New York 162nd Infantry (Union)
8/22/62
Organized - New York 162nd Infantry - New York
4/17/63
Battle - Vermillion Bayou - Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
5/21/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Neal S. Dow
Brigadier GeneralNeal S. Dow
5/21/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel David S. Cowles
ColonelDavid S. Cowles
5/21/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas W. Sherman
Brigadier GeneralThomas W. Sherman
5/21/63
Battle - Port Hudson - East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
In cooperation with Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's final offensive against Vicksburg, Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks's army moved against the Confederate stronghold at Port Hudson on the Mississippi River. Like Vicksburg, Port Hudson was located atop high bluffs at the river bank that commanded the river. On May 11th, Banks learned that some Confederates had been moved from Port Hudson to support the forces defending Vicksburg, so he sought to move upon the garrison before those troops could be replaced. Banks…READ MORE
7/2/63
Battle - Springfield Landing, Louisiana
4/8/64
Battle - Mansfield - DeSoto Parish, Louisiana
The Red River Campaign of 1864 was one General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant's initiatives to apply simultaneous pressure on Confederate armies along five separate fronts from Louisiana to Virginia. In addition to defeating the defending Confederate army, the campaign sought to confiscate cotton stores from plantations along the river and to give support to pro-Union governments in Louisiana. By early April, Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks' Union army was about 150 miles up the Red River threatening Shreveport. C…READ MORE
4/9/64
Battle - Pleasant Hill - Desoto Parish, Louisiana; Sabine Parish, Louisiana
4/23/64
Battle - Monett's Ferry - Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
5/16/64
Battle - Mansura - Mansura, Louisiana
7/9/64
Battle - Monocacy - Frederick County, Maryland
After marching north down the Shenandoah Valley from Lynchburg, the Confederate army of Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early side-stepped the Federal garrison at Harpers Ferry and crossed the Potomac River at Shepherdstown into Maryland on July 5-6th, 1864. On July 9th, a makeshift Union force under Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace attempted to stop Early's invading Confederate divisions along the Monocacy River, just east of Frederick. The strategic area was near the junction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Georgetown…READ MORE
7/25/64
Battle - Deep Bottom, Virginia
10/19/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Justus W. Blanchard
ColonelJustus W. Blanchard
10/19/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Leonard D. H. Currie
ColonelLeonard D. H. Currie
10/19/64
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General James W. McMillan
Brigadier GeneralJames W. McMillan
10/19/64
Battle - Cedar Creek - Frederick County, Virginia; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Warren County, Virginia
Also known as: Cedar Creek, Belle GroveREAD MORE
10/12/65
Mustered Out - New York 162nd Infantry - New York
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