottoway County, Virginia
Fredericksburg13 Dec 186213 Dec 1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Cold Harbor31 May 186412 Jun 186412 daysHanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
First Bull Run21 Jul 186121 Jul 1861< 1 dayFairfax County, Virginia; Prince William County, Virginia
North Anna23 May 186426 May 18643 daysCaroline County, Virginia; Hanover County, Virginia
First Rappahannock Station22 Aug 186225 Aug 18623 daysCulpeper County, Virginia; Fauquier County, Virginia
Spotsylvania Court House08 May 186421 May 186413 daysSpotsylvania County, Virginia
Cross Keys08 Jun 186208 Jun 1862< 1 dayRockingham County, Virginia
Appomattox Court House09 Apr 186509 Apr 1865< 1 dayAppomattox Court House, Virginia
Second Deep Bottom14 Aug 186420 Aug 18646 daysHenrico County, Virginia
Second Bull Run28 Aug 186230 Aug 18622 daysPrince William County, Virginia
First Deep Bottom27 Jul 186429 Jul 18642 daysHenrico County, Virginia
Williamsburg05 May 186205 May 1862< 1 dayYork County, Virginia; James City County, Virginia; Williamsburg, Virginia
Chancellorsville30 Apr 186306 May 18636 daysSpotsylvania County, Virginia
Second Ream's Station25 Aug 186425 Aug 1864< 1 dayDinwiddie County, Virginia
Gainesville17 Aug 186417 Aug 1864< 1 dayGainesville, Florida

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