Pennsylvania 77th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
10/15/61
Organized - Pennsylvania 77th Volunteer Infantry - Pennsylvania
4/6/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Edward N. Kirk
ColonelEdward N. Kirk
4/6/62
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
4/29/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Frederick Stumbaugh
ColonelFrederick Stumbaugh
4/29/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Frederick S. Stumbaugh
ColonelFrederick S. Stumbaugh
4/29/62
Battle - Siege of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Union forces had captured the railroad junction and important transportation center at Corinth, Mississippi in the spring of 1862 after their victory at Shiloh. After the Battle of Iuka in September, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate Army of the West marched to Ripley, Mississippi where it joined Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn's Army of West Tennessee. Van Dorn took command of the combined force numbering about 22,000 men. The Rebels marched southeast toward Corinth, hoping to recapture it and then sweep int…READ MORE
12/31/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Thomas E. Rose, and Lieutenant Colonel Peter B. Housum
CaptainThomas E. Rose
Lieutenant ColonelPeter B. Housum
12/31/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Edward N. Kirk, and Colonel Joseph B. Dodge
Brigadier GeneralEdward N. Kirk
ColonelJoseph B. Dodge
12/31/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Richard W. Johnson
Brigadier GeneralRichard W. Johnson
12/31/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Peter B. Housum
Lieutenant ColonelPeter B. Housum
12/31/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Edward N. Kirk
Brigadier GeneralEdward N. Kirk
12/31/62
Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
After his October 1862 defeat at Perryville in Kentucky, Gen. Braxton Bragg withdrew his army into middle Tennessee and resupplied his men near Murfreesboro.READ MORE
7/24/63
Battle - Liberty Gap - Bedford County, Tennessee
In a Union Victory, the Union troops under Alexander M McCook fought men under Confederate leader St. John R Liddlell in Bedford County, Tennessee.READ MORE
9/19/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Thomas E. Rose, and Captain Joseph J. Lawson
ColonelThomas E. Rose
CaptainJoseph J. Lawson
9/19/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Joseph B. Dodge
ColonelJoseph B. Dodge
9/19/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Thomas E. Rose
ColonelThomas E. Rose
9/19/63
Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia
After the successful Tullahoma Campaign, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans continued the Union offensive, aiming to force Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate army out of Chattanooga. Through a series of skillful marches towards the Confederate-held city, Rosecrans forced Bragg out of Chattanooga and into Georgia. Determined to reoccupy the city, Bragg followed the Federals north, brushing with Rosecrans' army at Davis' Cross Roads. While they marched on September 18th, his cavalry and infantry skirmished with Un…READ MORE
5/27/64
Battle - Dallas - Paulding County, Georgia
During early and mid-May 1864, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman successfully outmaneuvered the army of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in multiple battles in northwest Georgia. Each time, Johnston fell back to a new defensive position closer to the strategic Confederate city of Atlanta. Stopped at New Hope Church on Johnston's left on May 26th, Sherman attacked Johnston's right at Pickett's Mill on May 27th. The next day, Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee's corps probed the Union defensive line, held by Maj. Gen. John A. Log…READ MORE
6/6/64
Battle - Marietta - Cobb County, Georgia
6/27/64
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
7/20/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William Grose
ColonelWilliam Grose
7/20/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General David S. Stanley
Major GeneralDavid S. Stanley
7/20/64
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
8/31/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William Grose
Brigadier GeneralWilliam Grose
8/31/64
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Nathan Kimball
Brigadier GeneralNathan Kimball
8/31/64
Battle - Jonesborough - Clayton County, Georgia
By late August 1865, the city of Atlanta was not yet subdued by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's armies. A few supply lines remained open to the city supporting the army of Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood encircled there. Union cavalry raids inflicted only superficial damage, quickly repaired by the Confederates. Sherman determined that if he could destroy the Macon & Western and Atlanta & West Point Railroads to the south the Rebel army would be forced to evacuate the city. On August 25, Union infantry beg…READ MORE
11/30/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Thomas E. Rose
ColonelThomas E. Rose
11/30/64
Battle - Franklin (1864) - Franklin, Tennessee
After allowing Maj. Gen. John Schofield's Army of the Ohio to pass him near Spring Hill, Tennessee, the previous morning, Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood led his 30,000-man Army of Tennessee to the outskirts of Franklin on November 30th. Schofield's army had constructed a strong defensive line south of the town. Hood took a position two miles south of Schofield, with open, rolling farm land between them, and prepared to attack. At 4:00 p.m., over 20,000 Confederates moved forward east and west of the Columbia Pike…READ MORE
12/15/64
Battle - Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee
Despite a series of defeats in the closing days of November, 1864, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood continued to drag his bloodied Army of Tennessee, approximately 30,000 strong, north towards Nashville. The city was protected by 55,000 Union soldiers, which should have precluded further offensive operations, but Hood was determined and his situation was dire. Hood reached Nashville on December 2nd and staked out a position south of the city, hoping to draw the Union forces into a costly attack. Ulys…READ MORE
12/6/65
Mustered Out - Pennsylvania 77th Volunteer Infantry - Pennsylvania
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