United States 1st Volunteer Sharpshooters (Union)
8/1/61
Organized - United States 1st Volunteer Sharpshooters - United States
5/27/62
Battle - Hanover Court House - Hanover County, Virginia
5/31/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Hiram Berdan
ColonelHiram Berdan
5/31/62
Battle - Seven Pines - Henrico County, Virginia
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston withdrew his army from the Virginia Peninsula toward the Confederate capital of Richmond as Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's army pursued him. By the end of May, Johnston held a defensive position seven miles east of the city on the Richmond and York River Railroad. McClellan's army facing Johnston straddled the Chickahominy River and stretched south. Capturing the initiative from his Union foe, Johnston attempted to overwhelm two Federal corps isolated south of the river. The Confed…READ MORE
6/26/62
Battle - Mechanicsville, Virginia
6/27/62
Battle - Mechanicsville, Virginia
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain John B. Isler
CaptainJohn B. Isler
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Division - Major General George W. Morell
Major GeneralGeorge W. Morell
12/13/62
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
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Casper Trepp
Lieutenant ColonelCasper Trepp
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Amiel W. Whipple, and Brigadier General Charles K. Graham
Brigadier GeneralAmiel W. Whipple
Brigadier GeneralCharles K. Graham
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Amiel W. Whipple
Brigadier GeneralAmiel W. Whipple
4/30/63
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
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Hiram Berdan, and Lieutenant Colonel Casper Trepp
ColonelHiram Berdan
Lieutenant ColonelCasper Trepp
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward, and Colonel Hiram Berdan
Brigadier GeneralJ. H. Hobart Ward
ColonelHiram Berdan
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward, and Major General David B. Birney
Brigadier GeneralJ. H. Hobart Ward
Major GeneralDavid B. Birney
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward
Brigadier GeneralJ. H. Hobart Ward
7/1/63
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
11/27/63
Battle - Mine Run - Orange County, Virginia
After the inconclusive Bristoe Campaign in the fall of 1863, Maj. Gen. George G. Meade planned one more offensive against Gen. Robert E. Lee in northern Virginia before winter weather ended military operations. In late November, Meade attempted to steal a march southeast from Culpeper Courthouse, turn south through the Wilderness and strike the right flank of the Confederate army south of the Rapidan River. On November 27th, Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early, in command of Ewell's Corps, marched east on the Orange…READ MORE
11/27/63
Battle - Locust Grove, Virginia
11/30/63
Battle - Mine Run, Virginia
8/14/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Calvin A. Craig, and Colonel John Pulford
ColonelCalvin A. Craig
ColonelJohn Pulford
8/14/64
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Gershom Mott
Brigadier GeneralGershom Mott
8/14/64
Battle - Second Deep Bottom - Henrico County, Virginia
As he had done in late July during the Battle of the Crater, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant called upon Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock and his Second Corps to attack Gen. Robert E. Lee's forces around Richmond to exploit suspected weaknesses in Lee's lines. In early August, Grant had detached the Sixth Corps from the Union lines around Richmond and Petersburg and sent them to the Shenandoah Valley under Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan. Sheridan's new army there was to counter Gen. Jubal Early, then operating in the v…READ MORE
10/27/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Byron R. Pierce
Brigadier GeneralByron R. Pierce
10/27/64
Leadership Change - Division - undefined Bvt MG Gershom Mott
10/27/64
Battle - Boydton Plank Road - Dinwiddie County, Virginia
12/31/64
Mustered Out - United States 1st Volunteer Sharpshooters - United States
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