United States 5th Infantry (Union)
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Major J. Watts de Peyster Jr.
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Albion P. Howe
Brigadier GeneralAlbion P. Howe
5/15/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Henry A. du Pont
CaptainHenry A. du Pont
5/31/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain Samuel S. Elder
CaptainSamuel S. Elder
9/20/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Alonzo G. Draper
ColonelAlonzo G. Draper
9/20/64
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Charles J. Paine
Brigadier GeneralCharles J. Paine
9/20/64
Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia
1/13/65
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major William R. Brazie
MajorWilliam R. Brazie
1/13/65
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Elias Wright
ColonelElias Wright
1/13/65
Battle - Second Fort Fisher - New Hanover County, North Carolina
By January 1865, Fort Fisher on the North Carolina shore was the last coastal stronghold of the Confederacy. The fort protected blockade running vessels entering and departing Wilmington, the South's last open seaport on the Atlantic coast. Maj. Gen. Alfred Terry was placed in command of a Provisional Corps from the Army of the James, and was supported by a Navy and Marine Corps force of nearly 60 vessels under Rear Adm. David D. Porter. Terry's orders were to renew operations against the fort that had fai…READ MORE
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