Maine 5th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
6/24/61
Organized - Maine 5th Volunteer Infantry - Maine
7/21/61
Leadership Change - Division - Colonel Samuel P. Heintzelman
ColonelSamuel P. Heintzelman
7/21/61
Battle - First Bull Run - Fairfax County, Virginia; Prince William County, Virginia
One of earliest battles of the Civil War, it introduced Americans to the idea that this would likely not be a short conflict and blood would be shed:READ MORE
5/31/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Joseph J. Bartlett
ColonelJoseph J. Bartlett
5/31/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Henry W. Slocum
Brigadier GeneralHenry W. Slocum
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
6/27/62
Battle - Gaines' Mill - Hanover County, Virginia
Despite his victory over the Confederates at Beaver Dam Creek on June 26th, Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter's Fifth Corps abandoned its position early on June 27th and established a new defensive line along Boatswain's Creek, just north of the Chickahominy River.READ MORE
9/14/62
Battle - South Mountain - Frederick County, Maryland; Washington County, Maryland; Boonsboro, Maryland
After his success at Second Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia north across the Potomac River on an invasion of Maryland in September of 1862. Lee divided his army, sending a portion of it into western Maryland while Lieut. Gen. Stonewall Jackson's wing attempted to capture the Federal garrison at Harper's Ferry. The bold plan was jeopardized on September 13th when a mislaid copy of Lee's orders revealing the Confederates' plans was given to Union commander Maj. Gen. George B. M…READ MORE
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Nathaniel J. Jackson
ColonelNathaniel J. Jackson
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Henry W. Slocum
Major GeneralHenry W. Slocum
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 - Captain George F. Leppien, Lieutenant Edmund Kirby, and Lieutenant Greenleaf T. Stevens
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain Dunbar R. Ransom
CaptainDunbar R. Ransom
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John C. Robinson
Brigadier GeneralJohn C. Robinson
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain George F. Leppien
CaptainGeorge F. Leppien
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Edmund Kirby
LieutenantEdmund Kirby
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 - Captain Greenleaf T. Stevens, and Lieutenant Edward N. Whittier
CaptainGreenleaf T. Stevens
LieutenantEdward N. Whittier
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Charles S. Wainwright
ColonelCharles S. Wainwright
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Greenleaf T. Stevens
CaptainGreenleaf T. Stevens
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
5/5/64
Battle - Wilderness - Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
The first battle between Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee erupted late in the morning of May 5, 1864, as Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren's Union V Corps attacked Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell's Second Corps on the Orange Turnpike southwest of the old Chancellorsville battlefield. Although Federal infantry managed to break through at several points, the Confederate line held. Fighting shifted to the south as Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill's Third Corps engaged Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock's II Corps and ele…READ MORE
5/8/64
Battle - Spotsylvania Court House - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Following the Battle of the Wilderness, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant marched the Union army south with the hope of capturing Spotsylvania Court House and preventing Robert E. Lee's army from retreating further. Lee's Confederates, however, managed to get ahead of the Federals and block the road. Fighting began on May 8th, when the Union Fifth Corps under Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren and the Sixth Corps under Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick engaged Confederate Maj. Gen. Richard Anderson's First Corps at Laurel Hi…READ MORE
5/31/64
Battle - Cold Harbor - Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
After two days of inconclusive fighting along Totopotomoy Creek northeast of Richmond, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee turned their sights on the crossroads of Cold Harbor. Roads emanating through this critical junction led to Richmond as well as supply and reinforcement sources for the Union army. On May 31, 1864, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan's cavalry captured Cold Harbor. The next day, Sheridan held the crossroads against a Confederate attack. With reinforcements from both armies arriving…READ MORE
7/11/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Greenleaf T. Stevens
CaptainGreenleaf T. Stevens
7/11/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Charles H. Tompkins
ColonelCharles H. Tompkins
7/27/64
Mustered Out - Maine 5th Volunteer Infantry - Maine
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